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This being England, the title should of course say “courgettes”. Nobody calls them zucchinis over here!
by jw1224 6y ago
This being England, the title should of course say “courgettes”. Nobody calls them zucchinis over here!
- capableweb 6y agoThis actually being the internet, shouldn't the title use whatever is most commonly used in the world at large? Someone who knows the word courgette, probably knows the word zucchini. While someone who knows the word zucchini, might not know courgette. I certainly didn't know about courgette until just one minute ago.
- maps7 6y agoAnd I didn't know what a zucchini was until this year
- Dayshine 6y ago> Someone who knows the word courgette, probably knows the word zucchini. While someone who knows the word zucchini, might not know courgette. I don't see why this would be the case. More accurate would be: Someone who knows the word courgette, might not know the word zucchini. And someone who knows the word zucchini, might not know courgette.
- pvaldes 6y agoOr Cucurbita pepo pepo, the Intergalactic, planetary, planetary, term
- atomi 6y agoAll squash is native to Mesoamerica and Andes. Neither term is really correct. I believe the indigenous people of Mesoamerica called it chayotl. The Spanish, who were the first Europeans to come across squash call it calabaza - which is possibly derived from the persian word "kharbuz." But I really don't know why Americans use the Italian word for squash instead.
- luckman212 6y ago> derived from the persian word "kharbuz" Interesting! I note the Turkish word "karpuz" (en: watermelon) is similar. And considering watermelons are loosely related to squash, that makes sense.