pruwyben@discuss.tchncs.de to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 8 months agoThere's probably a word I've been pronouncing wrong my whole life that I don't know aboutmessage-squaremessage-square238fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareThere's probably a word I've been pronouncing wrong my whole life that I don't know aboutpruwyben@discuss.tchncs.de to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square238fedilink
minus-squareHadriscus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoSame as you, but in my defense I’ve never heard it out loud. A mexican friend taught me the correct way, I then understood the word comes from Nahuatl
minus-squarebeardown@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoSimilarly, chocolate and coyote and tomato are also Aztec/Nahuatl words in origin. Which means our pronunciation is likely inaccurate
minus-squareI_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoAvocado is our English speaking ancestor’s poor attempt at the Nahuatl word “ahuacatl.”
Same as you, but in my defense I’ve never heard it out loud. A mexican friend taught me the correct way, I then understood the word comes from Nahuatl
Similarly, chocolate and coyote and tomato are also Aztec/Nahuatl words in origin. Which means our pronunciation is likely inaccurate
Avocado is our English speaking ancestor’s poor attempt at the Nahuatl word “ahuacatl.”
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