Lost in Translation – pepper, peppers, paprika, chilli or chillies?
Speaking a foreign language is always going to be fraught with potential confusion and embarrassment. Years ago when I first met my wife and tried to express my love in my fledgling Swedish, my attempt to say, “You are the thunder in my heart” (we were watching a lightning storm at the time – rather … Lost in Translation – pepper, peppers, paprika, chilli or chillies?