• Echo Dot
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    117 months ago

    I’m struggling here because I don’t know what that word is. So I can’t work out what the ultimate pronunciation of female is either

    • The Picard ManeuverOP
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      27 months ago

      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

      • @SaddieTheMad@lemmy.world
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        47 months ago

        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.