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It's where civilisation in this hemisphere originated. And chocolate.

Yet, rather sadly perhaps, today the state is principally famous for a sauce produced in Louisiana using a variety of chile peppers not cultivated in that part of Mexico.

In fact, this supposedly perkier version uses habaneros...which don't seem to be particularly prevalent in Havana either.

Posted by Guy Howard at 4:53 pm No comments: Drop 'em at your peril

Looks like the Ticos also subscribe to this minor aberration in la lengua castellana...the noisy H.

Other examples of the not-so-silent treatment that one comes across around here are in silly names of foreign derivation - such as Heniferth - or in place names like El Hato.

Drop any of these 'haitches' in LAG and you will tend to sound like a bit of a tit. Posted by Guy Howard at 4:41 pm No comments: