Heh, thank you! I actually had the reverse problem - I knew it was Spanish in origin before I ever heard the English term spoken, so had the Spanish pronunciation very firmly in mind. And then looked it up, and found it was a homophone with the Great Apes. I think I made quite a face at that.
*ducks the cries of 'prescriptive grammarian' and runs*
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Date: 2012-03-14 04:59 pm (UTC)*ducks the cries of 'prescriptive grammarian' and runs*