RE: [CH] Spelling usage
Bloechl, Sharen Rund (sharen.rund.bloechl@lmco.com)
Mon, 24 Aug 1998 09:25:54 -0700
Hi Doug -
Don't know what part of CA you're from but. . . .it's interchangeable here
'bouts [BTW - this topic has gone round & round before]
chili or chile [Spanish] or chilli [French Nahuatl]
1. (a) a hot pepper
(b) usually chilli, chiefly British: a pepper whether hot or sweet
2. (a) a thick sauce of meat and chilies
(b)chili con carne
3. As for ""chilli" is what you are when you step out of the shower
into a draft." . . .I'm usually chilly. . .B-)
Sharen Rund Bloechl
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From: dlaw@andros.com [SMTP:dlaw@andros.com]
Sent: Monday, August 24, 1998 1:29 AM
To: chile-heads@globalgarden.com
Subject: [CH] Spelling usage
Sam Said
>>>>
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 98 08:55:18 +0100
From: "Sam" <sam.t@virgin.net>
Subject: [CH] Hominy & disillusion & language
[snip happens]
Spelling of chilli, chile, chili? Rest of the English-speaking
world?!!
This subject has been aired (vigorously!) before, so suffice it to
say
here that it is one of the joys of language that it suits the user
in the
user's environment. It should not dictate. And if I've made a
mistake with
my pencil I'll use a rubber to put it right :==)))
<<<<<<<
Hi Sam,
Like so many other we have appropriated/stolen/borrowed from other
tounges,
the word in question is spelled in many ways. the conventions I am
familiar with here in California are:
1) "chile" refers to the plant, the pod or their direct
by-products.
2) "chili" refers to a stew type dish either with or without beans
using
"chile"s in a dry or powdered form as seasoning.
and
3) "chilli" is what you are when you step out of the shower into a
draft.
Happy to add to the confusion.
Eat hot.
Think hot.
Love Hot.
Doug