Spyke
fedia.io

I don't speak Spanish, but based on the absolutely tiny bit I do know, would this mean quesadillas would become "little cheesies"?

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slrpnk.net

Two spicy little donkeys with everything, three light meals for the boys, and a little cheesy for my wife, please.

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Skullgridreply
lemmy.world

little donkeys = burritos

cheesy = quesadilla

light meal? Livianos?

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Taco apparently is a light meal? I don't speak Spanish, I'm just laughing how unhinged it would sound

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FatCrabreply
lemmy.one

Even better, gorditas literally translate to little fat girls i believe (but maybe I'm wrong). Tbf, we have a processed sausage-alike that we call a hot dog so language and our perception of it is weird

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Lemminaryreply
lemmy.world

It's grammatical gender so it has nothing to do with girls, but it could in the right context. 😅

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mercreply
sh.itjust.works

So, apparently it comes from "quesada" which was a form of cheesecake, and the "illa" diminutive ending. Over time it has come to mean a fried tortilla with cheese and other fillings.... except...

In Mexico City, quesadillas don't necessarily have cheese in them. The rest of the country makes fun of them for it. But, if you're ever in Mexico City and want a nice cheesy quesadilla, be sure to order a "quesadilla con queso".

Damn it, now I'm hungry.

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Just spit balling, but it doesn't make sense to translate things literally. A po' boy is delicious, but eating a poor boy is generally frowned upon.

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lemmy.world

Probably something like a “ground beef, cheese, tomato and lettuce flatbread sandwich with a drizzle of tomato based sauce.” Which is folded like a taco and looks exactly like a taco, but is definitely not a taco.

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ThePantserreply
sh.itjust.works

Taco: Mexican Flat Round Bread Sandwich

Pita: Greek Flat Round Bread Sandwich

Pizza: Italian Flat Round Toast With Toppings

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That's perfect, let’s just say we’re having lunch at 'Mexican Flat Round Bread Sandwich Bell' now. Clearly, calling it Taco Bell is all part of some Democrats secret agenda to push MEXICAN on America!

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daggermoonreply
lemmy.world

The Canadian government is pretty weird about that aren't they?

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lemmy.ca

Quebec government, specifically. Other provinces only require government services to be provided in both French and English but private businesses can mostly do what they want. Quebec requires private business to be conducted in French unless the customer requests service in a different language. Any non-French text or speech made to a customer before they request it can be seen as a violation. They can be a little overzealous at times.

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The government eventually said exotic dishes with no French name are allowed as an exception. Looking up menus of Indian places in Montreal shows they have completely Indian names for many of their dishes.

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startrek.website

Damn, I've heard jokes about quebecios being snobby with their French but that seems excessive.

Which makes it all the more hilarious that the French people I know have joked about Quebec speaking "garbage French"

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There are certainly stories of overzealous enforcement, but the context of Loi 101 and its amendments is worth considering.

Québecois is really interesting. It has a lot of old, outdated French in it due to the colonial connection with France being severed hundreds of years ago, where it evolved distinctly and the locals made different decisions on what to change and how to adapt to new concepts.

One could argue the French government has been obsessive about policing language much longer with the académie française.

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lemmy.ca

Damn, I’ve heard jokes about quebecios being snobby with their French but that seems excessive

It's not snobby. From an anglo perspective, here's how it plays out in reality:

WAITER: Qu'est-ce que vous voudrais? ME: Huh? WAITER: What would you like? ME: {proceeds to order}

...And life goes on.

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I mean that's fine, but the fact that it's required under penalty of law is absolutely excessive

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What happened with that change to signage laws that was going to require tens of millions of dollars to update eg "Canadian Tire" to "Magasin Canadian Tire" and whatnot?

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They're not at all snobby. The French in France are snobby. If you try to speak to them in French and it isn't Parisian-style french, they'll try to switch languages on you because they can't bear to have their dear language mangled like that.

The Quebecois aren't snobby, they're just obnoxious about preserving their language and culture. And it gets pretty absurd. Around the world stop signs say "STOP" even in French speaking countries. But, in Quebec they mostly say "Arret", and when a local English-speaking community has stop signs that say stop, vigilantes sometimes change them to Arret.

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mercreply
sh.itjust.works

Nope. The Canadian government just sighs and wishes Quebec wouldn't be such a problem.

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mercreply
sh.itjust.works

I'm not sure if this is supposed to be a joke or something, but yes. More than 90% of the people in Quebec speak French. More than 50% speak English, but for most it's a second language.

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daggermoonreply
lemmy.world

No, it was a genuine question. I did not know It was mainly used as a first language in Quebec. I thought it was a semi-common second laguage for Canadians.

