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If you look at an eggplant in its early stages, you will understand the name.

imtringued 5y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v9hvK3rdxA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v9hvK3rdxA So nope, not "an" eggplant, some eggplants, and those only may look like eggs in their early stages. They may also look like plums. Do we call the purple eggplants plumplants because they resemble plums at some indeterminate stage in their growth?
- burnished 5y ago
  ..do you not?
- Symbiote 5y ago
  In Britain (and most Western European languages), we call them aubergines. The origin is the "Sanskrit word vātin-gāna denoted 'the class (that removes) the wind-disorder (windy humour)': that is, vātin-gāna came to be the name for eggplants because they were thought to cure flatulence" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggplant#Aubergine-type_names https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggplant#Aubergine-type_names
  - mbg721 5y ago
    I'm sure someone in the US makes and sells salads of eggplant, zucchini, and arugula just to see if they can induce an involuntary twitch in Britons.
    - Symbiote 5y ago
      Your forgot the protein, which is shrimp, and the cilantro garnish. Serve with a side of fries. Dessert is jell-o with a crushed cookie and granola topping.
      - mbg721 5y ago
        Yes, I'll bring it back to the apartment in the elevator after I'm done pushing the stroller along the sidewalk, avoiding the trucks.
blahedo 5y ago
More importantly, they were historically egg-shaped and (off-)white; the large and phallic purple variant that now dominates is the result of selective breeding over centuries.
- trompetenaccoun 5y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggplant#/media/File:Eggplant_with_chicken_eggs.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggplant#/media/File:Eggplant_... Thanks for that, I had no idea!
yongjik 5y ago
That was one weird word when I learned it in Korea, because Asian eggplants look nothing like eggs. They look more like zucchinis. At least the US variant looks like giant purple eggs, if you squint a bit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v9hvK3rdxA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v9hvK3rdxA So nope, not "an" eggplant, some eggplants, and those only may look like eggs in their early stages. They may also look like plums. Do we call the purple eggplants plumplants because they resemble plums at some indeterminate stage in their growth?

burnished 5y ago
..do you not?
Symbiote 5y ago
In Britain (and most Western European languages), we call them aubergines. The origin is the "Sanskrit word vātin-gāna denoted 'the class (that removes) the wind-disorder (windy humour)': that is, vātin-gāna came to be the name for eggplants because they were thought to cure flatulence" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggplant#Aubergine-type_names https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggplant#Aubergine-type_names
- mbg721 5y ago
  I'm sure someone in the US makes and sells salads of eggplant, zucchini, and arugula just to see if they can induce an involuntary twitch in Britons.
  - Symbiote 5y ago
    Your forgot the protein, which is shrimp, and the cilantro garnish. Serve with a side of fries. Dessert is jell-o with a crushed cookie and granola topping.
    - mbg721 5y ago
      Yes, I'll bring it back to the apartment in the elevator after I'm done pushing the stroller along the sidewalk, avoiding the trucks.

blahedo 5y ago

More importantly, they were historically egg-shaped and (off-)white; the large and phallic purple variant that now dominates is the result of selective breeding over centuries.

trompetenaccoun 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggplant#/media/File:Eggplant_with_chicken_eggs.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggplant#/media/File:Eggplant_... Thanks for that, I had no idea!

yongjik 5y ago

That was one weird word when I learned it in Korea, because Asian eggplants look nothing like eggs. They look more like zucchinis. At least the US variant looks like giant purple eggs, if you squint a bit.