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>mfw every pleb can pronounce Quixote somewhat correctly but thinks quixotic is pronounced "quick zah tick" instead of "kee hoe teak"

>> No.8549514

The difference is that quixotic is a word in English whereas Quixote is foreign name.

>> No.8549528
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8549528

>>8549510
>thom had this hairline in 1997 and he still has hair
>i'm losing my hair at 18

>> No.8549616

>>8549510
vocaroo your "QUIXOTE'' pronunciation.

>> No.8549628

>>8549528
who gives a shit

>> No.8549632

>>8549628
WHY DOES A SKINNY MANLET GET HAIR AND I DONT

>> No.8549648

>>8549510
I looked this up because I thought it was kwee ahtick. Apparently we are both wrong though

>> No.8550451

>>8549510
>>these amerifats desu

>> No.8550462

"dawn qui ho te" spanish name
"que zoh tick" - english adjective

wow so hard

>> No.8550574

Quixote is pronounced "quick zot" fyi OP

>> No.8550799

It's only in the last 100 years or so that English speakers have started pronouncing it like it would be in Old Castilian (or some approximate thereof) rather than /kiˈxote/

>> No.8552672

>>8549510

the proper way to say it is "KEE-HOE-TAY""

>> No.8552676

>>8552672
*KEE-SHO-TAY

>> No.8552687

There is no correct way to say these words, language adapts to the speakers.

>> No.8552694

>>8549632
that's not a manlet, you idiot

manlets are very buff and short.

>> No.8552760

>>8552676
nope
>>8552672
is right
>t. Cervantes

>> No.8552778

>>8549616
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0RLY0BG0kR7

>> No.8552785

>>8552694
you know what i mean

>> No.8552788
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8552788

>>8552760
>he doesn't know the proper old castillian pronounciation

>> No.8552980

>>8552672
Fuck no you dildo.
It's KEE-HOH-TEH
You'd sound like a spoiled american girl.
t.Native Spanish-Speaker

>> No.8553000

>>8552778

haaa ha ha you cant do it

>> No.8553010

>>8552980
Yeh.
Special emphasis on the "HOH", like a harsh "h".

>> No.8553011

kee-shot

>> No.8553179

It's pronounced "unrealistic"

>> No.8553193
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8553193

>Chakotay with a Q

>> No.8553194

>>8552788
Why would you use the old pronunciation? So spics can't laugh at you for being unable to pronounce the kh sound of the x?

>> No.8553200

>>8549510
English isn't read phonetically and letters used for one set of sounds in one word doesn't always correlated to another, even if the word is related you fucking cuck.

Off the top of my head, the A in "German" is pronounced differently than the A in "Germanic."

>> No.8553201

>>8552785
cuz ur a bald faggot lmao

>> No.8553202

>>8553194
>why would you use the old pronunciation
Because that's how it's pronounced

>> No.8553224

>>8553202
was*

>> No.8553227

jueputas gringos jaja

>> No.8553257
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8553257

so glad i learned spenish

>> No.8553273

>>8553224
If you wanna be accurate thays how Cervantes probably said it