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[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 74 points 4 weeks ago (8 children)

I work with a team of people from all over the world , and the word “eggplant” came up the other day. They asked me why Americans call an “aubergine” an “eggplant.”

So I showed them a photo of an unripe eggplant:

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

Americans really do label things like cave men just saying the most simple words to describe something:

  • Eggplant > looks like an egg and is a plant
  • Sidewalk > side of road you walk on

I’m all out of example but I’m sure there are more like this and I like it.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 17 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Parkway and driveway got mixed up for some reason

[–] joel_feila@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Parkway was a road that went near park or other scenic spot. Drive ways were drives that connected private estates to a main road. Way back in the day those could actually be long enough the main house was not visible from the main road.

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