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It's the same difference as between papa and papá. We are trained to perceive different accented syllables as different words with different meanings.



Sure, we have these in my language as well. For instance, the car Kia should be written like "vomit" - so we have a convoluted spelling and say the name slightly wrong to distance the word from "vomit". But it's still clear to everybody how the name should be pronounced and spelled.

Doesn't seem to affect sales, though, probably like the Chevy Nova. Those Kia are everywhere.




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