[Misc] Why do they do it ?

smillie's garden

Am I evil?

Aug 11, 2003

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• #21

The Antikythera Mechanism said:

Basil is not Bayzil
Coriander is not Cilantro
Courgettes are not Zucchini
Bloody Yanks

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So you’re fine with eggplant then?

Cilantro is what the herb is called in Spanish, and it’s used in a lot of Mexican cuisine, so that’s fair enough. Zucchini is close to the Italian Zucchina - also fair enough considering Italian immigration to US. Bay-zil does sound silly - give you that.

Eggplant though, that’s just ridiculous, and so much uglier sounding than aubergine.

 

HHGull

BZ fan club

Dec 29, 2011

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• #22

Badger said:

It is disgusting! You're given what looks like a battered sausage only to be massively let down when you bite into it.

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Au contraire.

It is sliced into ridged slices - definitely not a battered sausage lookalike.

 

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Cheggers

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Jul 28, 2011

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Bang! And the dirt is gone.

• Nov 19, 2024

• #23

It seems you're in a bit of a pickle.

 

Dinner with Gotsmanov

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May 30, 2014

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Worthing

• Nov 19, 2024

• #24

Blue3 said:

Marathon Bars became Snickers and I have never gotten over it

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And Opal Fruits became Starburst. It’s an outrage.

 

Crawley Dingo

Political thread tourist.

Mar 31, 2022

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• #25

The Antikythera Mechanism said:

Basil is not Bayzil
Coriander is not Cilantro
Courgettes are not Zucchini
Bloody Yanks

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What is Parmajarn cheese? Or O reg an O?

 

GT49er

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Feb 1, 2009

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Gloucester

• Nov 19, 2024

• #26

The Antikythera Mechanism said:

Basil is not Bayzil
Coriander is not Cilantro
Courgettes are not Zucchini
Bloody Yanks

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... ... ... and tomatoes aren't tomaytoes either!

 

smillie's garden

Am I evil?

Aug 11, 2003

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• #27

GT49er said:

... ... ... and tomatoes aren't tomaytoes either!

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Let’s call the whole thing off!

 

GT49er

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• #28

smillie's garden said:

Let’s call the whole thing off!

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Huh! ... ... ... and you know where you can stick your potartoes!

 

Meade's Ball

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Jul 7, 2003

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Hither (sometimes Thither)

• Nov 19, 2024

• #29

I still class Pluto as a planet

 

BNthree

Plastic JCL

Sep 14, 2016

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WeHo

• Nov 19, 2024

• #30

smillie's garden said:

Eggplant though, that’s just ridiculous, and so much uglier sounding than aubergine.

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It’s eggplant as must aubergines used to be white and round rather than purple and long so looked like eggs.

 

Seagull58

In the Algarve

Jan 31, 2012

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Vilamoura, Portugal

• Nov 19, 2024

• #31

smillie's garden said:

So you’re fine with eggplant then?

Cilantro is what the herb is called in Spanish, and it’s used in a lot of Mexican cuisine, so that’s fair enough. Zucchini is close to the Italian Zucchina - also fair enough considering Italian immigration to US. Bay-zil does sound silly - give you that.

Eggplant though, that’s just ridiculous, and so much uglier sounding than aubergine.

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Brinjal in India and Africa

 

Seagull58

In the Algarve

Jan 31, 2012

8,632

Vilamoura, Portugal

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• #32

Crawley Dingo said:

What is Parmajarn cheese? Or O reg an O?

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Oregano is an "erb"

 

smillie's garden

Am I evil?

Aug 11, 2003

2,759

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• #33

Seagull58 said:

Brinjal in India and Africa

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And berenjena in Spanish.
In Italian it is melanzane, which is also used as a racial slur (source: mafia movies)

Let’s not get into what the emoji signifies

 

aftershavedave

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Jul 9, 2003

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as 10cc say, not in hove

• Nov 19, 2024

• #34

HHGull said:

Au contraire.

It is sliced into ridged slices - definitely not a battered sausage lookalike.

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noooooo

 

Badger

NOT the Honey Badger

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• Nov 20, 2024

• #35

HHGull said:

Au contraire.

It is sliced into ridged slices - definitely not a battered sausage lookalike.

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Still a big, fat no from me.

 

PTC Gull

Micky Mouse country.

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• Nov 20, 2024

• #36

And “Herbs” are not “erbs”.

 

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essbee1

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Jun 25, 2014

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• Nov 20, 2024

• #37

Questions said:

Change the names of things.

For years I’ve been getting gherkins and now I’m being told they are called cornichons.
They’re gherkins…
Or pickles in the States.
It shouldn’t really bother me but it does.

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Small beer really compared with the eggplant/aubergine argument.

 

bhafc99

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Oct 14, 2003

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Dubai

• Nov 20, 2024

• #38

PTC Gull said:

And “Herbs” are not “erbs”.

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And definitely not "urrrrbs".

 

BadFish

Huge Member

Oct 19, 2003

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• #39

Meade's Ball said:

I still class Pluto as a planet

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... And Eris.

 

Questions

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Oct 18, 2006

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Worthing

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• #40

essbee1 said:

Small beer really compared with the eggplant/aubergine argument.

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It’s just that I’ve never heard of cornichons before. Annoyed at my own ignorance maybe