Have you noticed that when you first meet someone, they have a 'thing'. We've all encountered - whether it is mispronouncing a word [e.g. nuclear becomes nu-cular], changing the accent on a word [All-bany becomes Al-ban-ee], or having a saying ['flip a U' instead of 'make a U-turn'], most of us do this. And at first, you think that's it's 'refreshing' and 'cute'. Then it becomes 'well that's just the way they do it.' However, over time this seems to devolve into a major annoyance. And no matter how many times you lightly point this out, it seems to never sink in. Hell, even if you tell the person that it is no longer 'cute' and 'will you PLEASE stop doing it', they just seem to continue to do so out of spite.
As you can tell, I can definitely relate to this phenomenon. Thus, I do not think I would be able to date someone who refuses to properly pronounce chorizo. It's not even that hard of a word: cho-REE-zoe. Or connoisseur. Or bruschetta. If you are able to preemptively self-identify this problem, you are ahead of the pack. Now all you need to do is practice. Preferably before you employ it for the first time in front of a waiter.
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