• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Before that, it was a Mexican person drug, which is why it’s called marijuana to many people. It was a scare tactic. “These Mexicans smoke MARIJUANA!” And why I will only call it things like ‘cannabis’ and ‘weed.’

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      6 months ago

      And you can generally tell how scary the speaker wants it to be by how gutturally they pronounce the “j.”