Another "how do you say" / "what do you call this" poll

[pne]

[Poll #757711]

Comments

[pne.livejournal.com]

What if there's just one?

This was basically prompted by Amy with a couple of pieces of chopped $fruit in front of her, and I wanted to say to her, "Eat your, uh... what are they called in English?"

"Eat your pepper"? "Eat your red pepper/green pepper" (depending on colour; green in this case)? "Eat your bell pepper" (what I ended up with)?

[fweebles.livejournal.com]

Well, if it's sitting right in front of you, I'd just call it a pepper and not worry about the distinction.

"Eat your pepper."

Sort of in the same vein as "eat your sandwich", it really doesn't matter what kind of sandwich it is, provided there isn't more than one to choose from.

Obviously if you're trying to teach language, you might want to be more specific, in which case "bell pepper" or "green pepper" might be more useful.