Talk:chipotle

I've got the box from a bottle of tabasco brand chipotle pepper sauce and it says the pronounciation si "chee-POHT-lay". The article says "...-lee". JillianE 01:31, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Linguists call these ad hoc pronunciation schemes. They're not really systematic. In Spanish it is pronounced "chĭpŏt'le" using a pronunciation scheme similar to that in most US dictionaries. Since English does not permit a final "e" sound, it could be realized as "ē" or "ā" by different speakers I suppose. — Hippietrail 01:41, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

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Noun (2): “A chain of restaurants specializing in burritos and tacos owned by the McDonald's Corporation.” Mis-capitalization aside, can we just strike this without going through verification as not meeting CFI? —Michael Z. 2009-03-26 22:37 z

Yes, it’s nonsense. Cleaned up. —Stephen 02:44, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Nonsense? Then how do you explain w:Chipotle Mexican Grill? 63.95.64.254 20:28, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Including this in a dictionary is nonsense. —Michael Z. 2009-03-28 21:58 z

"Nonsense" means that it's totally bogus, whereas this definition is fairly accurate in contrast, or anyway not too far off the mark. Moreover the term could potentially be included under the brand name criteria. I don't think the chain is part of the English lexicon myself, and I've somewhat confirmed that by looking through a few Google Book hits, all of which give it away as a Mexican food restaurant. If that's the case then it wouldn't pass the criteria, which were written rather tightly specifically to keep terms like this out. Nonetheless, it deserved more than the cursory glance it was afforded. 72.177.113.91 07:42, 1 April 2009 (UTC)