I 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

I 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.