On Thu, 26 Dec 2013 17:54:57 -0800, "Cheri" >
wrote:

>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > Since almost all Americans have come from somewhere else, we tend to
> > use a foreign word along with the English word for something when
> > trying to transform the ordinary into something special. A famous one
> > is a recipe we call Shrimp scampi and I just read a blogger call plain
> > white/button mushrooms from the grocery store Champignon Mushrooms.
> > Can you think of any other examples? I'm blanking, but I know there
> > are more.
> >
>
> Sweet and sour aubergine, for eggplant.
>
They never say Eggplant Augergine or maybe Zucchini Courgettes?


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