I'm sure I probably pronounce the Indian superhots (Bhut Jolokia, Bih, Naga Morich) incorrectly. But then again, most people still wouldn't have a clue what I was talking about even if I was getting it right! 
Spelling and pronunciation of "habanero"
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Public service announcement: There is no ñ in the word "habanero".I see it spelled this way on a lot of websites, even by people who know a lot about chile peppers. I see it spelled that way in a lot of grocery stores as well.
I also hear it mispronounced frequently too, often by experienced chile pepper people. It is pronounced "awe-bah-nair-oh". The letter h is always silent in Spanish and there is no ñ sound like in jalapeño.
I'm not trying to be a douchebag or pick nits, it's just a pet peeve of mine.
In response to the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dov3ZiVGWGk&feature=player_embedded
viewer "iClient" responded :
"i ate a slice of hajlepenue the other day and couldn't breght cuz it was so hot"
Yeah, I noticed that comment yesterday when I watched that video.
Now that is a butcher job. :yikes:I couldn't "breght" from laughing so hard at that spelling.
Yeah, I noticed that comment yesterday when I watched that video.
I couldn't "breght" from laughing so hard at that spelling.
Similarly, I couldn't 'breght' from laughing at the notion of a slice(!) of 'hajlepenue' being too hot to handle for that individual
