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Queridos lectores,<\/p>\n

En Estados Unidos, los tamales tienen más de un siglo de popularidad. Curiosamente, en inglés se usa generalmente el singular tamale<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Está tan arraigado este uso—sobre todo en la frase hot tamale<\/em> (tamal picante), plato de gran venta callejera en pueblos y ciudades, ya en la primera década del siglo pasado—que se la debe considerar la forma correcta en inglés.<\/p>\n

Partitura de canción popular de 1909, composición de Herbert Ingraham, editada por la Shapiro Music Company.<\/p>\n

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Otra frase de gran difusión es a hot tamale<\/em>: mujer de gran atractivo físico, con connotación además de personalidad chispeante y encantadora.<\/p>\n

¿Por qué, pues, tamale<\/em> y no tamal<\/em>?<\/p>\n

Una posibilidad: del plural “tamales”,<\/em> los angloparlantes infirieron que el singular sería todo menos la ‘s’ (así la regla en inglés): de ahí, a tamale <\/em>por “un tamal”.<\/p>\n

Para el lingüista, es una “retroformación” o “derivación regresiva” (inglés: back-formation<\/em>).<\/p>\n

La otra hipótesis es que el antiguo singular nahuátl, tamalli,<\/em> era muy difundido en el español hablado del norte de México\/sudoeste de USA; los angloparlantes lo habrían recogido de allí.  <\/em><\/p>\n

Pero la retroformación es muy probable. Es lo que está detrás del singular frijole<\/em>, por ejemplo, también frecuente en inglés<\/p>\n

Igual proceso ocurre en todos los idiomas.  En español, el antiguo Sant’Iago (San Jacobo) devino Santiago<\/strong>, y por retroformación se empezó a creer que el santo se llamaba Tiago; de ahí también, la “invención”, si se quiere, del nombre Diego.<\/p>\n

Good words!<\/p>\n

Pablo<\/p>\n

PS Para otra reflexión acerca de “tamal”vs tamale<\/em>, haga clic aquí.<\/a><\/p>\n

Una versión de este ensayo apareció originalmente en <\/em>La Prensa Latina (Memphis, Tennessee), junto a su versión en inglés, el 23 de septiembre del 2012.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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