If a chilli is called a chilli then why is it so hot?!

Thats what i have always thought, what is wrong with this world i feel surronded by walls of chillis slowly eating away at my soul, there averywhere man i hear them at nights!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

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The name, which is spelled differently in many regions (chili, chile, or chilli), comes from Nahuatl chīlli via the Spanish word chile!. The term chili in most of the world refers exclusively to the smaller, hot types of capsicum!. The mild larger types are called bell pepper in the United States, Canada (and sometimes the United Kingdom), sweet pepper in Britain and Ireland, capsicum in India and Australasia, and paprika in many European countries!. Finally, bell peppers are often named simply by their colour (e!.g!. green or red pepper)!.

http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Chile_peppe!.!.!.

You would probably have to go back thousands of years to ask whomever came up with the name what they were thinking!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

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The beans in the chili and the actual meal originated in Chile, South America!. After immigration and travel, it was spread and people loved it!. I'm just guessing about this next part, but maybe once, in a printing station for menus, they mispelled it and kept it that way!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

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Hey genius, it's spelled chile!.

I guess you're being serious!.

It's a Spanish word, so it has nothing to do with temperature, spiciness or the word chilly!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

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lol!.!.maybe cuz its spicy sometimes!?!.!.like the hot chili peppers!?!.!.lol!.!.idk!.!.good quesrtionWww@FoodAQ@Com

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Chilli=Food
Chile=Country
Chilly=cold ie!. 'I feel a chill coming on'Www@FoodAQ@Com

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it has chili peppers in it which come from!.!.!. you guessed it!.!.!. CHILEWww@FoodAQ@Com

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It has pepper in it!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

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Because of the chile it hasWww@FoodAQ@Com

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