Um, jalapeño is a Spanish word, not an English word. It is not pronounced either “hall-uh-peen-yo” or “juh-lop-en-oh” [???].
It is pronounced "ha-la-PAY-nyo."
That's Spanish pronunciation. Because it's a Spanish word. This includes the proper Spanish pronunciation of both "j" and "ñ," as well as all the vowels. It also includes proper grammatical structure of breaking each syllable *before* the consonant, not after.
In fact, Spanish is a phonetic language, so it's really easy to discover how a Spanish word is pronounced. (And when did "a" start being pronounced "uh" or "o," even in English?)
Just because an English-speaker uses a word, that does not make the word English. It remains a word in its native language.
Jalapeño is and will always be a word in Spanish.
Just as a male is and always will be a male, and a female is and always will be a female.
Concur: By your Jalapeno story it is evident you are indeed a loving and very thoughtful father. Praying truth & love prevail for you and your son as for all of us parents living holding our breath. Thanks for the light hearted article!
In my experience (and I’m old), non-Hispanic Americans always (mis)pronounce it Hall-Uh-Peen-Yo. I’ve always said it and heard it that way. Always! I’ve NEVER heard it pronounced the way the author does, not even as a joke. Maybe a British person would say it that way! They’re always mispronouncing things like aluminum.
I get it. I view it like Just Mom, below - "even small, everyday things cause our minds to go down the rabbit hole of trying to understand this nightmare". When are we not thinking about our beloved kids as we go about our lives?
You refer to: so-called “trans identifying”. I think that “trans identifying” has been a significant improvement over "trans" but lately I am thinking we need plainer language than that like perhaps "Bearded Lady Drug Addict". Here is one who has gone viral:
"Trans-identified female lawyer berates judge, pulls trans card, gets found in contempt, resists arrest, screams “I can’t breathe,” and yells for people to call 911 as she’s fighting police.
Absolutely glorious performance.
Women should not take testosterone."
I don't have something for the Estrogen addicted young men yet:
"Canada’s Ball-Waxing Horror Show Is Peak Transgender Activism"
Yes! I watched it a second time to see what really happened, after she pretended she'd simply set her phone down and it fell. I rather suspect she originally *thought* she was tossing it contemptuously on the bench and missed. But if you're going to lie about a thing like that--and then accuse a JUDGE of lying about it--you really need to have better aim.
:D
It was like watching an undisciplined six-year-old F with her too-lenient mother. What spoiled brats these people all are.
I'd concede your point if "male" was Spanish for "female". Sorry, no points for your jalapeño argument.
But it does remind me of the last big fight I had with my daughter before I was blocked. The child chose a male name. She decided to name herself Lewis. But to honor her Cuban grandmother, she spelled it "Luis". I explained that "Luis" isn't pronounced "Lewis" its pronounced "Loo-ez" much like the feminine "Louise". So if she wants it pronounced "Lewis" she should spell it "Lewis". (Or Louis, which is also a correct spelling). But if you are making me call you by your legal name (something that IS a social construct. I vowed never to honor her pronouns but I'd honor a name change) I am going to call you the name on your documentation- Luis (pronounced loo-ees or loo-eez) not Lewis, which is not her name, based on the spelling. . .She also greatly objected to the nickname "Lulu". I did eventually concede to calling her Lewis (after a prior compromise of "Lu") but only to prove that it wouldn't actually make it her name. Even if her mom was using it.
I'm sorry you've had a bad time since being cut off. But you also have to laugh. Its all so dumb. I was recently in a community theatre production with my daughter's girlfriends brother. Her girlfriend brought her to see the show. I got to watch her try to hide from me, twisting in tension from her self imposed estrangement. (Her estrangement was in lieu of nothing. We had resolved the name issue before Christmas and spent Christmas together uneventfully before she cut me off). Watching her try to sneak around the theatre just emphasized how childish it all is. You gotta laugh.
Thanks for the distraction. I hear you; even small, everyday things cause our minds to go down the rabbit hole of trying to understand this nightmare because of the grief. I'm praying with you for all of our kids to come to their senses and break free from this. 🙏🏼
hello dear distressed parent -- I sincerely hope you get your son back but with all due respect, I don't resonate with your analogy using jalapenos. It's a Mexican/Spanish word, and as with most words from another language, using the original pronunciation is common and preferable to many folks. Using the jargon and falsehoods of trans identity ideology is a whole different fruit (or veggie, as the case may be).
