It's elementary, my dear Watson. Note the second letter of each word. Tamale... Female. "A" is a different letter, and pronounced differently than "E".You really can't blame the English for that stupidity. Female derives from Latin, and Tamale is a Spanish word... Spanish also having derived from Latin.
Blame the Spanish... not the English!
Brazil speaks either Spanish or Portugese. Those are of the Romanic language family, together with Italian and French. English, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish are all of the Germanic language family, so as a Dutchman, misspelled English by Americans doesnt throw me off as easily..I have friends that moved to California from Brazil. Both have good English. Some things throw them though, like there, their, they're.
We're not misspelling, we just streamlined for efficiency!...misspelled English by Americans doesnt throw me off as easily..![]()
Knock her up - Go to her door and knockWe're not misspelling, we just streamlined for efficiency!
colour -> color
aluminium -> aluminum
bonnet -> hood
cheque -> check
dialogue -> dialog
You get the idea. For as much as the English supposedly hate the French, they certainly carry a lot of their silly flourishes around in their language.
"Separated by a common language."Knock her up - Go to her door and knock
Rubber - eraser
Fag - Cigarette
Banger - Sausage
Flat - apartment
So many.....