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You might be interested to know that the accent on maté is a hyperforeignism. In Spanish, the drink is just yerba mate. The (nonexistent) word maté would be pro
by mhartl 16y ago
You might be interested to know that the accent on maté is a hyperforeignism. In Spanish, the drink is just yerba mate. The (nonexistent) word maté would be pronounced "mah-TEH", whereas mate is pronounced "MAH-teh"; presumably the erroneous diacritic was added to keep people from rhyming it with fate.
- mhartl 16y agoI just realized that maté does exist in Spanish: it means "I killed"—all the more reason to use mate instead. :-)