On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 09:42:48 -0800, "Cheri" >
wrote:

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> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > 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?
>
> Yes, they do.
>
Ouch!

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