So, I'm just curious. I've noticed a couple of things over the last ten years or so and I wanted to ask my fellow chileheads about them.
Have we just accepted the use of the words "pheno" and "Phenotype" incorrectly as a replacement for just the shape of the fruit set? The words mean more than just that, but has it just become okay? Phenotype means ANY physical characteristic, not just fruit set. I mean, whatever, people do what they do, but yes, I am "that guy" and I just want to know.
Similar question for the use of the word "aji". Is that now the accepted term for Baccatums? The word itself just translates to another word for "chile" or what we mean when we say "pepper". It's a word from the Taino language of the Caribbean. I see the phrase "aji types" and I assume that means Baccatum, but it just looks silly to me in the same way "chile pepper" is silly.
I understand language and phrases change and become accepted. It's how language evolves.
Just wondering what some of you think, especially the members and growers that have been in this thing for a long time.
Have we just accepted the use of the words "pheno" and "Phenotype" incorrectly as a replacement for just the shape of the fruit set? The words mean more than just that, but has it just become okay? Phenotype means ANY physical characteristic, not just fruit set. I mean, whatever, people do what they do, but yes, I am "that guy" and I just want to know.
Similar question for the use of the word "aji". Is that now the accepted term for Baccatums? The word itself just translates to another word for "chile" or what we mean when we say "pepper". It's a word from the Taino language of the Caribbean. I see the phrase "aji types" and I assume that means Baccatum, but it just looks silly to me in the same way "chile pepper" is silly.
I understand language and phrases change and become accepted. It's how language evolves.
Just wondering what some of you think, especially the members and growers that have been in this thing for a long time.