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minus-squareThe Picard ManeuverOPlinkfedilink2•7 months agoTamales are a type of food. (Pronounced like Tom-all-ays) So the joke is making you read “females” (fee-males) like Fem-all-ays
minus-square@SaddieTheMad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•7 months agoTah-MAH-lehs would be more accurate. ‘Females’, read as in Spanish, would be feh-MAH-lehs. It’s easy, you read Spanish as if every vowel had that ‘h’. Vowels do not change their sound. That’s a horrible explanation, right? Here. That’s how you always pronounce the vowels.
Tamales are a type of food. (Pronounced like Tom-all-ays)
So the joke is making you read “females” (fee-males) like Fem-all-ays
Tah-MAH-lehs would be more accurate. ‘Females’, read as in Spanish, would be feh-MAH-lehs.
It’s easy, you read Spanish as if every vowel had that ‘h’. Vowels do not change their sound.
That’s a horrible explanation, right? Here. That’s how you always pronounce the vowels.