Comments on: how do you say ‘chipotle?’

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 05:18:12 +0000

My brother-in-law pronounces it “chih-POLE-tay”

At least he gets that last vowel phoneme right… but the fact that the rest of it is a trainwreck makes me cringe.

He also says, “To each their own.”

Since “each” is singular, it should be paired with a singular possessive pronoun: “his” or “her”.

Thus the old saying, “To each his own.”

Thanks for allowing me to vent!

By: Russell Heimlich

Russell Heimlich — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:22:20 +0000

Wow, the first Chee-pole-TEE that started them on. You have truly been blessed by the burrito gods.

By: mcwillus

mcwillus — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:10:37 +0000

Yeah, Brett Favre thinks that’s messed up.

By: allen

allen — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:37:01 +0000

It’s not just in Colorado. Minnesotans tend to say chih-pole-tee. At least Colorado gets the “chee” right.

Minnesota is home of other bad pronunciations, though these could just as easily be found elsewhere in the US: Hennepin (should have a nasal n at the end, but is pronounced like hen-uh-pin), Nicollet (should be pronounced nee-koh-lay, but is pronounced nickel-lit). And MANY people use the word “borrow” to mean “lend,” as in “I borrowed my friend $50.”

Don’t get me started on the abomination known as “duck, duck, GREY DUCK.”