Courgette.
Courgette (UK) / Zucchini (US) Courgette is actually the French word for this slim green vegetable, while zucchini is the Italian.
What is an English zucchini?
Zucchini. This vegetable is called a courgette in the UK. Both words mean “the little squash”, but the US word comes from Italian and the British from French.
What do Europeans call zucchini?
Courgette
Courgette vs. zucchini
The plant eventually found its way to Europe sometime around the end of the 15th century where it became “zucchini” in Italy and “courgette” in France.
What do the Brits call squash?
Squash (sometimes known as cordial in British English, dilute in Hiberno English, and diluting juice in Scottish English) is a non-alcoholic beverage with concentrated syrup used in beverage making. It is usually fruit-flavoured, made from fruit juice, water, and sugar or a sugar substitute.
What is squash vegetable in UK?
It’s usually stuffed with some kind of savory filling to give it character. Squash is not a vegetable in the UK but a sugary, fruity-flavored soft drink concentrate, with a small amount of fruit juice in it. It’s mixed with water. The vegetable squash that Americans are used to is a relative newcomer to Britain.
What do Brits call cookies?
However, a biscuit in the U.K. and a cookie in the U.S. are inherently the same thing. The big difference, at least in the U.K., is that biscuits are hard and cookies are soft and pliable. In the U.S., the meeting point between the two might be a scone, but that’s a discussion for another time.
What do British people call Cilantro?
Coriander
Coriander + Cilantro = Ciliander The British know this Mediterranean herb as coriander, but the Americans know it as cilantro, together we get ciliander. Cilantro is also the term used by the Spanish. While generally both terms refer to the same food product, there is a difference.
What are fries called in England?
French fries (US) are called “chips” in the UK, and “frites” in French-speaking countries. In the UK and Ireland, what people in America call French fries are called “chips” and are famously served alongside fried fish.
Why do Brits refer to themselves as us?
It’s just an old English way of speaking. Many people say “us” but if they are writing will use the word “me”. I was born in Sunderland and I use it some times, depends who I am talking to. “us” meaning you and me sounds like “uss”.
What do the British call Fish and chips?
Fish and chip shops are called “chippies” in British slang. By 1910, there were 25,000 fish and chip shops in the U.K., and they even stayed open during World War I.
Why do British call shrimp prawns?
Summary In North America, “shrimp” is used more commonly, while “prawn” refers to species that are larger or found in fresh water. Commonwealth countries and Ireland tend to use “prawn” more frequently.
What is arugula called in the UK?
Arugula (American English) or rocket (British English) (Eruca vesicaria; syns. Eruca sativa Mill., E. vesicaria subsp.
Why do Brits call eggplant aubergine?
Zucchini and arugula are from Italian. Eggplant is simply descriptive as early varieties were similar in appearance to a goose egg. Courgette, aubergine, rocket are all from French. It’s simply a matter of Italian having more influence in America and French having more influence in the UK.
What do Americans call Swede?
Rutabaga (/ˌruːtəˈbeɪɡə/; North American English) or swede (British English and some Commonwealth English) is a root vegetable, a form of Brassica napus (which also includes rapeseed).
What do Brits call a car?
Motor – n – An antiquated term for an automobile.
What do Brits call sandwiches?
butty
In England, a sandwich is called a butty! Add some British food slang to your vocabulary that will impress English folk and confuse your American friends.
What do British people call whipped cream?
squirty cream
In the UK, whipped cream is known as “squirty cream”.
What do Brits call candy bars?
Apparently, in the US, we tend to group a lot of things as simply “candy.” For example, in America we eat candy bars like Hershey’s. However, in the UK, you would eat chocolate bars like Hershey’s. I bet you didn’t think there were that many differences between these two dialects of English.
What do British people call candy bars?
A little packaged good for your candy craving would be called “sweets” or “sweeties” in Britain. Just don’t call that Cadbury’s bar a sweet: it’s chocolate. Chocolate bars are their own category, but sweets can be any other confection, from fruity gummies to hard toffees.
Why do Brits call cookies biscuits?
The word biscuit got to England via the French, who had, as mentioned above, gotten it from the Romans. When the word came into the French language it is hard to say. However, the word did not really come to America, via England, until around the middle of the 19th century.
What is the British word for elevator?
lift
Everyone knows that for the Brits, an elevator is a “lift,” an apartment is a “flat,” and those chips you’re snacking on are actually called “crisps.” But British people also say some other really weird, confusing things.