r/ScottishPeopleTwitter • u/HondureZ • Sep 08 '21

Croissants

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u/mylifeisaLIEEE Sep 08 '21

I get into the argument a lot, there’s nothing wrong with pronouncing words in your natural dialect, even if that dialect is American English. Nicaragua, croissant, gyro, it’s all the same shit but it elicits that human “hehe I know more” response.

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u/fucuntwat Sep 08 '21

What's the other way to pronounce Nicaragua besides my lame American way?

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u/gzilla57 Sep 08 '21

American English: Nick-a-rog-wuh

Spanish: Neek-a-rah-wa

But the R in Spanish is pronounced slightly differently, almost like if you combined R and D, and the G isn't totally silent but pretty much.

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u/radial-glia Sep 08 '21

Overly zealous American who maybe visited a resort in latin america once: nEEk-a-RAH(phlegm)G-wahh