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Post by KTJ on Jul 14, 2018 16:39:58 GMT 10
A contestant lies on a pool of red chiles as he takes part in a chile-eating competition in Ningxiang, China on July 8, 2018. — Photograph: Chinatopix/Associated Press.
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Post by Occam's Spork on Jul 19, 2018 13:47:06 GMT 10
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Post by pim on Aug 1, 2018 0:11:49 GMT 10
Are "peppers" what we call "capsicums"?
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Post by KTJ on Aug 2, 2018 14:11:51 GMT 10
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Post by Occam's Spork on Sept 13, 2018 9:04:44 GMT 10
Are "peppers" what we call "capsicums"? I love how you Australians name things.
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Post by Occam's Spork on Sept 13, 2018 9:46:48 GMT 10
I wonder what the etymology for "peppers" was.
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Post by Occam's Spork on Sept 13, 2018 9:49:25 GMT 10
Old English piper, pipor ; related to Dutch peper and German Pfeffer ; via Latin from Greek peperi, from Sanskrit pippalī ‘berry, peppercorn.’
Apparently a mix of Sanskrit, Greek, and Latin
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Post by KTJ on Sept 19, 2018 22:01:38 GMT 10
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