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minus-squarecephus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·2 days agoMost 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
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·edit-21 day agoThe 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”.
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
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”.