To wonder why.. (brace yourself)

[BackAgainSlimLady]

Single cucumbers from the supermarket come wrapped in plastic.. but single courgettes don’t?

if you ask me.. courgettes have a slightly more fragile skin that cucumber.. so why the lack of protection?

Oo be careful. French is a first language in Quebec. Though it is different to French French. Bit like Latin American Spanish is different to Spanish Spanish.

Tell me you're American without etc...

I only ever heard zucchini living in the states and courgette in the UK! Regional variation I think

And if you are ever in the USA and want to get hold of some paracetamol, after you have remembered to ask for a pharmacy instead of the chemist, you then find they don't call it paracetamol - it's acetaminophen!

RTFT and you'll see the irony there...

Ha! Like it🤣🤣

Courgette in New Zealand, but both aubergine and eggplant.

‘It’s ok, he’s Australian.’

It’s been said.

Er, no - either you've mis-posted or you really don't understand. In English:
Contraction of "it is" = it's
Possessive its = its
We have many exceptions in the English language and the use of a possessive apostrophe after the word "it" is one of them - a possessive apostrophe should never be used in this circumstance.

Also people commonly just slice and eat the cucumber raw without washing the skin, so they don't want it handled by everyone in the supermarket - courgettes are prepared and cooked.

Hang on — if fluffy pancakes (an abomination imo) are flapjacks then what would those syrupy oats things be called?

Am finding this thread fascinating!

Scone type things are called biscuits in US and should have no place on a fried breakfast!!

Courgette in The UK

And it's pronounced 'scowne", not "scon" (runs and hides)

Ooh. I had to google rutabaga.
(Am loving this thread!)

Thank you for this. It has made my day

@WillIEverBeOk Why is it that we, in the Uk call courgettes just that but we also understand that Zucchini is the US word for them? I don't think any of us had to go Googling to find out.

They don't really exist in the states. Oat bars are drier.

Ha same!! I might need to get out more

Ugh, I'm still getting notifications from this thread.

I am Australian, @gotmyknickersinatwist . I've never even been to America.

Tell me you automatically ass'ume everywhere that isn't the UK is American without telling me.

Yeah, tell me you're a MNer without telling me etc..

Laid by Barney the Dinosaur?

So, you don't like cucumber then? 😂

Not a Prince fan then? ("Little Red Corvette" 😂)

Zucchini is American. Courgette is British. Always has been.