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?

Because they are 🤷‍♀️ it's an old term and is used in some parts of the US I understand

Well if we stood on them it's no wonder they're squashed

We also have ridge cucumbers in the UK, slightly spiky fruit and can be grown outside in the cooler UK weather. We can also grow various types of baby cucumber in a greenhouse.

Yabu

Canadians say zucchini and eggplant
I'm Canadian.

Thanks @Burnserns .
(And now of course I want to know if this also applies to francophone Canadians if they are speaking in French, and in English)

Crepes are not flapjacks.

Crepes are crepes.

Fluffy pancakes (American or Scotch pancakes) would be flapjacks.

Deserts is correct.

My dad is a francophone canadian. He says zucchini and eggplant (when speaking English).

Edit- also says zucchini when speaking in French. I don't think I've ever heard him say eggplant in French. In fairness we're Acadian, so the language is a bit hybridised with English. My aunt (who's first language is also French is a French teacher so I can ask).

I don't want to argue with a Canadian but I feel a bit that quebecois wouldn't say courgettes.

You've obviously never seen the butternut squashes at my local Tesco. They could be sent to Ukraine, repurposed as artillery shells.

Courgette is UK English. Zucchini American English. And Italian.

I'm not defending the tedious anti-American/anti-Aussie sentiments, just pointing out that some people were simply responding to a rude comment. I agree with everything else you say (and yes, I don't know how people can't grasp that there are millions of people in the West Midlands who either call their mother "Mom" or know plenty of people who do!).

Zucchini tend to be smaller than what we call ‘courgettes’ in England (and France , bien entendu). And no, we are not going to call them ‘baby marrows’ because they are different varieties although the same family.

Crossposted with Burnserns. I assumed the question was about when speaking French.

Zucchini is such a strange word, like cilantro and eggplant. Not sure why Americans can't just call them courgette, coriander and aubergine, which is what they are. And don't get me started on rutabaga.

An Americanism! 😱

Feeling Randy is sexual assault that is what it is..... Keep your hands off him :-)

Why would you have one word to describe both American pancakes and Scotch pancakes? Bizarre.

Yes, it is. I don't know if these spellings were retained as a matter of respect, or if our language simply evolved to retain these spellings due to a few hundred years of closeness to our French cousins. (I suspect it's the latter, natural evolution, rather than a conscious decision.)

We refer to the coriander seeds as coriander. And the cilantro as the plant. It's actually very useful for differentiating as the plant is probably used more often in America.

However, that's a bit off topic as the poster you're responding to is Australian.

Well you just told British people on a British website (set up by Brits) that they should use the word zucchini.
In Britain we don’t call it zucchini, we call it a courgette, which is a French word from , you know, that country just across the sea from us.
Your post came across so adamant that we were wrong.

You can “suggest” it, but you’d still be wrong 😂
Try South Africa, New Zealand, Malaysia, to mention a few.
Excellent thread derail btw 😂😂

In Italy they're zucchine.

Oh dear. The apostrophe isn’t translating well either

Back to the OP's question, if your fridge is like mine I imagine the plastic wrap is to aid removal when.4 weeks later the forgotten cucumber has deteriorated to manky water.

I'm Scottish and I wouldn't call it a flapjack or worse a Scotch pancake, that thing is a drop scone.