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Have you replaced any British words with their American versions? (feddit.uk)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

How do you pronounce courgette?

Is it a hard g like get or a soft g like giraffe?

This is one British word I had no idea existed.

[–] Deebster 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

It's the /ʒ/ sound like the s in measure, vision, or the J in the French Jack. So the word is /koːʒɛ́t/ It's from the French word courge.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

French also has courgette, which also designates zucchinis 😁

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Well the word itself does look french when looking at it so just by that going with the french way of pronouncing it makes a lot of sense.