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chak100 t1_j16j7yt wrote

Reply to comment by fogindex in [OC] English Words of Spanish Origin and the Number of Mentions in Wikipedia by OfficialWireGrind

Canyon is cañón

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Firstearth t1_j18q1sr wrote

But that’s the same word though right? I mean the word is said the same in both languages it’s just the spelling that changes. Contrast that for example with chocolate which is spelt the same but has a considerable difference in pronunciation.

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U5urPator t1_j18pozb wrote

Which also derives from the latin "canno".

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