Miche wrote:
>
> In article >, Arri London >
> wrote:
>
> > 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.
> >
> > 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 
>
> It's one of those "true of AU but not NZ" things. A lot of people make
> the mistake of thinking that NZ and AU are more alike than they actually
> are. Similar, yes, but there are still differences.
>
> Miche
>
LOL! Yes that much I know.