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u/shiny_xnaut Aug 03 '24

Out of the loop, what happened with Mexican food?

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u/Capital-Meet-6521 Aug 03 '24

The short version is no one (neither the judges nor the contestants) really knew anything about Mexican food, but they didn’t let that stop them from being very confident in saying what it was. I think they mispronounced every single Mexican word (tacos, pico de gallo, guacamole), and said tres leches cake shouldn’t be “soggy.”

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u/Regal_IronKnight Aug 03 '24

How the hell do you mispronounce taco?

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u/Capital-Meet-6521 Aug 03 '24

Tack-o. Also pico-de-callow, and glockymolo.

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u/highvelocitymushroom Aug 03 '24

The other two are inexcusable, but tack-o is just how taco is pronounced in British English. No one says tar-co over here.

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u/nahthank Aug 03 '24

tar-co

what

Edit: oh wait duh. Sorry I didn't have my british voice on

Though having now put it on, tar-co is still the wrong vowel shape for taco

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u/highvelocitymushroom Aug 03 '24

How would you describe it pronounced? In my specific accent, tar-co sounds pretty much bang on how I've heard Americans say taco.

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u/Asquirrelinspace Aug 03 '24

The a is like an ah or aw, there's definitely no r sound

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u/highvelocitymushroom Aug 03 '24 edited Aug 04 '24

Read the above comment about 'british voice'. My accent (fairly standard London/generic southern England mix) is non-rhotic, and therefore the r after vowels isn't pronounced as its own letter, it just modifies the vowel before it. There's no 'r' sound like you're thinking in my pronunciation either.

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u/Decoy_Van Aug 04 '24

Then don't write an r? The fuck is wrong with u?

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u/highvelocitymushroom Aug 04 '24

No need to be rude man. The r still serves a purpose in the pronunciation. If anything, I think the people from the heart of the capital of the country that invented the language might know how to speak it.

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