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Subject: [OM] Re: [OM][OT] Further chillies and hot and spicey musings
From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 07:12:32 -0800
Why is it that our English speaking cousins butcher foreign words? In  
the US we just use chiles instead of making up a new word.  I think  
the most absurd is the the substitution of Leghorn for Livorno. Is it  
code to confuse the natives? Or is there an English academy to keep  
the language pure like the French and Spanish do? Do you also do  
tamalleys?  :-)



Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA



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