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XEAL@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• paddirn@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Commenter gives a logical answer with information that is probably well-known for a good chunk of the world (Spanish speakers), yet it’s somehow still mind-blowing. Like “whoah, that’s where that came from!”

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  • Chunk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    In Spanish you have one tamal but two tamales. In English you have one tamale, two tamales. We incorrectly removed the pluralization from tamales and now we have this hybrid word, tamale.

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• Moc@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You’re invited to my house whenever we’re hosting the in laws

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• InfiniWheel@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Which people also occasionally call “mosco”

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  • Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Never heard that (I’m a native Spanish speaker)

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    • lauha@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yes, but spanish is spoken all over the world. Who knows where the commenter is from

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    • bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Well there is a lot of regional differences in Spanish

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    • Lemminary@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I have, primarily in Nayarit

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      • Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yes, but it just means mosquito

        es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosco

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