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Hi, everybody! I’m Georgiana, your online English teacher, and founder of speakenglishpodcast.com
My mission is to help you to speak English fluently.
Two weeks ago, we started with a series of vocabulary differences between American and British English. Today we will continue this series, although weâll focus on food vocabulary differences.
And with a point of view story, youâre gonna compare the different grammar points. Itâs the perfect way to learn grammar and new vocabulary without memorizing.
Ok! Letâs start!
1)Zucchini
Maybe you arenât familiar with this word.
Itâs a long, thin vegetable with dark green skin. It looks similar to a cucumber, but itâs larger, and we donât eat it in a salad.
Yes. Iâm talking about a vegetable called zucchini. I love zucchini noodles and zucchini soup! You should try that out because itâs simply delicious!
In the United Kingdom, people use the word courgette, which comes from French.
American-zucchini
British- courgette
2)Iâm sure you know the meaning of the following word.
Iâm talking about the word cookie. Everybody loves chocolate cookies!
But do you know the meaning of the word biscuit?
Thatâs right. Biscuit has the same meaning as “cookie,” though itâs used in the UK.
American-cookie
British- biscuit
3) Thereâs a purple vegetable, similar to an egg. Can you guess?
Exactly! An eggplant!
What do you think? Personally, I don’t think eggplants look like an egg.
In British, itâs called aubergine. It sounds funny because itâs also a word that comes from French.
American-eggplant
British- aubergine
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