A brother and sister in Elgin, Illinois, disagree about how to pronounce guacamole. She argues that it rhymes with whack-a-mole. She’s wrong. This is part of a complete episode.
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George,
Your sister is totally right, I’m Guatemalan and in some parts of Latin America we’ve never heard of “Guacamole”. In Guatemala we refer to it as “Guacamol” (see link) – I always find it strange when Americans call it Guacamole. I understand the word made its way to American vocabulary via Mexico but Guacamol isn’t wrong just like Guasacaca isn’t wrong either via Venezuela.
http://www.prensalibre.com/vida/salud-y-familia/cinco-maneras-de-hacer-el-guacamole-mas-sabroso
Best,
Josué