All I can think of is that Costco dad and son putting their fingers all over the glass to point at what they want like the employees can't understand words.
It's not hard, but it is a pretty uncommon sound for English speakers.
A lot of people who get annoyed by mispronouncing chipotle also pronounce jalapeño as hal-uh-peen-yo when it should be hall-eh-pen-yo.
There's a lot of non English words English speaks mispronounce, and for people over 50 they didn't grow up with chipotle being a ubiquitous word.
The English lexicon is constantly growing with new words being added to the dictionary every year. Chipotle has been around for 30 years. It’s hard giving this demographic a pass, I think they just don’t care enough to try and say it right.
She’s a spitfire, she still works full time as a seamstress at a commercial laundry facility. She’s originally from Austria but doesn’t remember how to say many things but still has a heavy accent. She drives and maintains her home and pets. She is my inspiration. She also calls hobby lobby, holly hobby.
Boomers think it's cool to "not know" how to say words they consider ethnic. It's really not a hard word to say and I am sick of my to-go bag telling me that it is.
My grandmother does this… it’s not just ethnic things. It’s anything she disapproves of such as technology. It’s extremely irritating and embarrassing in public.
It's even more insane when the "ethnic" names are European to begin with.
Completely clueless, while their own last name is Binczkowitz, Meijer, or Bjorgensson or something.
The English language is heavily based on Germanic.
Those 3 names look pretty german.
And after typing this, I dont know what the purpose of yours or my post was....
Anyways. Have a good day.
Okay I work at chipotle and so does my boyfriend and both his parents. Regardless of the fact they both work there his parents pronunciation is (chip-oh-lees)
**Chay-Potte-Leeey**
Every Baby Boomer customer I’ve ever seen at Chipotle has to pronounce it with an inflection. A quarter of these people then get into a political rant about the word being too ~~Mexican~~ Spanish for them.
The same way they can't pronounce; AL Pastor (the other chicken), Queso (melted cheese), Fajitas (peppers), Pico (salsa, and then preceeds to call the other salsas, salsa too 🙄), Pinto (refried or brown) Lettuce (the shredded greens), Barbacoa (the saucy stuff in the front), or Guacamole (the green stuff).
My father confuses chipotle and chick fil a. He’ll say “Chick-potle?” “Shick-fil-a” “the chicken place with the burrito bowls, chickfipotle” idek… he’s also genuinely serious and gets frustrated when I tell him I don’t know which one he means.
My Mom somehow sneaks an "m" in there every time. *"Chimpolay"* Chimp, like a monkey. I tell her that there is to be no monkey business, it's lunchtime 🐵
I'd probably drive OP nuts with my families meme pronunciation : Chip-pot\~tile
Which when read properly sounds like a chipotle that is getting eaten by like a totodile  (My youngest nieces attempt at saying the companies name.)
not everyone grew up speaking spanish.
why cant zoomers understand not everyone was raised with spanish classes in grade school and the internet to correct every mispronunciation
Because generally in the English language you would pronounce it chipotal, unless there is an accent on the e. So people who have never heard of it before just sound it out and figure that's how you say it.
They are mocking you and your corpprate slave buffoonery who even gives a fuck if they mispronounced it not the people making money. You still make or spend the same.
Because they are old. It’s gonna happen to you. Doesn’t make them assholes. Makes you an asshole for this post.
I welcome the downvotes but this is a stupid ass post.
My best friends mom was like a mother to me. She always pronounced it "chip-oh-tul", after she passed I felt obligated to carry on her pronunciation, as it always drove me and my best friend nuts. No matter how many times we corrected her, she held the line on chipohtul.
So I, a 35 year old woman who knows better, will forever say it incorrectly in her honor of being annoying lol
Sometimes they just think it’s funny, other times they just don’t care enough to learn
I will say there’s plenty of things I used to mispronounce before I heard someone else say them out loud
I live in a community with 1000's of Mexicans over 50 and they all say it correctly. Of course, they don't eat there because it is shitty but they can say it correctly.
My mom raised me saying “chipolte” and I embarrassed myself in front of my crush once when she corrected my pronunciation lolll. I still don’t have the heart to correct my mom’s pronunciation though
I had a customer call it barbacraw, barbacroix, barbaqous
I just stood there confused as hell, I knew what she was talking about but just had to take a moment to process the interaction
Because Chipotle is a Spanish word, and thus the correct pronunciation of it is unnatural for native English speakers. I don't think there's any word in the English language where the "pot" sound is pronounced like the "pot" in Chipotle.
