On Feb 1, 11:56�am, "Gunner" > wrote:
> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
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> > Sqwertz > wrote:
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> >> On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:10:02 -0600, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
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> >> > When I make chili con carne,...
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> >> Chile CON CARNE? �What is this, 1950?
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> > I thought you'd like that, Sweetums. �When I was a kitten, that's what
> > it was called. �And when I studied Espa�ol con los se�ores Sanchez y
> > Saucedo y la estimada se�ora Elvira Wright, I learned that chili is the
> > pepper and Chile is the country en sud america.
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> > And it wasn't 1950; it was 1957.
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> Except Chile is offically capsicum pepper in NM, chili is that meat stew
> Texicans eat, and Chilli is British via India.
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> Chile con carne y frijoles: �a chile sauce with meat and beans

Capitalized "Chile" is a country... otherwise "chile" is a variant of
the prefered "chili". The British spelling for "chili" is
"chilli"... whether it has to do with India you need to prove that.

http://merriamwebster.com/dictionary/chili