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Btw, Puerto Ricans are US citizens. But don't let that stop them.

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[-] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 30 points 3 weeks ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercorrection

My favorite is habanero


there's no ñ, just n, but some will make a show of pronouncing it with the incorrect ñ sound.

[-] eestileib 19 points 3 weeks ago
[-] bear 13 points 3 weeks ago
[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

ña ña ña ña ña ña ña ña ña ña ña ña ña ña ña ña Catman

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

There's also hypercorrectioncorrection: I've had people tell me "piñata" is wrong and it's actually "pinata" without the y sound.

[-] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago
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