• zarkanian@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    Sometimes when a word gets borrowed from another language, the pronunciation comes along, too. Sometimes not. Every dictionary here says we aren’t using the Nahuatl pronunciation. It isn’t a thing, no matter what some guy on YouTube is saying.

    • LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      I do prefer pronouncing axolotl phonetically to rhyme with Aristotle.

      But I guess this kinda makes me curious about the Nahuatl language, why would they use the roman alphabet if they’re just gonna change the pronunciation of every letter into some unrelated nonsense 😵‍💫