Thank you, i feel the same and was working up a polite way to say it. Great explanation! Growing up in a region with a large Mexican population, not using the proper Mexican/spanish pronunciation would not fly. Yet this is minor to the grief and pain a parent has to endure with this insane gender ideology cult destroying families and lives. My heart goes out to every afflicted child and their heartbroken parents. May this cult be exposed and end soon.
I dunno... I am not even a native English speaker, so... I feel like trans is the opposite of jalapenos. The language rules are pretty arbitrary and flexible - biology is not. There are men everywhere - there are plenty of places with no jalapenos. And hence, it's perfectly fine to say jalapenos based on the culture they come from. I am fine with saying jalapenos with "hall" and knishes with a "k". I am absolutely not fine saying "men" and "women" with "cis" or "trans". "Men" and "women" didn't come from Mexico or trans la-la-land. I do hope your son comes back to reality.
Um, jalapeño is a Spanish word, not an English word. It is not pronounced either “hall-uh-peen-yo” or “juh-lop-en-oh” [???].
It is pronounced "ha-la-PAY-nyo."
That's Spanish pronunciation. Because it's a Spanish word. This includes the proper Spanish pronunciation of both "j" and "ñ," as well as all the vowels. It also includes proper grammatical structure of breaking each syllable *before* the consonant, not after.
In fact, Spanish is a phonetic language, so it's really easy to discover how a Spanish word is pronounced. (And when did "a" start being pronounced "uh" or "o," even in English?)
Just because an English-speaker uses a word, that does not make the word English. It remains a word in its native language.
Jalapeño is and will always be a word in Spanish.
Just as a male is and always will be a male, and a female is and always will be a female.
That's the real world. We all live there.
"I, for one, am praying for ALL of our so-called “trans identifying” children to come back home, to come back to their loving parents."
We hope they all come back to their loving parents, return to a drug-free reality based life, and find respect for themselves and their own bodies.
So, I think I have it now, instead of “trans identifying” (a huge improvement over "trans") we could have:
Estrogen Addled Female Impersonators (E-A FI ???) and
Bearded Lady Drug Addicts (B-L DA ???)
I'm estranged from my Jalapeno, he thinks he's a cucumber, I roll my eyes and take a deep breath, the world's gone mad.
holy based, kino bait
Love the sentiment. But, I think the author could be far more effective with a different metaphor, and it might appeal to a larger audience.
Thanks for sharing
“I was once a loving father.”
I just want to encourage you - You are still a loving father.
I’m also praying for our kids to return.
Concur: By your Jalapeno story it is evident you are indeed a loving and very thoughtful father. Praying truth & love prevail for you and your son as for all of us parents living holding our breath. Thanks for the light hearted article!
It's a Spanish word. It's pronounced Hall-uh-pen-yo. I've never heard it pronounced Hall-Uh-Peen-Yo.
In my experience (and I’m old), non-Hispanic Americans always (mis)pronounce it Hall-Uh-Peen-Yo. I’ve always said it and heard it that way. Always! I’ve NEVER heard it pronounced the way the author does, not even as a joke. Maybe a British person would say it that way! They’re always mispronouncing things like aluminum.
"They're always mispronouncing things like aluminum."
🤣
I could not have said it better. Thank you for saying it like it is for you, me, and so many other parents with estranged trans children.
I get it. I view it like Just Mom, below - "even small, everyday things cause our minds to go down the rabbit hole of trying to understand this nightmare". When are we not thinking about our beloved kids as we go about our lives?
You refer to: so-called “trans identifying”. I think that “trans identifying” has been a significant improvement over "trans" but lately I am thinking we need plainer language than that like perhaps "Bearded Lady Drug Addict". Here is one who has gone viral:
https://xcancel.com/BillboardChris/status/2037056119588212846
"Trans-identified female lawyer berates judge, pulls trans card, gets found in contempt, resists arrest, screams “I can’t breathe,” and yells for people to call 911 as she’s fighting police.
Absolutely glorious performance.
Women should not take testosterone."
I don't have something for the Estrogen addicted young men yet:
"Canada’s Ball-Waxing Horror Show Is Peak Transgender Activism"
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/07/canadas-ball-waxing-horror-show-peak-transgen-activism/
https://xcancel.com/BillboardChris/status/2037056119588212846
This is GLORIOUS!
The minute the cops finally tackled her, I burst out laughing.
