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Re: We speak the same language??

On Wed 19 Aug, Stacey VanDenburgh wrote:
> Allan's response to Stan's Strip reminds me of something. He mentions a
> "fortnight", which those of us Americans who read English literature
> know as "two weeks".  A few years ago, my husband and I were in England
> during the wonderful month of June and we noticed that some vegetables
> had different names: what is commonly referred to as zucchini here in
> the US are called courgettes and eggplants were aubergines. Does anyone 
> know of any other differences? I mean, both countries do speak the same
> language, right? Actually, I think there are regional differences in the
> USA too, are they scallions or green onions?
> 
> --Stacey
> 
> Farmington, NY
> Zone 5
> 
> 
> 

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Allan Day  Hereford HR2 7AU allan@crwys.demon.co.uk
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