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Noumas
12/16/21 7:52:05 AM
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Americans call it zucchini, Europeans call it courgette

Any other funny names you can think of from the far continent
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viewmaster_pi
12/16/21 7:52:28 AM
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ClockworkHare
12/16/21 7:54:02 AM
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Love it when a guy whips out his prize winning aubergine.

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FunkyCat
12/16/21 7:54:43 AM
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Several European countries use zucchini though as is Italian afaik.

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The_Hat
12/16/21 7:58:46 AM
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https://youtu.be/88FuCiac8IE

https://youtu.be/5Na7b5MiVak

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Ricemills
12/16/21 8:00:05 AM
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American call it soccer

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GALA462
12/16/21 8:00:36 AM
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Well they're wrong

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BalanceLost
12/17/21 3:43:24 AM
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Ah yes, monolingual Europe.

eggplant = ggplanta
zucchini = squash
arugula = rucolasallad

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indica
12/17/21 3:47:04 AM
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BalanceLost posted...
Ah yes, monolingual Europe.

eggplant = ggplanta
zucchini = squash
arugula = rucolasallad
...or rocket in the U.K. and roquette in France


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Gobstoppers12
12/17/21 3:54:51 AM
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Aww yeah.

SLAMMING! RUCOLASALLAD!

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TheGoldenEel
12/17/21 4:07:51 AM
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I believe bell peppers are called capsicum in most places

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BalanceLost
12/17/21 4:11:12 AM
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Gobstoppers12 posted...
Aww yeah.

SLAMMING! RUCOLASALLAD!


TheGoldenEel posted...
I believe bell peppers are called capsicum in most places
Paprika.

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divot1338
12/17/21 4:13:04 AM
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BalanceLost posted...


Paprika.
Then what do they call the spice paprika?

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BalanceLost
12/17/21 4:16:46 AM
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divot1338 posted...
Then what do they call the spice paprika?
Do you mean chilipeppar?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/5/1/AANvmLAACtNL.jpg

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Tom Clark
12/17/21 4:18:49 AM
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divot1338 posted...
Then what do they call the spice paprika?

Spice On The Cob

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TheGoldenEel
12/17/21 4:19:23 AM
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BalanceLost posted...
Do you mean chilipeppar?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/5/1/AANvmLAACtNL.jpg
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paprika

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Returning_CEmen
12/17/21 4:24:37 AM
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Europeans are completely confused as to what chips are

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DeadBankerDream
12/17/21 4:27:55 AM
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Returning_CEmen posted...
Europeans are completely confused as to what chips are
Why are you putting the stigma of British nonsense on all Europeans?

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DeadBankerDream
12/17/21 4:28:59 AM
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BalanceLost posted...
Do you mean chilipeppar?
I believe he means ground paprika used to spice up food.

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BalanceLost
12/17/21 4:31:50 AM
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TheGoldenEel posted...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paprika

DeadBankerDream posted...
I believe he means ground paprika used to spice up food.
Ah!

Paprikapulver.

pulver = powder

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ALIEN_WORK2HOP
12/17/21 4:54:23 AM
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I'm German and wtf is courgette? We call it zucchini.

Americans call it Shrimp Scampi, which is a stupid name for a dish because a scampi is a shrimp.

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indica
12/17/21 4:56:52 AM
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ALIEN_WORK2HOP posted...
I'm German and wtf is courgette? We call it zucchini.

Americans call it Shrimp Scampi, which is a stupid name for a dish because a scampi is a shrimp.
Courgette comes from French and zuchini is Italian for "small squash" if I'm not mistaken.

As for the shrimp thing, there's also chai tea so...

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Thompson
12/17/21 5:03:11 AM
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Courgette? Zucchini?
Oh, summer pumpkin!

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MICHALECOLE
12/17/21 5:04:56 AM
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Americans call it Pepto Bismol

Europeans call it Peppy Bismilk
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divot1338
12/17/21 5:05:05 AM
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Thank god we were colonized by England so we dont use those weird names.

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indica
12/17/21 5:07:38 AM
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divot1338 posted...
Thank god we were colonized by England so we dont use those weird names.
Then we should be saying Rocket...too bad the U.S. had a large immigration from Southern Italy and not the north

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Noumas
12/19/21 2:54:26 AM
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BalanceLost posted...
Ah yes, monolingual Europe.

eggplant = ggplanta
zucchini = squash
arugula = rucolasallad
Omg that's right it is called that arugula to Rocco!
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Foppe
12/19/21 2:59:16 AM
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...the Eggplant Wizard is called the Aubergine Wizard in the rest of Europe?

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FunkyCat
12/19/21 5:28:56 AM
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divot1338 posted...
Thank god we were colonized by England so we dont use those weird names.
So why dont you use the British versions?

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indica
12/19/21 5:51:51 AM
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FunkyCat posted...
So why dont you use the British versions?

indica posted...
Then we should be saying Rocket...too bad the U.S. had a large immigration from Southern Italy and not the north


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Foppe
12/19/21 6:23:42 AM
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indica posted...
Then we should be saying Rocket...too bad the U.S. had a large immigration from Southern Italy and not the north
They had a bigger immigration from Ireland, and even more from Germany.

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Ilishe
12/19/21 6:26:21 AM
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Ah we silly Europeans and our wacky one single language we have

Americans

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UnfairRepresent
12/19/21 6:29:57 AM
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The_Hat posted...
https://youtu.be/88FuCiac8IE


A lot of those are normal in the UK too.

Like TV, apartment, closet, subway etc all are said all the time

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indica
12/19/21 6:30:39 AM
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Foppe posted...
They had a bigger immigration from Ireland, and even more from Germany.
I meant North and South Italy...

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