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[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

~~Except it's not even a borrowed word. It's still a Spanish word.~~ nope, I was wrong.

[–] agnomeunknown@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It's a borrowed word because we don't have a translation, though. Tamales are tamales. Also we say tamale for singular but it's tamal in Spanish. It's a loan word in every way.

[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Oh? My bad, thanks for the correction! 🙏

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Also we say tamale for singular

Who's this "we"?

[–] indepndnt@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

One tamales.

[–] StuffYouFear@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I would like one flock or herd of tamaleese