Re: [CH] Please help I.D this pepper
Dave Anderson (chilehead@tough-love.com)
Sat, 8 Feb 2003 00:41:53 -0800
Actually, if you pronounce vowels in Spanish they are:
A=Ah
E=A
I=E
O=O
U= Ooh
Therefore Tilde is pronounced Teelday (long e and long a) and I'm an expert
because I took two years of Espanol about 45 years ago.
Dave
TLCC
> Thanks Rob!
> Yer xactly rite! That was what I wanted to know. See that old codger
> Doug
> doesn't know how helpful you can be. Him & I became friends after he
> put me on the straight & narrow. You seem to be a harder nut to crack.
> Keep him in check for me, will Ya?!?!
>
> Yours in heat,
> Paul
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "The Lash" <info@thelash.com>
> To: <chile-Heads@globalgarden.com>
> Sent: Friday, 07 February, 2003 9:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [CH] Please help I.D this pepper
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> At 04:24 PM 2/7/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >The NorthEast ChileMan wrote:
> ><snip>
> > > my trying to find "Hot" Jalapeņo (not to start another flame war
> > > but
> > how do
> > > you pronounce the word for the symbol over the n?
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> >The n with the tilde has a bit of a "y" sound:
> >
> > From the dictionary of Epicurious:
> > jalapeņo [hah-lah-PEH-nyoh]
> >
> >AndyB
>
> Actually Andy, I think he wants to know how to pronounce the word
> "tilde" which would be till-day, or till-deh, depending on where yer
> from-
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> Rob K
> http://www.thelash.com
> Celtic Mayhem From America
> Illegitimati non carborundum!
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