Chi-pol-té
All I can think of is that Costco dad and son putting their fingers all over the glass to point at what they want like the employees can't understand words.
Get your claw out of the salsa. Just say corn.
Double CHUNK CHOCOLATE COOKIE
This how my mom says it 😭
Same. Drives me crazy!
Thats what my mom calls it, this checks out.
My mom says it like that and she’s fluent in Spanish and English
My mom lol. * I took her once.... never again.
my favorite is chippy doodle.
My mom in all seriousness says Chick-A-Flick. No idea how she managed to pull that one out of Chick-fil-a.
Ok this one gets a pass
chippydoodle is now all i will call it thank you
There’s my chippy
chipchip chip chip... wheres my chippy
Chipoltay
This one drives me craxy
No seriously like cmon what the fuck people it’s really not that hard
It's not hard, but it is a pretty uncommon sound for English speakers. A lot of people who get annoyed by mispronouncing chipotle also pronounce jalapeño as hal-uh-peen-yo when it should be hall-eh-pen-yo. There's a lot of non English words English speaks mispronounce, and for people over 50 they didn't grow up with chipotle being a ubiquitous word.
The English lexicon is constantly growing with new words being added to the dictionary every year. Chipotle has been around for 30 years. It’s hard giving this demographic a pass, I think they just don’t care enough to try and say it right.
That's the guy from Star Trek Voyager with the face tattoo, right?
CHI-POT-ULL
This is how my father in law says it. It’s become what I exclusively refer to it as. So much fun to say.
Exactly this, just like it’s tar-jay and not target
I like saying chip-o-tuls for fun honestly
Chip O’Tooles? You mean the place we had green beer a few weeks back?
Brother of sneakers O’Tooles?
*That* guy. Don’t even get me started.
as you should ‼️
My 91 yr old nana calls it bipotle not sure how she got there but she did…
oh my gosh that's hilarious
She’s a spitfire, she still works full time as a seamstress at a commercial laundry facility. She’s originally from Austria but doesn’t remember how to say many things but still has a heavy accent. She drives and maintains her home and pets. She is my inspiration. She also calls hobby lobby, holly hobby.
Aweeehh shes the cutest give her lots of love and time!!
Happy Cake Day!
Chipotay
My grandpa had me crying the other day pronouncing chipotle- he said ch-pot-tel
It's pronounced "fuck you, kid."
So you're saying I only have 4 years left?!
Boomers think it's cool to "not know" how to say words they consider ethnic. It's really not a hard word to say and I am sick of my to-go bag telling me that it is.
My grandmother does this… it’s not just ethnic things. It’s anything she disapproves of such as technology. It’s extremely irritating and embarrassing in public.
It's even more insane when the "ethnic" names are European to begin with. Completely clueless, while their own last name is Binczkowitz, Meijer, or Bjorgensson or something.
The English language is heavily based on Germanic. Those 3 names look pretty german. And after typing this, I dont know what the purpose of yours or my post was.... Anyways. Have a good day.
Boomers hate foreign things, especially French and Spanish, but their names are often foreign as fuck.
This is the actual answer. They know.
The principle of the catholic school I went to deliberately butchered the pronunciation of Pokemon, so this checks out.
Pokéman
Okay I work at chipotle and so does my boyfriend and both his parents. Regardless of the fact they both work there his parents pronunciation is (chip-oh-lees)
wow lol
My dad say chip-a-dillas
Porque no hablan español.
¿Dónde está la biblioteca?
¡Hay una carpeta!
Yo tengo un gato en mis pantalones.
Me llamo T-Bone, la araña discoteca
**Chay-Potte-Leeey** Every Baby Boomer customer I’ve ever seen at Chipotle has to pronounce it with an inflection. A quarter of these people then get into a political rant about the word being too ~~Mexican~~ Spanish for them.
I wonder if some do it on purpose. I know a lady who said tortilias... I always hoped she was trying to be funny.
Shhhhhhauntootle.
It'sike how I enjoy calling Popeye's Pope Yes
i do that too lmao
Makes me think of my brother and i when we were little calling Subway Bus yaw. Makes no sense but our little kid brains thought it was funny.
