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Uh, off-topic but as a non-native speaker, is that use of "capsicum" standard? Where are you located? I had to look it up to make sure you meant (US: bell) pep
by unwind 8y ago
Uh, off-topic but as a non-native speaker, is that use of "capsicum" standard? Where are you located?
I had to look it up to make sure you meant (US: bell) peppers.
- flukus 8y agoCapsicum is the standard name in here (Australia) from wikipedia: >The large, mild form is called bell pepper, or by color or both in North America and the United Kingdom, but typically called capsicum in New Zealand,[8] Australia, South Africa, Singapore, and India. It does seem strange that even anglosphere countries in the eastern hemisphere ended up with a different name for some reason. Presumably it was also called that in the UK at some point too.
- stevesimmons 8y agoI grew up in Australia calling them capsicum. Now I live in the UK and the Netherlands, it is pepper/paprika respectively. Some other differences in Australian and UK usage are zucchini vs courgette and eggplant vs aubergine. Not much of a French influence down-under. And Italian immigrants dominated Melbourne's fruit and veg trade in the 1960s.
- toomanybeersies 8y agoI always get confused and just use one or the other. Conveniently it doesn't really matter because everyone understands me when I use any of the above in Australia.
- mkingston 8y ago> Presumably it was also called that in the UK at some point too. Perhaps it became common in all of these countries at the same time, long after colonisation, leading to different marketing/naming between these countries.