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Comment by soederpop

8 months ago

also the o isn't just a spelling difference it is a pronunciation difference

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leereeves  8 months ago

It is in Spanish, where the name of the country, Colombia, is pronounced co-lohm-bia, but in (American) English it's generally pronounced co-luhm-bia. Like Par-ee vs Pair-iss.

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