On 2004-05-22 13:19:34 +0100, "ant" > said:
> yeah, we call it Rocket in Australia, too. but we learn other countries'
> useage, so recipes aren't too hard. Zucchinis/courgettes, Shallots/spring
> onions/scallions,

Not here (Up Over?)? Spring Onions (known as scallions in the US and
Northern England, but not Standard English English) are not the same as
shallots. I believe that "shallots" *is* an Australian usage for spring
onions, though.

There was recently a fashion in UK supermarkets for calling them
"salad onions", on some specious grounds of them being available
year-round, not just in the Spring. They seem to have stopped that now.


> Scones/biscuits, biscuits/cookies,

True. The things I've seen in the US as "biscuits" are nowhere near
what I (in the UK) would call biscuits. Interesting, the way words
differ...

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Tony