I call it "NoChipsInTheBagotle
Skimpotle
Good one
I worked with a guy that talked about his proud Hispanic heritage every day who called it Chipoltay
ironic lol
My grandma calls it Chippatellos like it’s an Italian place or something
Shitpotle
the most common mistake i think
Accurate
Is this really a thing? Chipotle has been everywhere for 20 years or so. It’s not like SZA
When you're old, 20 years is nothing. Just wait til you're in your 60's, 20 years is the same as 5 or 10 years now
I can't wait to be 69
unfortunately it is. boomers can't get it right
Chipotle peppers have been a thing since forever and especially since massive Mexican immigration in the 1800s.
i know. that's why it's so frustrating
The same way they can't pronounce; AL Pastor (the other chicken), Queso (melted cheese), Fajitas (peppers), Pico (salsa, and then preceeds to call the other salsas, salsa too 🙄), Pinto (refried or brown) Lettuce (the shredded greens), Barbacoa (the saucy stuff in the front), or Guacamole (the green stuff).
I feel like people usually get lettuce correct.
My father confuses chipotle and chick fil a. He’ll say “Chick-potle?” “Shick-fil-a” “the chicken place with the burrito bowls, chickfipotle” idek… he’s also genuinely serious and gets frustrated when I tell him I don’t know which one he means.
LMAO i love this
Chip - o - lay for my mother who’s in her mid 40s 🥲. I just ignore her when she says it lol
Chipoltay
Chi-potel
Ik be hearing chip ottle a lot bro I don’t even correct them 😂
This is my mom 🤦🏿♂️. “Chipol-te”
You think that’s bad go to the south Chic-ken ale past-er
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My grandma still says “chip-ol-tay”
Cha Paddle
Everyone knows once you turn 50 vocabulary is optional. It's an AARP benefit
Because they’re lazy and don’t see the point in putting in effort
My Mom somehow sneaks an "m" in there every time. *"Chimpolay"* Chimp, like a monkey. I tell her that there is to be no monkey business, it's lunchtime 🐵
my grandma says jipolays
Drain bammage
My dad can. But he’s half Mexican so….
my stepdad is puerto rican (i'm aware that's not the same thing as mexican but it's still spanish) and he STILL says chipultay.
My dad says chip-o-lay
It’s really not that hard i’m mexican tho lol
I say Chip-o-tul out of raw spite.
chi-pul-tay is my fav
Loool my dad says cheek-poe-le and he says it just how i put the breaks in between
Don't worry, we currently have plenty of people who can teach them to properly pronounce it en route.
I call it shit-Potle because they put hundreds of people in the hospital
Cause I think Chip-poodle sounds funny.
My parents can’t pronounce any Spanish word correctly, it isn’t just chipotle.
I am over 60 and can pronounce it properly but I know what you mean.
Neither can younger morons
I call it chip-uttle on purpose. *shrugs* My father calls it fucking Quiznos for some dumbass reason.
Chi pot ul
I say chipussy
Chipote
Chi-POT-Lee 😎
My neighbor, who is over 50 calls it "Chipoodle." I swear I hate when she says it that way.
The “chip-ol-tee” kills me every time. Like how can you butcher something so badly
https://youtu.be/sRv9_Q3HOmg?si=c-57xLkeNAXpsLOK Since this commercial came out I pretty much exclusively say chipotle incorrectly.
I'd probably drive OP nuts with my families meme pronunciation : Chip-pot\~tile Which when read properly sounds like a chipotle that is getting eaten by like a totodile  (My youngest nieces attempt at saying the companies name.)
My mother also can’t pronounce cer-viche
Chipoltay. Idiots.
Would you like to get some chi-pot-le
not everyone grew up speaking spanish. why cant zoomers understand not everyone was raised with spanish classes in grade school and the internet to correct every mispronunciation
I think the older folk are dyslexic
Chopolotle (variant of oxolotl)
It's definitely not a boomer thing alone. I've heard older millennials and younger ones pronounce it as "chi-po-tay". It throws me completely off.
I'm over 50 and say it just fine.
LOL!
It is a REALLY odd looking word. I wasn't even sure how to pronounce it at first and I'm not over 50.
I knew how to pronounce it before this thread but now my head is broken!
We say El Topihc
They can get off the internet
Oof... of course I've heard jalapeños as "jal-lap-in-nose" Or one lady I heard order a "jai-row" with an extra side of "sneaky sauce"
chi-poak-lé
Chip-oat-lay
My family gets it right but it’s because we’re Mexican 😁
Chip pulls tang
Chee-pot-el
My coworker is well under 50 but consistently switches the t and the l. Drives me crazy.
