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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Amy Sedghi

Nigella Lawson says she is too self-conscious to say ‘microwave’

Nigella Lawson
Nigella Lawson in the BBC special Nigella’s Amsterdam Christmas. She now refers to the microwave as ‘you-know-what’. Photograph: Jay Brookes/BBC Studios

It was a mispronunciation that launched a thousand memes. Now Nigella Lawson has said she feels too self-conscious to utter the word “microwave” after her pronunciation went viral.

A clip of the celebrity cook pronouncing “microwave” as “meecro-wah-vay” while talking about heating milk was shared widely online in 2020.

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