Miche wrote:
>
> In article >, Arri London >
> wrote:
>
> > Doug Freyburger wrote:
>
> > >Maybe the
> > > same breed of plant as an onion, maybe the same breed of plant
> > > as the garlicy flavored one. At a guess AU, NZ and other
> > > places that prefer UK terminology over US terminology likely
> > > use shallot this way (young shoot).
> >
> > Don't know why green onions are called shallots in AU or NZ, but it
> > isn't because that's what they are called in the UK.
>
> They're not. What we call shallots are what you call shallots.
>
> What you call green onions is what we call spring onions.
>
> Miche
>
>

Some people here have said that green/spring/salad onions are also
called shallots in AU and NZ. I took it for granted that they knew what
they were talking about. Always a mistake in a newsgroup