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Scallions is not an Americanism

159 replies

Monty27 · 18/03/2019 01:31

I got accused today of using an Americanism. I said it's Irish, it became transaltantic after the famine.
Scallions in mash on st Patrick's Day is Irish. With cabbage and bacon of course. No Guinness but Irish coffees and beers and cava I was hosting

OP posts:
UrsulaPandress · 18/03/2019 05:54

Scally onions here in Oldham.

Northumberlandlass · 18/03/2019 05:56

Scallions in NE!

WatchingTheWheels85 · 18/03/2019 05:57

My mil and her parents called them shibbons Confused

JenniferJareau · 18/03/2019 06:00

I always thought scallions was an American term as that was the only time I have ever heard it, American cooking programs.

Bookworm01 · 18/03/2019 06:04

I'm from England and we only call them spring onions. I found out what scallions were on a trip to Dublin years ago, when they were listed on a menu. The waitress looked at me as if I was mad when I asked what they are!

sailorsdelight · 18/03/2019 06:06

Scallions in Ireland - I didn't know what I 'spring onion' was til I went to university in England! My American DW had no clue as to what a scallion was - and she's from Boston!

StealthPolarBear · 18/03/2019 06:09

Yes why are they salad onions in the shops?
I'm in the North East and call them spring onions, hadn't heard of scallions until fairly recently. Also didn't know what a capsicum was until about ten years ago.

SleepDeprivedCabbageBrain · 18/03/2019 06:20

YY - scallions and champ in Northern Ireland too.

WickedGoodDoge · 18/03/2019 06:33

I’m from New England and I’d never heard of scallions until I moved to the UK. I call them green onions.

WitsEnding · 18/03/2019 06:37

Scallions in Cornwall 50 years ago. Spring onions as per the major supermarkets.

Pk37 · 18/03/2019 06:38

Got to admit , I thought it was an Americanism too as never heard anyone use “scallions” over here

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 18/03/2019 06:38

Just going to chuck in that some Aussies call them shallots - this annoys the tits off me.
Especially as they also have real shallots - but they call them European shallots.

mathanxiety · 18/03/2019 06:44

Scallions is what we always called them in Ireland.

When I went to the US I eventually realised they were called green onions.

Like that instrumental from the 60s by Booker T and the MGs.

Boom76 · 18/03/2019 06:45

My DH calls them scallions. He’s from the NE. First time he used it, I didn’t know what he meant. I’m Scottish.

Disfordarkchocolate · 18/03/2019 06:54

Scallions in the NE of England, never heard of spring onions till I moved South!

bellinisurge · 18/03/2019 06:59

It's Irish, isn't it?

Oblomov19 · 18/03/2019 07:00

Americans and Irish say scallions. British say spring onions.

Meretricious · 18/03/2019 07:02

Never heard of syboes and I’m Scottish...who knew. They are spring onions. Scallions is Irish and American.

thegreylady · 18/03/2019 07:06

I grew up in the NE of England and my parents always said scallions for spring onions.

SkippingPages · 18/03/2019 07:07

I thought it was an American term too, having first seen it in recipe books from US

flitwit99 · 18/03/2019 07:11

They're greentails in my wee home corner of Scotland. Now I live in Fife they're sybees. No idea how you would spell that though.

SileneOliveira · 18/03/2019 07:17

Another Scottish person here.

Scallions to my ear is Irish. We say spring onions. Never, ever heard of "syboes".

funmummy48 · 18/03/2019 07:19

Scallions is the name for Spring Onions in the North East of England. I hadn't heard of Spring Onions until I moved down South.

anniehm · 18/03/2019 07:19

Scallions is an American term for spring onions, no idea on origin.

Hairynick · 18/03/2019 07:21

Definitely syboes, I'm Scottish.