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Originally Posted by Lenka  I was told an interesting word (sentence):
"Jamaica" is read the same as "Did you make her?" (in the US, if you don't pronounce too well, I guess)
How do you call this phenomenon? Can it be considered a homophone? |
Which reminds me: the word
kangaroo is onomatopeic. It came into being in a funny way: the English colonists in Australia asked the aboriginers what was the name of that animal, and the answer was smth that the Englishmen made out to be: kangaroo (gangurru: "I don't understand"). Hence,...
Just like this one, there are many other myths applied to Aboriginal-sounding Australian words. Do you have similar examples from other languages, by any chance?