[Misc] Why do they do it ?

[smillie's garden]

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

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]

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

Au contraire.

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

 

[Cheggers]

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

 

[Dinner with Gotsmanov]

Marathon Bars became Snickers and I have never gotten over it

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

 

[Crawley Dingo]

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

What is Parmajarn cheese? Or O reg an O?

 

[GT49er]

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

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

 

[smillie's garden]

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

Let’s call the whole thing off!

 

[GT49er]

Let’s call the whole thing off!

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

 

[Meade's Ball]

I still class Pluto as a planet

 

[BNthree]

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

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

 

[Seagull58]

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.

Brinjal in India and Africa

 

[Seagull58]

What is Parmajarn cheese? Or O reg an O?

Oregano is an "erb"

 

[smillie's garden]

Brinjal in India and Africa

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]

Au contraire.

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

noooooo

 

[Badger]

Au contraire.

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

Still a big, fat no from me.

 

[PTC Gull]

And “Herbs” are not “erbs”.

 

[essbee1]

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.

Small beer really compared with the eggplant/aubergine argument.

 

[bhafc99]

And “Herbs” are not “erbs”.

And definitely not "urrrrbs".

 

[BadFish]

I still class Pluto as a planet

... And Eris.

 

[Questions]

Small beer really compared with the eggplant/aubergine argument.

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