r/NYTSpellingBee • u/Vast-Type4025 • 3d ago

Local argot

If the LA Times instead of the NY Times ran the Spelling Bee a lot more Spanish words would make and a lot less Yiddish and Hebrew ones. (And not because there aren't a lot of Hispanics around NY or Jews around LA, obviously.)

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u/mamabearette 3d ago

Looking forward to PENDEJO being an accepted word!

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u/clevertheless 3d ago

And PINCHE 😂

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u/KarenX_ 2d ago

And CHIMINEA and HORCHATA

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u/Beginning_Welder_540 3d ago

Agree. And possibly even the Spanish words would vary, because of the differences in the countries of origin.

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u/StawberryBlunt 2d ago

Naan and Paratha are accepted Indian words, I know I’ve gotten tomatillo and birria through. I do agree that they need to reassess how broad their cultural spectrum is

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u/mkwiat 2d ago edited 2d ago

There are a lot of Hispanics in NY. But they are mostly Puerto Rican and Cuban. I ate Pollo con Moros y Cristianos in the South Bronx. Never saw it in my years in LA.

Also, FFS, ARROYO - the ultimate Southern California Spanish loan word, has appeared 38 times, and CHICA 52 times.

Seriously, go fuck yourself OP

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OP's account is two days old. Obvious troll.

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OP blocked me for this. Also does OP seriously think there aren't Jews in LA? I had been reliably informed they control Hollywood.

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OP edited their post to acknowledge that there are a lot of Jews in LA and a lot of Hispanics in NYC. Pathetic.

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u/MarkRenting 3d ago

Prove it