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In my country, the three official languages write the name of "pilipili" pepper in three different ways
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In America we have one primarily language and it's acceptable to call it chili, chilli or chile.
I've only ever seen Chile as the country.
and "chilli" kinda doesn't work on account of "chilly" literally having the opposite meaning
In America? One language? Talk about US-centric thinking, the continent is a bit larger mate.
not to mention it's not even true for the US
Drives me nuts when Europeans don't get that America is the USA and North America is the continent.
It's like when idiots call Europe a country.
America is a place the Netherlands.
No, it's unacceptable.
This is a specific type of chili pepper: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piri_piri.
Somebody allready told pili means tiny dick in finish, but piri is slang for amfetamin in finish.