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This exact thing is called "washawasheo" or "washawashear" in (Mexican) Spanish. It would be cool to know what languages have this, as I'm pretty sure not all o
by proper_black 6y ago
This exact thing is called "washawasheo" or "washawashear" in (Mexican) Spanish. It would be cool to know what languages have this, as I'm pretty sure not all of them do (Russian doesn't, for example).
- ryanschneider 6y agoReminds me of the (supposed?) etymology of “barbarian”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarian > The Greeks used the term barbarian for all non-Greek-speaking peoples, including the Egyptians, Persians, Medes and Phoenicians, emphasizing their otherness. According to Greek writers, this was because the language they spoke sounded to Greeks like gibberish represented by the sounds "bar..bar..;"
- ta1234567890 6y agoAnd a band made a hit song in Spanish about it in the early 2000s, Asereje: https://youtu.be/V0PisGe66mY https://youtu.be/V0PisGe66mY
- grey_earthling 6y agoThis song is loosely a cover of Rapper's Delight.