• The Picard ManeuverOP
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    21 year 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
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      41 year 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.