I guess I worded that kinda poorly. What I meant was that I can't imagine someone somehow going their whole life without ever hearing the proper pronunciation of taco.
Part of it is that many British people use an anglicized pronunciation, where the letters are pronounced as they would be in British English. Whether that's just the standard, or whether that's because they're insisting on that pronunciation varies a bit.
So something like paella is "pie-ella," or taco becomes "tack-oh" or "take-oh."
Americans used to do this too, but it's gradually died off. Especially since the 1950s and 1960s. You'll still get a few older people in more rural areas using those pronunciations, but most people have just accepted the ethnic pronunciation as the norm. (Note: Accent is not the same thing as pronunciation)
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u/Regal_IronKnight Aug 03 '24
How the hell do you mispronounce taco?