• evasive_chimpanzee
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    20 days ago

    Yeah, but I would argue that when I say “pass me a tortilla” I’m saying “tortilla” in English, which has mostly the same pronunciation as the Spanish (though I think the “t” is pronounced differently).

    The fact that “coup d’etat” is pronounced mostly the same might just be happenstance.