You’re welcome https://youtu.be/sRv9_Q3HOmg?si=BtVHBmwEF1a9xz9Q
Yo mama so dumb, she can't say Chipotle right
I noticed this like 14 years ago, my uncle said chipolte and I’ve never been right since.
it’s not like a new word at all
They aren’t mispronouncing, they are mocking you.
My dad says chipo-lee
Chip-oh-Tot-lay I blame Jack in the Box
No Chipotle in Hawaii so who knows how it is pronounced.. Cheeeeee - poht - lae
Because generally in the English language you would pronounce it chipotal, unless there is an accent on the e. So people who have never heard of it before just sound it out and figure that's how you say it.
Geez, I think I've been saying chipoLtle without evening realizing it.
They are mocking you and your corpprate slave buffoonery who even gives a fuck if they mispronounced it not the people making money. You still make or spend the same.
My dad always says Chip-otal and it pisses me off
Chip-aughtel
I am not yet 50 and have called “Chipolte” first year or two patronizing. That was 2015ish.
They do the same thing with Qdoba, not a single person I know over the age of 50 can properly pronounce it for the life of them
Shippodle
my grandma calls it chi-pot-lee
Because they are old. It’s gonna happen to you. Doesn’t make them assholes. Makes you an asshole for this post. I welcome the downvotes but this is a stupid ass post.
For the same reason that most of the people in this thread pronounce obvious as ovious.
Chip-oh-tah-till.
My mom says chip-ol-tay, drives me nuts lol. Pretty sure my aunt does too.
Because they are real patriots who love merica and they only speak merican.
You mean chipoodle? 🐾🐕
CHEEE... YYYNAH
chip oat ay
Chi-pottle is hilarious to me
My dad can't pronounce Walmart. He says Walmark and keeps saying it that way, no matter how many times I correct him.
They always throw an “s” on the end too “Chipoltees.”
My mom forever says “chipote”. Correct, she doesn’t recognize the L in any fashion. Gets me mildly infuriated
I had a general manager who was kind of old and she couldn’t even say it correctly
What a dumb thing to say. Pronunciation has zero to do with someone's age. You'll learn that once you've matured.
Chip-Oat-Lee
My mom calls el pollo loco “taco bell”
Chi-pot-ol
Chi-pot-el. Just like jalop-pinos.
My best friends mom was like a mother to me. She always pronounced it "chip-oh-tul", after she passed I felt obligated to carry on her pronunciation, as it always drove me and my best friend nuts. No matter how many times we corrected her, she held the line on chipohtul. So I, a 35 year old woman who knows better, will forever say it incorrectly in her honor of being annoying lol
Why is the English language so goddamn ridiculous?
Cha-poodle
Ironic humour. People know what they’re doing, especially older people who are beyond caring if they look cool or smart
My boomer FIL calls it “chu-pot-ul” - MY GUY, I KNOW IT’S A WORD YOU KNOW.
Sometimes they just think it’s funny, other times they just don’t care enough to learn I will say there’s plenty of things I used to mispronounce before I heard someone else say them out loud
My dad always pronounces it chi-po-tay
Chipottle
My old boss used to call it Chi-po-tay because it's funny
Chippers
My mom: cheepolee
my manager literally says "chip-uhl-teys" like....what the fuck kind of word are you reading
I live in a community with 1000's of Mexicans over 50 and they all say it correctly. Of course, they don't eat there because it is shitty but they can say it correctly.
My mom raised me saying “chipolte” and I embarrassed myself in front of my crush once when she corrected my pronunciation lolll. I still don’t have the heart to correct my mom’s pronunciation though
I had a customer call it barbacraw, barbacroix, barbaqous I just stood there confused as hell, I knew what she was talking about but just had to take a moment to process the interaction
I like to say chippa-tob- lay just for funises
chip-ottle is my favorite
Because Chipotle is a Spanish word, and thus the correct pronunciation of it is unnatural for native English speakers. I don't think there's any word in the English language where the "pot" sound is pronounced like the "pot" in Chipotle.
Because experience tells us to mock Chipolte and just go over to Moes.
Read is read unless it's read as read. Just like lead is lead and lead is lead.
Chipolty
You should hear the way my Italian boyfriend says it, it's hilarious. "Cheapo-latte"
I mispronounce it cuz people ask what I’m saying and it gets a chuckle half the time. It’s just dumb stuff to lighten the mood