RE: https://mastodon.tetaneutral.net/@bikepunk/115696721009079601

WAIT!

how exactly do y’all pronouce axolotl in English?

i don't even bother with the correct pronunciation in nahuatl. i just know them as GUAJOLOTES (if you know El Chapulín Colorado or Cantiflas, you know) and that's what i call them.

EDIT:
in spanish, that X is pronounced as a castillian jota (J). it’s equivalent is the english H. but, technically, that X is more of a SH sound in nahuatl. there’s really no hard X (xk) sound in Spanish.

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