Confetti Confetti Confetti are small pieces or streamers of paper, mylar, or metallic material which are usually thrown at celebrations, especially parades and weddings. The origins are from the Latin "confectum", with "confetti" the plural of Italian "confetto", small sweet. Modern paper confetti trace back to symbolic rituals of tossing grains and sweets during special occasions, traditional for numerous cultures throughout history as an ancient custom dating back to pagan times, but adapted from sweets and grains to paper through the centuries. Confetti are made in a variety of colors, and commercially available confetti come in many different shapes. A distinction
English words of Greek origin Greek word στῦλος 'column' and the Latin word "stilus" 'stake, pointed instrument' were confused. The word "trophy", though ultimately of Greek origin, did not have a but a in its Greek form, τρόπαιον. In clusters such as "ps-", "pn-", and "gn-" which are not allowed by English phonotactics, the usual English pronunciation drops the first consonant ("e.g.", psychology) at the start of a word; compare "gnostic" [nɒstɪk] and "agnostic" [ægnɒstɪk]; there are a few exceptions: "tmesis" [t(ə)miːsɪs]. Initial "x-" is pronounced "z". "Ch" is pronounced like "k" rather than as in "church": "e.g.", character, chaos. Consecutive vowels are often pronounced