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False friends US part 3

aubergine ['əʊbəȝiːn] and courgette [kɔːȝ'et] will both cause confusion. The British use names derived from French, but in the US they are known, respectively, as eggplant (based on the shape of the first variety brought to Europe then the US from either China or India) and zucchini (Italian for “little marrows”).

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