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Dec 2024
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Dad Tries To Pronounce ‘Empanada’ | DFMB...

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Charles gives a holler-out to a young professional shag dancer. Link takes Charles through a well-known dialect quiz from The New York Times to see if it can guess where he’s from. Plus, Charles tries to pronounce more words in another edition of “Can I Pronounce These Words? Let’s See If I Fala-Fail!” C’mon and have a good time with us! 


NYT Dialect Quiz


Pronunciation word list:

Pad Thai 

Kimchi

Tortellini 

Bibimbap

Empanada

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