Русещк aka Eachin ([info]hector_von_kyiv) wrote in [info]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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[info]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.

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[info]vikingsailorboy
2006-02-27 06:13 pm UTC (link)
How do you pronounce "aubergine"????

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(no subject) - [info]marnanel, 2006-02-27 08:30 pm UTC

[info]dkatzism
2006-02-27 04:18 pm UTC (link)
Eggplant. I am a Canadian living in New York.

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[info]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.

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[info]amygooglegirl
2006-02-27 04:24 pm UTC (link)
I agree, aubergine in the UK, eggplant in North America. Same with courgette/zucchini, coriander/cilantro and probably more but that's all I can think of right now :)

(although coriander/cilantro is a bit different, I think in North America people say "coriander" for the seeds and "cilantro" for the herb, whereas I've never heard the word "cilantro" in the UK)

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(no subject) - [info]suicideally, 2006-02-27 04:55 pm UTC
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(no subject) - [info]embers, 2006-02-27 06:17 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]upsilamba, 2006-02-27 06:37 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]maozed, 2006-02-27 07:51 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]hector_von_kyiv, 2006-02-27 04:37 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]strangelover, 2006-02-27 04:43 pm UTC
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[info]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.)

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[info]laridian
2006-02-27 04:21 pm UTC (link)
Eggplant. US Speaker.

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[info]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.)

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[info]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

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

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[info]transfer789
2006-02-27 04:23 pm UTC (link)
Brit here. It's an aubergine

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[info]suicideally
2006-02-27 04:23 pm UTC (link)
Aubergine (UK)

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[info]strangelover
2006-02-27 04:27 pm UTC (link)
British: Aubergine
American: Eggplant

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[info]lunza
2006-02-27 04:35 pm UTC (link)
Eggplant. I'm from California.

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[info]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.

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[info]joliecanard
2006-02-27 06:17 pm UTC (link)
I second this. "Aubergine" is for culinary pretensions and the color, and very bookish.

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(no subject) - [info]joliecanard, 2006-02-27 06:18 pm UTC

[info]mawombat
2006-02-27 04:40 pm UTC (link)
eggplant. I'm American.

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[info]euterpe35
2006-02-27 04:43 pm UTC (link)
eggplant - U.S.

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[info]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.

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[info]mark356
2006-02-27 09:41 pm UTC (link)
Ditto.

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

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[info]clydeside
2006-02-27 04:57 pm UTC (link)
Eggplant. I'm Canadian.

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[info]mirai_noah
2006-02-27 04:57 pm UTC (link)
Eggplant. (Northern California)

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[info]skuddybaby
2006-02-27 04:59 pm UTC (link)
Aubergine! (English)

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[info]alien_sunset
2006-02-27 05:00 pm UTC (link)
Delicious!!!
Umm... I mean... eggplant :D

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[info]hector_von_kyiv
2006-02-27 05:13 pm UTC (link)
I love it too :)

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(no subject) - [info]dontbeakakke, 2006-02-27 10:05 pm UTC

[info]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!)

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[info]hector_von_kyiv
2006-02-27 05:19 pm UTC (link)
It does! It does! It's so round, so smooth! :))

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(no subject) - [info]venkovan, 2006-02-27 07:42 pm UTC
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[info]liberlucendus
2006-02-27 05:10 pm UTC (link)
Eggplant. Never even heard of "aubergine."

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[info]liberlucendus
2006-02-27 05:12 pm UTC (link)
Oh, and I'm from Massachusetts.

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Aborigine
[info]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.

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Re: Aborigine
[info]mistress_elaine
2006-02-27 05:52 pm UTC (link)
Heh. I like that. :-)

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Re: Aborigine - [info]oh_meow, 2006-02-27 06:49 pm UTC
Re: Aborigine - [info]tenou_k, 2006-02-27 08:23 pm UTC

[info]seilens
2006-02-27 05:13 pm UTC (link)
Eggplant. Live in the US.

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