scullytoo
07-10-2005, 01:47 PM
http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050708/CITIZEN0104/107070158/-1/citizen0104
Not my first published article, but thought it would be of interest to the chili heads out there. :)
We ended up in a debate in the newsroom the day before it was printed. The way I had written it in the article, "chile" was spelled with an "e" in reference to the pepper, and that was the way that the Features editor kept it. One of the news editors saw it, and started arguing over whether "chile" was spelled with an "i" or an "e". We kept telling him that in reference to the dish, it's with an "i", but in reference to the pepper it's with an "e". Debate finally got settled when I consulted the AP stylebook -- "Chile" is in reference to the country, "chili" is in reference to the pepper. So the headline got corrected. But she didn't correct the other instances, so it's kind of weird.
Not my first published article, but thought it would be of interest to the chili heads out there. :)
We ended up in a debate in the newsroom the day before it was printed. The way I had written it in the article, "chile" was spelled with an "e" in reference to the pepper, and that was the way that the Features editor kept it. One of the news editors saw it, and started arguing over whether "chile" was spelled with an "i" or an "e". We kept telling him that in reference to the dish, it's with an "i", but in reference to the pepper it's with an "e". Debate finally got settled when I consulted the AP stylebook -- "Chile" is in reference to the country, "chili" is in reference to the pepper. So the headline got corrected. But she didn't correct the other instances, so it's kind of weird.