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Have you replaced any British words with their American versions? (self.askuk)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Oneeightnine to c/askuk

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For example, switching out the word 'boot' for 'trunk', or ditching the word 'rubbish' for 'garbage'.

This is something I've noticed my 6 year old does pretty regularly. We went through a stage where 'sweets' became 'candy', 'holiday' became 'vacation' and 'courgette' became 'zucchini'.

That last one didn't happen but if you're still reading you've got my respect, or as the Americans might say '...mad props'.

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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I was gonna say, no self-respecting six-year-old wants to even consider zucchini.

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's pure bullshit, my three boys all like them. 8, 5 & 2

[–] Oneeightnine 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Teach me!

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 13 points 7 months ago

Grow your own, let them help. Then they are eating "their" zucchinis, it helps a lot.

Eat them small and sweet ~15cm (6in) long. Lightly steamed (add a very small amount of salt)/stir fried (last in once everything else cooked).

Over cooking turns them into terrible tasting mush.