Date:  Tue, 3 Oct 1995 08:21:56 -0400

From:  Wayne Glowka <wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU>

Subject: Re: 'chili' or 'chile'



>

>I personally always say 'chili' (chilly) in English and 'chile' (CHEE-lay)

>in Spanish for everything - the pepper, the dried powder, the dish (whether

>soupy or thick, with (ugh!) or without (yum!) beans, etc.... I use these

>pronunciations regardless of spelling.

>

>Of course, there are North and South Chili ('chay-lie') New York (outside

>Rochester), but that is another matter.

>

>Dennis Preston (not a southwestern dialectologist)

>preston[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]pilot.msu.edu>



I am from Texas, but I may not be too savvy. However, I think that I

observe the English/Spanish distinction Dennis noted above.



The real question, of course, is what goes into the Texan soup. I went to

a chili cookoff/fiddle contest in San Marcos, TX, once. I saw a guy flay a

rattlesnake. One chili was called "outhouse chili" and had sow/pill/doodle

bugs in it. I did not necessarily see an appetizing array of things to

eat. I pitied the judges.





Wayne Glowka

Professor of English

Director of Research and Graduate Student Services

Georgia College

Milledgeville, GA 31061

912-453-4222

wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mail.gac.peachnet.edu