How do YOU pronounce Jalapeno?

[MR NHB]

I've always pronounced it like "Hal-ah-pen-yo."

Much to my agitation, my newly-minted wife pronounces the word "Halla-peen-oh."

Then I've heard it pronounced "Hal-uh-pen-oh" and "hal-ah-peen-yo."

Is it regional? How do you say the word?

 

[Doughbelly]

Ja la pee no.

English, do you speak it?

 

[Snakesolidsnake]

It's Hal-ah-pen-yo. Anything with the tilde over the n (

 

[Zeroinnes]

The funniest way I've ever heard was "Jah-law-pin-oh"



I pronounce it like this. You can't forget the

 

[philth]

 

[Sweet_Leaf]

Ah-la-pain-yo

 

[Zuni]

h

 

[heavyarms21]

Ja la peno

 

[Fawlty]

Holla pain yo

 

[Rob Battisti]

Hai - le - pen - ho

 

[weed]

how do you pronounce

PENELOPE


correct:

penal - ope

 

[Ring Shark98]

I purposely pronounce it wrong: gel-app-in-oh.

 

[Uptown Swinger]

Halla-mi-peeno












por favor

 

[MR NHB]

how do you pronounce

PENELOPE


correct:

penal - ope

Like cantaloupe withought the "t."

 

[bcordova]

hal-a-pain-yo

 

[HappyHaHa**]

hal
a
pin
po

 

[JMart]

ha-la-'PE

 

[osudude]

pep-er

 

[Oreomeister]

all up in, yo

 

[jefferz]

Came to post this.