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No, only in Quebec. There's a bit of French spoken in Ontario (especially on the border with Quebec), and maybe 30% of the population in New Brunswick, but in other provinces it's not even the second most spoken language.

For example, Manitoba's most widely spoken languages are 1M English, 33k Tagalog, 30k Punjabi, 19k German and 15k French.

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SassyRamenreply
lemmy.world

Man I forgot how much I loved seeing him in commercials as a kid 🥹

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The U.S. government announces that four more words will no longer be permitted for use within scientific documents: Taco, Burrito, Quesadilla and Fajita.

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lemmy.world

I feel like this is fake.

Two reasons. I was unable to find a video clip of this, and it's not nearly racist enough for these shit-hawks.

If some has the clip, please share.

Edit: 3 reason, we're also on a shitpost channel.

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Sadly, it doesn't matter if he said it when it is entirely reasonable to believe that he did. It isn't the most racist or the stupidest thing this guy has said on national television.

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I mean, third reason, he's labeled as "Homan" which seems pretty close to Human but just a bit off. And that's simply too on-the-nose for the topic.

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lemmy.world

At this point, I'm not completely sure that this administration has really only appointed the most qualified people for those cabinet positions.

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Taco Bell was a cynical invention by Alexander Graham Bell to sell more Bell peppers.

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midwest.social

Snowflake racist: Burrito is a Mexican word 😭 Chad globalist: Burrito is a human word 😎

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Either way it's era inappropriate by about two thousand years, I thought it'd be funnier if he was holding a calzone.

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Agreed, Mexican food is one of the greatest culinary flavor profiles the world has known so far. This guy looks like he sits around eating mayonnaise out of the jar with a spoon. He's probably just mad that mayo prices went up.

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US scientists... Hmmm how about we start with a pure translation "Little Donkey". Hmm less donkey, we need less donkey!....Little Dunks! How about we drop the little.. Just Dunks. "I need a couple of bean and beef dunks please!" How does that sound Bob? Bob, that sounds great Bob!

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lemmy.today

Completely glancing over the fact that there is exactly zero Mexican items at Taco Bell. Everything there is some kinda bastardized American Midwest slop. I think the only actual Spanish on the menu is "gordita" which loosely translates into fat bitch little fatty (really out of practice with my Spanish), which seems fitting.

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NONEreply
lemmy.world

Ehhh... "gordita" does not translate to "Fat Bitch" but "Little Faty"...

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lemmy.world

But little fatty is just a pure translation. It actually just means something closer to "thick" as in "that tortilla is a little thick"..."esa tortilla esta gordita....hey! Ya se! Porque no les ponemos "gorditas"! Vale?" "Orale compadre, entonces ya quedamos, son gorditas! Son o estan? Son! Luego que tal si algun pendejo en China No's traduce a estan y empiesan a discriminar? No no, son gorditas. Okay pies, entonces so gorditas y ya OK? Ok! Porque cabrones dices OK? Quiero decir que estoy de acuerdo contigo. Today la genre dice okay!

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mercreply
sh.itjust.works

Taco Bell sells tacos that are reasonably close to Mexican street tacos. Obviously not as good, but it's a small soft tortilla with fillings, that's what you get in Mexico too.

Burritos are also Mexican, though they're not as common across the whole country as tacos. The modern burrito comes from Ciudad Juarez right on the border with Texas.

Most of the rest of the Taco Bell menu isn't authenitcally Mexican, but I'd say their core menu items are tacos and burritos.

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lemmy.today

I agree with you slightly on the burrito, but I don't think you've ever had a legit taco if you think Taco Bell is "reasonably close". The legit tacos I had look like some one used the tortilla as a method of grabbing meat with onions and shit sprinkled on as an afterthought. (Not trying to insult you or sound combative, this is just how I talk)

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mercreply
sh.itjust.works

I have relatives in Mexico, I visit regularly and we go for tacos all the time. There are lots of varieties of different kinds of tacos. Meat-stuffed tacos are not the norm in Mexico. Most of them only have a little meat and a lot of sauce. That's what allows them to be sold incredibly cheaply. You can easily get a dozen tacos from the taco stand on the corner for what one taco will cost at taco bell. Because they're so cheap, you can get a lot of variety from just one visit: suadero, lengua, carnitas, etc.

Taco Bell isn't as good, and the flavours aren't completely authentic, but it still obviously a taco. When my cousin visits Canada/USA he prefers to get burritos (from Chipotle) because he can't get them where he lives in Mexico and he loves them. He doesn't get tacos because they're tacos, and he can get much better ones in Mexico.

