How do YOU pronounce Jalapeno?

Well, it depends on who I'm talking to.

Naturally I want to say HA-LA-PEEN-YO

But if I'm in a real world setting around Spanish speaking individuals, I'll go HA-LA-PANE-YO
 
as a spanish speaker, most of these responses are hilarious.
 


Beat me to it. Ah toda so. Ah fucking toda so.

Anyway, I'm one of those jabronis who pronounces it ha-la-pee-nyo. That's just the way people say it around here, dogg, or at least people who weren't brought up in households where Spanish was spoken.
 
depends who i'm with
which country i'm in
and how much of a dick i'm being
 
Dye-UH-RE-UH
 
Jill-app-in-no

If you don't like it, go back to Mexico
 
To piss my bro off when he is around I pronounce it like

jaw lap en o
 
the way TS first described. Drives me nuts when someone does it differently.
 
When I'm at a restaurant, I like to order my food with "extra jalla-penis" because I "like it hot."

They usually don't try to correct me. Also, my food usually tastes like spit.
 
I read a story about the Jalapeno being shown to Americans on I believe the Johnny Carson show. Johnny made jokes on how to pronounce it and said it like 20 different ways. Well when the Mexican who set up the interview and who was responsible for the segment saw it, he was pissed and thought Johnny was making a mockery of Mexican culture. He was mad until his sales skyrocketed over night! And then he realized he shouldn't be so upset.
 
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