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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm struggling here because I don't know what that word is. So I can't work out what the ultimate pronunciation of female is either

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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@lemmy.world 4 points 1 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.