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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To explain: /eː/ and /oː/ exist in Australian English, but they're the vowels in SQUARE and NORTH respectively, so Australians don't naturally associate them with foreign /e/ and /o/. If you can force an Australian to say "care-sore", it sounds remarkably like Spanish "queso"!

[–] TugOfWarCrimes 15 points 1 year ago

As an Australian, I am ashamed at how long I sat here saying "care-sore... queso" to myself over and over listening to how strangely similar they do sound when I think about it