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> Most English speakers would accept ñ and even write it e.g "El Niño event" FWIW this may be true in the USA but in the UK and other non-NA English-speaking c
by johnday 4y ago
> Most English speakers would accept ñ and even write it e.g "El Niño event"
FWIW this may be true in the USA but in the UK and other non-NA English-speaking countries I don't think this holds.
- zarzavat 4y agoYou will definitely see jalapeños and such on UK food packaging. I just searched the bbc website for "jalapeño" and found this page [0] which uses both spellings (!). It also links to a page on "habañero" (sic) so yeah you can say that British familiarity with Ñ is somewhat of a mixed bag. [0] https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/jalapeno_chilli https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/jalapeno_chilli