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This British spelling is driving me crazy. Here's my understanding of how chile is meant to be spelled: Chile: the spicy fruit that we use to burn ourselves si
by billjings 9y ago
This British spelling is driving me crazy. Here's my understanding of how chile is meant to be spelled:
Chile: the spicy fruit that we use to burn ourselves silly. Jalepeño chile, Habañero chile, etc.
Chile #2: the sauce made in New Mexico from red or green chiles, often Hatch chiles
Chili: a delicious stew made with three primary ingredients:
1. Beef
2. Chiles, either powdered or fresh
3. A very strong opinion as to what constitutes chili
- simplehuman 9y agoChile #3: the south american country
- jean- 9y ago> Habañero chile A bit off-topic, but since you mention spelling: "habañero" is one of my favourite hyperforeignisms in the English language. Wikipedia even uses it as an example in the first paragraph here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperforeignism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperforeignism . Such an interesting linguistic phenomenon!
- ianai 9y agoI'm glad I wasn't the only one.