• Squorlple@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I still think about how my Cuban former coworker pronounced Popeye the Sailor as poh-pee-yay

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      1 month ago

      One of Pablo Escobar’s lieutenants was nicknamed Popeye. When i first heard it pronounced in spanish I was so confused. To make it even funnier, here in Medellin y’s are pronounced like j’s so here his name is Poh-pay-jay.