apparently there are people who pronounce jalapeños "jelly penis" and just. why
@Felthry I can understand not being familiar with Spanish pronunciation, we probably say it wrong here too, but that is quite an achievement.
@BatElite I imagine the most basic parts (j represents /h/, h represents /ʔ/ or is silent, ñ is /ɲ/, all vowels are fully pronounced) are mostly well-known? but I guess in the us we're more likely to be exposed to spanish-language stuff than in the netherlands, maybe
@Felthry The ñ is well-known I think, the j/h stuff I tend to forget. (But then, the most contact I usually have with Spanish is that my brother knew a bit because I went there for 3 months.)
In the US Spanish is mandatory, right? At least in the southern parts?
@BatElite It varies by school, it was not mandatory for us
Our exposure to spanish comes from casual sources. Names of food, names of people, and so on
j represents /j/ in Dutch, doesn't it? Or is it a different sound? It seems like no two languages use it for the same sound.
@Felthry I think it does? It's the same sound as what English uses y for. (In actual use like in year, not the "why" thing.)
@Felthry I feel like English has the weirdest noise for it though.