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[โ€“] agnomeunknown@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's a borrowed word because we don't have a translation, though. Tamales are tamales. Also we say tamale for singular but it's tamal in Spanish. It's a loan word in every way.

[โ€“] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Oh? My bad, thanks for the correction! ๐Ÿ™

[โ€“] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Also we say tamale for singular

Who's this "we"?

[โ€“] indepndnt@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One tamales.

[โ€“] StuffYouFear@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I would like one flock or herd of tamaleese