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BAE-LAE-TRO (lemmy.likes.cat)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I say Ba-La-Tro

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Boil it, mash it, put it in a stew!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Latro? What’s latro?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Etymology. Latin latron-, latro mercenary soldier, brigand; akin to Greek latron pay, hire.

[–] Hawke 3 points 2 months ago

It’s kinda like updog.

[–] cephus 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Most people pronounce it the later, LocalThunk pronounces it the former, but says either is fine by them.

Source: start of this podcast interview https://youtu.be/hIlL7QomlOk?si=ySLmyKKsABXsBQv-

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The word balatro wasn't made up for this game -- it's a Latin term for "joker".

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/balatro

It'll be an "a" sound in that word, not a "u".

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Wait I’ve been saying bola-taro this while time

[–] misterzero 4 points 2 months ago

Baal-a-troix