linguaphiles: If you cook it properly it tastes like meat © an episode from 'Hunger'

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hector_von_kyiv) wrote in

linguaphiles,
@ 2006-02-27 19:11:00

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If you cook it properly it tastes like meat © an episode from 'Hunger'
A questions to English speakers:

What do you prefer to call this vegetable?

1. Eggplant
2. Aubergine

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	samuti 2006-02-27 04:17 pm UTC (link)
	Displaced Brit here, and though I know people who use the first name I've always called it an aubergine. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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marnanel, 2006-02-27 08:30 pm UTC

	dkatzism 2006-02-27 04:18 pm UTC (link)
	Eggplant. I am a Canadian living in New York. (Reply to this)

	marnanel 2006-02-27 04:19 pm UTC (link)
	It's an aubergine. Aubergine is the UK name for it. Eggplant is the US name. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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alternemo, 2006-02-27 07:34 pm UTC

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threeparts, 2006-02-28 04:14 am UTC

	mbs_bookworm 2006-02-27 04:20 pm UTC (link)
	Eggplant. (And I've lived the vast majority of my life in the US Midwest.) (Reply to this)

	laridian 2006-02-27 04:21 pm UTC (link)
	Eggplant. US Speaker. (Reply to this)

	zufall 2006-02-27 04:21 pm UTC (link)
	Anything other than eggplant is sacriligious. (But no, I do know of far-flung, benighted cultures that mistakenly refer to it as an aubergine.) (Reply to this)

	zepooka 2006-02-27 04:22 pm UTC (link)
	eggplant (from New Jersey) Although I have seen some places where they use "aubergine" to refer to the miniature ones. I guess because things are fancier when they're smaller, and French is obviously better for fancy things. :D (Reply to this)

	lizziey 2006-02-27 04:22 pm UTC (link)
	i say eggplant for the veggie, aubergine for the color...raised in NYC, mainly. (Reply to this)

	transfer789 2006-02-27 04:23 pm UTC (link)
	Brit here. It's an aubergine (Reply to this)

	suicideally 2006-02-27 04:23 pm UTC (link)
	Aubergine (UK) (Reply to this)

	strangelover 2006-02-27 04:27 pm UTC (link)
	British: Aubergine American: Eggplant (Reply to this)

	lunza 2006-02-27 04:35 pm UTC (link)
	Eggplant. I'm from California. (Reply to this)

	icarus_suraki 2006-02-27 04:38 pm UTC (link)
	"Eggplant" is the usual term for the vegetable here in NC. I suspect some people with affections call it an "aubergine." "Aubergine" is a color--using it as a name for a color, however, is generally considered a bit snooty. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	mawombat 2006-02-27 04:40 pm UTC (link)
	eggplant. I'm American. (Reply to this)

	euterpe35 2006-02-27 04:43 pm UTC (link)
	eggplant - U.S. (Reply to this)

	chasing_ivy 2006-02-27 04:50 pm UTC (link)
	Eggplant (Boston). You might see 'aubergine' in a very high-end/snooty grocery store, but you'd never hear anybody say it. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	sakura_no_kage 2006-02-27 04:55 pm UTC (link)
	either eggplant or brinjal are understood.. hmm never heard of aubergine.. (Reply to this)

	clydeside 2006-02-27 04:57 pm UTC (link)
	Eggplant. I'm Canadian. (Reply to this)

	mirai_noah 2006-02-27 04:57 pm UTC (link)
	Eggplant. (Northern California) (Reply to this)

	skuddybaby 2006-02-27 04:59 pm UTC (link)
	Aubergine! (English) (Reply to this)

	alien_sunset 2006-02-27 05:00 pm UTC (link)
	Delicious!!! Umm... I mean... eggplant :D (Reply to this)(Thread)

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dontbeakakke, 2006-02-27 10:05 pm UTC

	venkovan 2006-02-27 05:09 pm UTC (link)
	It is SOOO an aubergine! I refuse to even acknowledge the possibilty that it might be one of these so-called "Eggplants". I mean..look at it! Does it LOOK like an egg? (angry britsky here!) (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	liberlucendus 2006-02-27 05:10 pm UTC (link)
	Eggplant. Never even heard of "aubergine." (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	Aborigine marnanel 2006-02-27 05:12 pm UTC (link)
	I just wanted to mention that, according to CNN, A bomb in England means a success. Canned goods are tins and eggplants are aborigines. (Reply to this)(Thread)