FAO Choko

[matsuki]

They should have just hired Cliff Curtis. He's played pretty much every type of brown guy there is in Hollywood other than what he actually is.

I soooo thought that dude was middle eastern....

[Samurai_Jerk]

They should have just hired Cliff Curtis. He's played pretty much every type of brown guy there is in Hollywood other than what he actually is.

I soooo thought that dude was middle eastern....

I thought he was a Colombian drug kingpin.

[Coligny]

I'd rather stay old school...

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Joaquim de Almeida...

[matsuki]

They should have just hired Cliff Curtis. He's played pretty much every type of brown guy there is in Hollywood other than what he actually is.

I soooo thought that dude was middle eastern....

I thought he was a Colombian drug kingpin.

He did finally play a Maori though: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298228/

[Samurai_Jerk]

They should have just hired Cliff Curtis. He's played pretty much every type of brown guy there is in Hollywood other than what he actually is.

I soooo thought that dude was middle eastern....

I thought he was a Colombian drug kingpin.

He did finally play a Maori though: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298228/

Yeah, when I saw that I was surprised that he was Maori.

[kurogane]

And let us not forget the International Jewish Conspiracy latinos:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Margolis



Plus he's a great actor................

BTW, floored that the head cholo from Training Day is a Maori .................cool. Good actor. Isn't he in the George Clooney remake of Kelly's Heroes as well?

[matsuki]

[wagyl]

Choko doesn't seem to call around here much any more, but this old SNL skit involving vocabulary appropriation from other languages reminded me of some of the issues he used to raise.

[matsuki]

Over pronunciation is pretty silly but still sounds better than...

https://vine.co/v/OXVtZEqpYi6

[kurogane]

Gwackamohl !!!!!!!!!!

If she's not goofing around she's an idjit, but if any more JETi types correct me over Kyodo or Tokeeo when I'm speaking English we're gonna go Pa-ru Ha-ba- or Hahrashoma. Nope, over pronunciation is probably worse, being a sin of comission. Pretence is far worse than simple ignorance, or even stupidity. Great SNL pull, though. Poor little Phil Hartman.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Shouldn't it be pronounced "hwaka-mo-lay?"

[matsuki]

Shouldn't it be pronounced "hwaka-mo-lay?"

[wagyl]

But surely we should not be importing words from another language just because they are stylish, and we should be giving it its proper name of testicle sauce! The Spanish is after all a corruption of the Nahuatl anyway. You can't have it both ways. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ahuacatl#Derived_terms

[matsuki]

But surely we should not be importing words from another language just because they are stylish, and we should be giving it its proper name of testicle sauce! The Spanish is after all a corruption of the Nahuatl anyway. You can't have it both ways. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ahuacatl#Derived_terms

I like the Nahuatl pronunciation the best but anything is better than 森のバター

[wagyl]

anything is better than 森のバター

Some people like it with Chicken of the Sea.

Testicle sauce it is then. Just give me a moment, I'll prepare some for you.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Shouldn't it be pronounced "hwaka-mo-lay?"

Once again showing your ignorance of Spanish pronunciation.

[matsuki]

?? my point was it wasn't standardized. I've heard both from native Mexi-Spanish speakers.

[Samurai_Jerk]

?? my point was it wasn't standardized. I've heard both from native Mexi-Spanish speakers.

Just like paella.

[wagyl]

森のバター

You also have a whole lot of Mexicans to take this up with: Mantequilla de pobre

[Yokohammer]

Whack a mole?

[wagyl]

?? my point was it wasn't standardized. I've heard both from native Mexi-Spanish speakers.

Unfortunately, that point was not well expressed by posting only an audio file (accompanied by a static graphic being text of the word only). That alone suggests you wanted to answer "No, it is pronounced like this."

If you expected people to understand that you wanted to mean "and also like..." or "or, alternatively," it might have helped for you to include words to that effect.
Otherwise, people start to think that you change your position based on whether your statements have been challenged. Only the magic combination of Canadian nationality and a freelance writing job* gives you the right to do that.

I don't know about anyone else here, but my crystal ball is back at the polishers for its shaken. I can't read your mind at the moment.

* actual job not strictly necessary

[matsuki]

?? my point was it wasn't standardized. I've heard both from native Mexi-Spanish speakers.

Just like paella.

I've still yet to hear one that sounds like "pie area" though

森のバター

You also have a whole lot of Mexicans to take this up with: Mantequilla de pobre

I've never heard it called that before but according to Wikipedia:

Despite its name, it predates the arrival of dairy cattle in the Americas, and thus was not originally made as a butter substitute.

Why did the Aztecs use the same word for testicles?

[wagyl]

1. Because when you squeeze their textured surface, oily, fragrant, green mush oozes out until you come across the resilient core which is slightly springy when subjected to sufficient pressure
2. Because they were fond of the English language pun, avocado pear/pair of male gonads
3. Because the most effective way to remove the pits, after cutting the surrounding flesh in half, is to slam down from a distance with a kitchen knife, and then twist slightly

More importantly, I want to know why the French use the same word for these testicles as they do for lawyers.

[Samurai_Jerk]

?? my point was it wasn't standardized. I've heard both from native Mexi-Spanish speakers.

Just like paella.

I've still yet to hear one that sounds like "pie area" though

I guess I'll have to post this link again. Listen to how the guy says "bombilla."

http://www.studyspanish.com/pronunciation/letter_ll.htm

[matsuki]

Sounds like ボンビッヤ

[Samurai_Jerk]

Sounds like ボンビッヤ

Get your ears checked. Even in the description is says:

The pronunciation of the Spanish "ll" can vary widely from region to region. Most commonly, it is pronounced like the "y" in the word "yes," or like the "lli" in the word "million."

[Coligny]

Sounds like ボンビッヤ

Get your ears checked. Even in the description is says:

And more importantly, everything inbetween...

(Sorry, could not resist...)

[Samurai_Jerk]

Yeismo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye%C3%ADsmo

[wagyl]

https://twitter.com/Mulboyne/status/668950102501789697
Be careful out there.

[matsuki]

https://twitter.com/Mulboyne/status/668950102501789697
Be careful out there.

Look for marks on the face and hands!

Columbus “sailed the ocean blue” in 1492. Just three years later, in 1495, the first syphilis epidemic broke out among armies in Italy at the Siege of Naples, seemingly brought by French soldiers who in turn probably got the disease from Spanish mercenaries. Because of the French popularly spreading it, syphilis was initially known as the “French disease.”