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There's probably a word I've been pronouncing wrong my whole life that I don't know about
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Same as you, but in my defense I've never heard it out loud. A mexican friend taught me the correct way, I then understood the word comes from Nahuatl
Similarly, chocolate and coyote and tomato are also Aztec/Nahuatl words in origin. Which means our pronunciation is likely inaccurate
Avocado is our English speaking ancestor's poor attempt at the Nahuatl word "ahuacatl."
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