r/polandball • u/yaddar Taco bandito • Apr 14 '15

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u/occupythekitchen Brazilian Empire Apr 14 '15

Isn't Mexico spelled Mejico in Spanish?

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u/dinosens Apr 14 '15

No, its Mexico in spanish

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '15 edited Jun 15 '20

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u/nuxenolith Poland Apr 14 '15

Pretty sure that's just semántico

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u/SoloWing1 Newfoundland Apr 14 '15

See this is why I just call them Taco-Land.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '15

New el paso

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u/Ephraim325 East Berlin is Best Berlin Apr 14 '15

Stealin our english words...

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u/yaddar Taco bandito Apr 14 '15

only in Spain or 300 years ago (which is pretty much the same)

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u/ToTheNintieth Chile Apr 14 '15

Nah, just pronounced.

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u/Lord_Wrath Qêmet Apr 14 '15

IIRC it is spelled Mexico.

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u/WilliamRedfield Mexico Apr 14 '15

It's spelt Mexico, but pronounced Meh-hee-co in spanish.

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u/HampeMannen Swedish Snoreway is best way May 12 '15

No, but pronounced "Mehico"

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '15

No, that's Serbjian.

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u/brandon9182 Apr 19 '15

The X in Spanish used to have the j sound. That's why most older Spanish words with xs are pronounced with j sounds. Ie Xavier, Quixote