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If Tacos, burritos and quesadillas had Americanized names, what would they be?
I wonder if there’s a name for the behavior where no “alt word” is created.
“Bread” is “pan” in Spanish. We had cultural exchange, both had bread, and related the word. But America didn’t have tacos. So, we use their word.
If you imagine an industrialized nation meeting with a basic hunting tribe, the latter is going to be missing a LOT of words, and hence no matter the origins of their linguistic structure they’ll call a satellite a satellite.
Openwraps, Hail Marys and cheesebreads.
Why Hail Mary? Burrito means "little donkey".
Not an american, I did my best :
Tacos and Assorted other latin american foods? T&A, obviously.