No, that is not how you say Chipotle.

We are all guilty of mispronouncing a word or two wrong. One mispronunciation that just makes me crazy is the word chipotle. It's not difficult I promise.

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How many of these words are you saying incorrectly? Here is a hand guide of 11 commonly mispronounced words from TwentyTwoWords.com.

1. Chipotle

Wrong: Chip – oat – lay
Right: Cheep – oat – lay

2. Cache

Wrong: Catch
Right: Cash

3. Gyro

Wrong: Juh – eye – roh or gee – roh
Right: Yee – roh

4. Espresso

Wrong: Ex – press – so
Right: Es – press – so

5. Prescription

Wrong: Pur – scrip – shun
Right: Pre – scrip – shun

6. Niche

Wrong: Nitch
Right: Neesh

7. Kibosh

Wrong: Ki – bosh
Right: Key – bosh

8. Perspire

Wrong: Pre – spire
Right: Per – spire

9. Caramel

Wrong: car-mel
Right: kar-ah-mehl

10. Jewelry

Wrong: jule-ry
Right: jew-el-ry

11. Bruschetta

Wrong: broo-shet-ah
Right: broo-sket-ah

See, I knew there were a few you, including myself, were saying wrong!

 

 

 

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