"barbecue pit"

[Bill Le May]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf
> Of Benjamin Barrett
> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 7:44 PM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: "barbecue pit"

> > Oh, absolutely, absolutely. Discussions of barbecue can be as
> > contentious
> > and divisive as those of chili (or chile).
>
> What's the issue about chilis? BB

Sorry, I was using shorthand. Chili (chile) con carne.  Beans or no beans?
My preference is the latter.

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