On 3/4/2013 10:16 AM, pltrgyst wrote:
> Most food writers agree that the correct forms are chile peppers, chili
> powder, chili for the dish, and chilly for something just pulled out of
> the refrigerator. You're not going to change that here.
>

When I think about it, that's how I spell the words. I'm not really
concerned about what they originally might be. Everybody does it;
Spanish speakers have changed a lot of the original Latin too. I was
always intrigued by their switching the r and l in the word "milagro",
which means "miracle"


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Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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