Re: [CH] Habanero Pronunciation
The Lash (info@thelash.com)
Sat, 11 Jan 2003 10:04:48 -0500
At 01:04 AM 1/11/2003 -0500, you wrote:
You all are so cute when you finally get the chance to be right about
something. BUT, I do speak Spanish, and habaNYero IS an acceptable form. I
know you won't believe me, so read what Webster's dictionary has to say:
Main Entry: ha·ba·ne·ro
Pronunciation: "(h)ä-b&-'n(y)er-O
Variant(s): also ha·ba·ñe·ro
Function: noun
Etymology: American Spanish (chile) habanero, literally, Havanan chili
Date: 1988
: a very hot roundish chili pepper (Capsicum chinense) that is usually
orange when mature
Of course, you all know the facts better than Webster's, don't ya? Let me
analogize this: Celtic is pronounced Keltic- always has been , since the
ancient Greeks coined the word Keltoi to describe the warring Germanic
tribes. Sell-tic is incorrect. However, many people use the Sell-tic
pronunciation. Why? They don't know any better, or, that's the way people
around them pronounce the word. Do we know that when they use the word
Sell-tic, they really mean Keltic? Yes- however if they use that
pronunciation, we'll laugh them out of the bar & stomp on their Riverdance
shirt. Say habanero, or habanyero, whichever floats your boat. Just DON'T
pronounce the H-
Rob K
http://www.thelash.com
Celtic Mayhem From America