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lemmy.today

Bro, I am not trying to turn this into an argument and I'm sorry if I sounded combative earlier. But believe it or not, I too have been to Mexico. Many times actually. And I have Mexican restaurants by me that are owned & run by Mexicans. Your description is not flawed, but I am very curious why you feel the need to defend Taco Bell so bad. I really don't find them comparable, especially what people generally think a taco from Taco Bell is; i.e. a deep fried paper thin tortilla with ground beef, lettuce and shredded American cheese byproduct (again, this anger is directed towards Taco Bell, not you personally).

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mercreply
sh.itjust.works

I'm not defending taco bell, I'm just saying that they serve tacos. Why are you so convinced that they don't?

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Again, not trying to escalate this into a heated argument.

But they are not equivalent. And I'm not saying Taco Bell's tacos are terrible. Ffs, I got one maybe every other week. But they are not tacos! They may be "tacos" but they are not tacos.

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gt5reply
lemm.ee

How do you say San Diego in Mexican?

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leminal.space

As a San Diegan with a lot of Mexican friends, I think it's "El Pendejo Americano". They always yell that when I come over.

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lemmy.world

That's a very specific venezuelan insult. Nothing to do with Mexicans

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NONEreply
lemmy.world

Lo sé, soy venezolano. I used it to remark that Spanish is not just Mexican.

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lemmy.world

Ah! No! They said Mexican! You and I we both speak that. Don't you back out on me now!

Como se dice que la chingada en venesolano?

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lemm.ee

No soy un hispanohablante nativo. ¿Qué significa mamaguevo?

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SybilVanereply
lemmy.ca

Mama = suck

Guevo = huevos = literally eggs but figuratively means balls

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Necesitamos al Dark Duolingo para enseñarle a todos las buenas majaderías. 👹

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NONEreply
lemmy.world

(Mama = Suck) + (Güevo->Huevo = Egg/Testicles/Male Genitalia) = Ball Sucker / Dick Sucker

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Thanks, Obama.

He [Tom Homan] was appointed by President Barack Obama as Immigration and Customs Enforcement's executive associate director of enforcement and removal operations in 2013.

In 2015, Obama awarded him a Presidential Rank Award as a Distinguished Executive. A Washington Post article at the time stated, "Thomas Homan deports people. And he's really good at it."

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notsurereply
fedia.io

when people look back, they never voted for Nixon, and Obama was a sainted figure, you should not be downvoted for pointing out the truth...Obama was a politiician who sold progressive and served middle-of-the-road...

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lemmy.dbzer0.com

And yet, Obama was still the most progressive president of my lifetime. Which tells quite the story about American politics.

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yeah, we are the petri dish for all ideas, the bloodbath of capitalism shown for the world...

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lemm.ee

considering that english already has a bunch of loan words from spanish that are considered "english", they same should probably apply to taco bell menu.. So are they really "spanish" words in that sense?

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Manalithreply
midwest.social

Didn't you hear him, they're not Spanish words at all, they're MEXICAN words

/s obviously, screw this guy

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I find bigotry and stupidity offensive and this guy still gets to say this stupid bigoted shit on television.

Too fucking bad for both of us.

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feddit.nl

He knows "taco" is a Spanish word, doesn't he?

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startrek.website

You must be offended that Starbucks has Italian named drinks too.

FYI: No one who has ever had a “caramel macchiato” at Starbucks has ever had a macchiato at Starbucks.

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lemmy.world

I know I'm not supposed to use the R word as it's derogatory but for fucks sake, it's literally the only word that describes this

*Edit: spelling

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lemmy.world

To be fair to this racist moron, there is a difference between mainland spanish and latin american spanish. To be clear I am not justifying his dumbass comment in any way.

Its probably fake.

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Soulgreply
ani.social

I mean he surely didn't actually say this right lol

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Soulgreply
ani.social

I don't know but it feels way too ridiculous to believe. Then again, there's usually someone posting the evidence that it's fake, but I don't see it.

I'd go look for it myself, but that would cause me nothing good

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Didnt find a primary source, but I did find this:

Update: There is a high chance this is fake and a good reminder to myself to not fall for confirmation bias.

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I was reading an article where he claimed he wasn't as hardline, as some, and his immigration policies were actually motivated by the guaranteed safety to everyone when we follow the rules (he gave the example of a migrant nearly dying from falling down a ravine during zir trek).

Anyway, color me surprised~

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They needed something to distract from the fact that they removed the stock ticker from their broadcast whole the market melted down

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Fox news with the hard hitting journalism, as usual. And that saggy faced guy looks like he might have a coronary within the hour, someone should get him some help or he might die on tv. For now at least he is still entitled to universal health care via medicare.

Can males have resting bitch face?
That should be the real headline. Also, my toddler gets that look on his face when he is about to dump his food on the floor and cry, without actually knowing why he is crying.

He looks like he'd find eating any vegetable "offensive" as well. He might eat a pudding cup.

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Again with the fascists... Stop it... We get it... Mussolini was also an Italian name

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