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From: "Winsor Crosby" <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 7:12 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: [OM][OT] Further chillies and hot and spicey musings
>
> 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? :-)
It is also interesting that the pepper is a chile, while the pot of red (or
green) is chili (or chili con carne).
Paul in Portland OR
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