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zaph@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago I doubt you pronounce tortilla “tour-till-uh” or Coup d’état “coop-dee-tat.” Sometimes we change the pronunciation and sometimes we don’t.
zaph@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yeah, but I would argue that when I say “pass me a tortilla” I’m saying “tortilla” in English, which has mostly the same pronunciation as the Spanish (though I think the “t” is pronounced differently).
The fact that “coup d’etat” is pronounced mostly the same might just be happenstance.