The first time you encounter “açaí,” it’s impossible to ignore the linguistic puzzle it presents. The word itself seems to resist the English tongue, its Portuguese vowels and consonants colliding in a way that leaves even the most confident speakers hesitating. Is it “ah-sigh-EE”? “Ah-sah-EE”? Or perhaps the elusive “ah-sah-YEE” that haunts TikTok comments and […]