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Started by kenarmy, March 29, 2021, 10:25:21 AM

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kphoger

I must say, though, now you've got me imagining a fancy Mexican restaurant somewhere in Chicago calling chilaquiles 'deconstructed enchiladas, with salsa de pico de pájaro' and then charging twice the price for them.  Kind of like how toasted day-old bread rubbed with olive oil and bits of yesterday's leftovers sounds fancier and costs more if you call it 'bruschetta'...

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JayhawkCO

Quote from: kphoger on August 15, 2025, 02:18:21 PM
Quote from: JayhawkCO on August 15, 2025, 02:16:33 PMTo be fair, there is a slight difference in the method of cooking scrambled eggs vs. an omelette though.

There is a slight difference in the method of cooking chilaquiles vs. enchiladas, too...  ;-)

But again, only because one was fried in the first place. :)

Scott5114

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Quote from: kphoger on August 15, 2025, 09:06:51 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 15, 2025, 02:32:07 AMThey manage to not pronounce Nevada correctly

IMHO, that's forgivable, considering the 'correct' pronunciation butchers the Spanish more than the 'wrong' one does.

But the Spanish word means "snowy" and most of Nevada is not snowy (it is the driest state), so we don't pronounce it like the Spanish because it doesn't mean the same thing as the Spanish word does anymore.

We basically stole the spelling and invented an entirely new, unrelated word out of it.

(Also it's not like the British typically care about properly pronouncing Spanish words. If they did they wouldn't pronounce Martinez like that...)
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Maybe it is just me having visited Tahoe and Reno so much over the years, but I certainly associate Nevada with snowy conditions.



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