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Let Things Be

How do you pronounce Chile? I have always called it Chilly. Chilly does sound silly, Although it has been the pronunciation for me. Lately, news readers call Chile, Chilay, I don't know why it needed to be changed Today, or is it the correct way to say, Chile Why can't they let things be?

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Gershon Wolf

Date: 11/7/2022 8:03:00 PM

Progress these days seems to require relentless destruction of anything with a whiff of enjoyment. Pity. ~ gw

Rico Leffanta

Date: 11/7/2022 10:08:00 AM

Chile can be quite chilly, yet we call Köln (Germany) Cologne. Whomever came up with that was sensory deprived! Aloha!

L Milton Hankins

Date: 11/7/2022 8:34:00 AM

(chuckling) You know, Shirley, we always called Chile "chili" like the soup. But, the Spanish pronunciation would be "chil-lay." I have noticed this myself. I suppose the readers have chosen the Spanish pronunciation to appeal to a larger Spanish audience. Don't know.

Deb M

Date: 11/7/2022 4:54:00 AM

I thought it was Chilly also Shirley! Why fix things that are not broken i say! Another beauty Shirley….. Debx