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[–] 2 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

I worked in a restaurant that had a lot of jalapeneos and still often pronounce it with an anglo J, just because you have to pronounce every ingredient in as fun a way as possible when you say it 800 times a week.

When I try to do it right, it's "hal-ah-peen-oh" but I've also heard people say "hal-ah-pen-oh," which one is correct?

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  • [–] 2 points 9 hours ago* (1 child)

    In the Spanish alphabet, ñ is a different letter from n. ñ is called enye. The letter makes the n-sound and the y-sound.

    the correct pronunciation is ( ha la peen yo ) or ( ha la payn yo )

    A lot of people miss the y-sound, some people use the j-sound instead of h.

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