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Re: We speak the same language??

Here in Australia we also call it a fortnight.  But we call zucchinis,
zucchinis, and eggplant, eggplant!  There is some confusion however as to
what exactly shallots are, generally the term here is used to describe
spring onions, but there's moves afoot to correct this.  Off topic a little,
we call sweaters "jumpers", diapers "nappies", pacifiers "dummies" - all of
which also apply to English "english".  I don't know why the differences in
English occured, or how, but it's all part of what makes this language a
living one, isn't it!

Happy gardening

Lisa Hafey

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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