Tug@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoIf a 1 L lama is a holy man and a 2 L llama is an animal, what is a 3L lllama?message-squaremessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up165file-text
arrow-up165message-squareIf a 1 L lama is a holy man and a 2 L llama is an animal, what is a 3L lllama?Tug@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square30linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoLama and llama are pronounced differently, though. It just turns out most usonians can’t pronounce it.
minus-squareAlcoholicorn@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 days agoIt never occurred to me ‘’llama‘’ was a loan-word that should use Spanish pronunciation rules. All these years, I thought I was introducing myself in Spanish, instead I was introducing my male llama.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoLah mah Nope, it’s the same. And croissant has a hard R.
Lama and llama are pronounced differently, though. It just turns out most usonians can’t pronounce it.
It never occurred to me ‘’llama‘’ was a loan-word that should use Spanish pronunciation rules.
All these years, I thought I was introducing myself in Spanish, instead I was introducing my male llama.
Lah mah
Nope, it’s the same.
And croissant has a hard R.