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Take Our Word For It Blog. Thursday, January 1, 2015. Why is Quinoa Pronounced As Though It Were French? Quinoa. How does a word that came to English from Spanish end up being pronounced as though it were French? I would expect it to be spelled quinois. So for some speakers here.
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