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So much going on in the world and yet so many rubbish news sources find non-news stories like this.

Just for the record, I pronounce it 'Spanish Risotto' and if I want to sound really Spanish, I will call it 'España Risotto'

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Depends on the region as well. Catalan is very different to Basque

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Considering Basque is not even in the same language family as Catalan, that makes sense.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

and yet, if I was to call you a cunt in english, youd get my drift in any language

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

You joke, but here in Scotland, or even moreso over in Australia, "cunt" is a very great and versatile word that can have any number of meanings depending on context, intonation and adjacent words. That meaning tends to get lost on others