Brendan -> RE: Pronunciation in Spanish (Aug. 29 2021 17:43:17)
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I used to go to a diner run by a Kurd and we chatted long enough for me to learn that he was an atheist, contemptuous of religion, but he kept the place halal for his largely Turkish clientele. He did these ‘Mediterranean’ breakfasts, all olives and tomatoes. I said it looked like breakfast in Spain without the ham. Laughing, he said “as you know, we are a strict Muslim business”. Me, “Aw, donde esta el jamon?” The owner’s assistant, also Kurdish and presumably irreligious, “Did you just say something in Arabic?” I think it was the ‘j’ of ‘jamon’ that made him think that.
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