But my very favorite part was when she started yelling, "Get a female officer! Get a female officer! Get a female officer!"
I'm sorry, sir. You are not entitled to a female officer. You have told us you are male.
🤣🤣🤣
Yes. I have a hard time deciding what my favorite part is. It is such a performance.
Glorious!
Now I just saw the comments, and it turns out she got FIRED for that: "It's in my best interests to step away."
Her best interests, as in: if she shows up at that office, they'll have her arrested again.
🤣
The jokes just write themselves.
They do. Did you see her toss her phone on the floor and say it fell?
I think this was not her first offense at all.
Yes! I watched it a second time to see what really happened, after she pretended she'd simply set her phone down and it fell. I rather suspect she originally *thought* she was tossing it contemptuously on the bench and missed. But if you're going to lie about a thing like that--and then accuse a JUDGE of lying about it--you really need to have better aim.
:D
It was like watching an undisciplined six-year-old F with her too-lenient mother. What spoiled brats these people all are.
That's how I read the situation.
https://joshuacolemanphd.substack.com/p/the-quiet-violence-of-being-left?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
I found this article helpful today, as well as his follow up article posted today. Thought I'd share.
I'd concede your point if "male" was Spanish for "female". Sorry, no points for your jalapeño argument.
But it does remind me of the last big fight I had with my daughter before I was blocked. The child chose a male name. She decided to name herself Lewis. But to honor her Cuban grandmother, she spelled it "Luis". I explained that "Luis" isn't pronounced "Lewis" its pronounced "Loo-ez" much like the feminine "Louise". So if she wants it pronounced "Lewis" she should spell it "Lewis". (Or Louis, which is also a correct spelling). But if you are making me call you by your legal name (something that IS a social construct. I vowed never to honor her pronouns but I'd honor a name change) I am going to call you the name on your documentation- Luis (pronounced loo-ees or loo-eez) not Lewis, which is not her name, based on the spelling. . .She also greatly objected to the nickname "Lulu". I did eventually concede to calling her Lewis (after a prior compromise of "Lu") but only to prove that it wouldn't actually make it her name. Even if her mom was using it.
I'm sorry you've had a bad time since being cut off. But you also have to laugh. Its all so dumb. I was recently in a community theatre production with my daughter's girlfriends brother. Her girlfriend brought her to see the show. I got to watch her try to hide from me, twisting in tension from her self imposed estrangement. (Her estrangement was in lieu of nothing. We had resolved the name issue before Christmas and spent Christmas together uneventfully before she cut me off). Watching her try to sneak around the theatre just emphasized how childish it all is. You gotta laugh.
I think you should've just gone ahead and called her Louise, like she asked.
lol
I did.
🤣
Jeez Luis… Lulu is delulu! You have a great sense of humor about such a difficult situation.
It comes and goes. But yeah, "Lulu is delulu".
Thanks for the distraction. I hear you; even small, everyday things cause our minds to go down the rabbit hole of trying to understand this nightmare because of the grief. I'm praying with you for all of our kids to come to their senses and break free from this. 🙏🏼
hello dear distressed parent -- I sincerely hope you get your son back but with all due respect, I don't resonate with your analogy using jalapenos. It's a Mexican/Spanish word, and as with most words from another language, using the original pronunciation is common and preferable to many folks. Using the jargon and falsehoods of trans identity ideology is a whole different fruit (or veggie, as the case may be).
Thank you, i feel the same and was working up a polite way to say it. Great explanation! Growing up in a region with a large Mexican population, not using the proper Mexican/spanish pronunciation would not fly. Yet this is minor to the grief and pain a parent has to endure with this insane gender ideology cult destroying families and lives. My heart goes out to every afflicted child and their heartbroken parents. May this cult be exposed and end soon.
or fruit -- it's debatable!
jelly pen yo! Spicy! Thank you for the laugh.
The real food adds zest to life.
The lying dogma burns life out of people.
Getting either one in your eyes forces tears.
I dunno... I am not even a native English speaker, so... I feel like trans is the opposite of jalapenos. The language rules are pretty arbitrary and flexible - biology is not. There are men everywhere - there are plenty of places with no jalapenos. And hence, it's perfectly fine to say jalapenos based on the culture they come from. I am fine with saying jalapenos with "hall" and knishes with a "k". I am absolutely not fine saying "men" and "women" with "cis" or "trans". "Men" and "women" didn't come from Mexico or trans la-la-land. I do hope your son comes back to reality.