What Do You Call It? Part III
By Bojel
@jobelbojel (35648)
Philippines
June 18, 2020 8:22am CST
The first time hearing it from a VLogger based in Australia, I was surprised she said Capsicum. I know it is called Bell Peppers here in my country.
I heard the US called it Bell Peppers. British English simply call it Peppers (Red, Green, Yellow) and Autralian English call it Capsicum.
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@Butterfingers (66583)
• India
18 Jun 20
We Indians call it Shimla mirch in local language and Capsicum in English but I like to call it bell peppers
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@jobelbojel (35648)
• Philippines
19 Jun 20
Nice to know that not only Australians call it such. The local name is borrowed by an Indian romantic movie entitled the same.
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@jobelbojel (35648)
• Philippines
20 Jun 20
@Butterfingers Why? You did not like it?
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@Butterfingers (66583)
• India
19 Jun 20
@jobelbojel yes there was movie on that but I didn't watched it
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@jobelbojel (35648)
• Philippines
19 Jun 20
Uhuh! Good to know. Not all people in the US call it Bell peppers.
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@jobelbojel (35648)
• Philippines
19 Jun 20
@DianneN Yes, it is simply and easier to say.
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
19 Jun 20
@jobelbojel They are Bell peppers, but peppers is easier to say. 
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
18 Jun 20
Capsicum is using the word incorrectly to refer to bell peppers although some people in some countries do. Capsicum in biology and botany is the plant genus under which a number of species belong including hot chili peppers, bell peppers etc....
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
18 Jun 20
@jobelbojel kingdom plantae. Capsicum belongs to the " nightshade vegetables " and are closely related to tomatoes, eggplants, and would you believe potatoes, a lot of plants belonging to the night shade family are poisonous
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@jobelbojel (35648)
• Philippines
19 Jun 20
@louievill I give you 5 stars on this. Thank you so much for sharing.
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@jobelbojel (35648)
• Philippines
18 Jun 20
Wow, so Science. I agree that they belong to the plant genus. Like kingdom animalia
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@cmoneyspinner (9219)
• Austin, Texas
18 Jun 20
All my life I have called them peppers. Bell peppers to be exact. But I watching a cooking show one day and the chef called it capsicum. Now I'm confused.
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@jobelbojel (35648)
• Philippines
20 Jun 20
@cmoneyspinner That is soo cool because Indians call it Capsicum, based on the comment here.
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@cmoneyspinner (9219)
• Austin, Texas
19 Jun 20
@jobelbojel - No actually it was an Indian chef.
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@jobelbojel (35648)
• Philippines
19 Jun 20
Chili peppers are those small peppers, right? We call that chili.
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@JudyEv (340286)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Jun 20
@jobelbojel Yes, that's right.
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@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
19 Jun 20
We also call them bell peppers... But that picture reminds me of "stoplight peppers" or "traffic light bell peppers" from US supermarkets...
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@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
20 Jun 20
@jobelbojel yup.. they are like the traffic lights.. hihi
I also heard from a friend, she called it siling paraka...
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@jobelbojel (35648)
• Philippines
20 Jun 20
Thank you for sharing! So it is Peppers and Bell Peppers in America.
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@jobelbojel (35648)
• Philippines
24 Jun 20
I thought I already responded to this one. I did if I am not mistaken, Anyway, thank you for sharing you comment.
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@jobelbojel (35648)
• Philippines
24 Jun 20
Nice to know, India and Australia call it the same.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
18 Jun 20
I call it a bell pepper but sometimes I qualify it by saying "green pepper"
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@jobelbojel (35648)
• Philippines
20 Jun 20
That is nice, so you can them as green pepper how about the red and yellow?
@jobelbojel (35648)
• Philippines
24 Jun 20
I think it was a different type of pepper when I first hear it.
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@jobelbojel (35648)
• Philippines
24 Jun 20
We don't call it Paprika. Paprika for us is the powder.
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