I think the reason may be where one gets the terms from in the first place. For example, it was a long time (albeit several decades ago) before I discovered that zucchini and eggplants were what we call courgettes and aubergines.
As for the different terms: does that mean that it doesn't automatically occur to people that if they put some coriander seeds in a flowerpot and wait they'll get the nice leafy stuff? I'm wondering because on one comm on lj someone was complaining about not being able to get cilantro in the UK, and if they did make the connection they'd have realised what they were looking at when they saw fresh coriander in the supermarkets.
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Date: 2010-06-22 06:20 am (UTC)As for the different terms: does that mean that it doesn't automatically occur to people that if they put some coriander seeds in a flowerpot and wait they'll get the nice leafy stuff? I'm wondering because on one comm on lj someone was complaining about not being able to get cilantro in the UK, and if they did make the connection they'd have realised what they were looking at when they saw fresh coriander in the supermarkets.