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Vol. 07 · Misheard ·2017

"Dorito."

That isn't the lyric.

What you hear
"Dorito."
What's actually sung
"Despacito." Despacito — Luis Fonsi (2017)

Why the ear defaults

Non-Spanish speakers default to the nearest English-adjacent four-syllable word. "Dorito" has a near-identical stress pattern; the song's global reach produced this nickname in most anglophone markets.

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