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[Bedrockgames]

Every English-speaking place in the world calls it coriander because that's the species name (coriandrum sativum) and there are several etymological roots for the word from where it originated. Americans just like to think they're special.

I don't think it has to do with thinking we are special. It has to do with how the different parts of the plant were introduced to us.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I don't think it has to do with thinking we are special. It has to do with how the different parts of the plant were introduced to us.

Namely, via silly Spaniards.

 

[Umbran]

Every English-speaking place in the world calls it coriander

Well, clearly that's not the case, now is it?

Americans just like to think they're special.

We may like to think we are special, but that's rather aside this point, as that isn't why we use two words for different portions of the same plant. I expect that's just an accident of history, with the two different parts of the plant being popularlized by different groups, who used different words for them.

Coriander and cilantro isn't the only place we have such a construction, by the way. We use it for "mace" and "nutmeg" too.

 

[Krensky]

Well, clearly that's not the case, now is it?



We may like to think we are special, but that's rather aside this point, as that isn't why we use two words for different portions of the same plant. I expect that's just an accident of history, with the two different parts of the plant being popularlized by different groups, who used different words for them.

Coriander and cilantro isn't the only place we have such a construction, by the way. We use it for "mace" and "nutmeg" too.

Celery and celeriac.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

We use it for "mace" and "nutmeg" too.

I love my Nutmeg of Disruption!

 

[Horatio]

Just for the record, we call it coriander too. But we're not an english speaking country.

 

[Kzach]

I don't think it has to do with thinking we are special. It has to do with how the different parts of the plant were introduced to us.

Probably, but I have a natural inclination to dislike Americanisms (and Americans).

Well, clearly that's not the case, now is it?

Sorry, I forgot to add a word in my sentence; it has been corrected.

 

[Umbran]

How are you moved by their Quick Draw skill and taste for alcohol?

Not much - being quick and drunk is not a recipe for accuracy

 

[Bedrockgames]

Probably, but I have a natural inclination to dislike Americanisms (and Americans)..

Don't share your opinion. But it is your right to feel that way if you choose to. All English speaking countries have their own lingo. I don't really see this as any more unusual than words I hear from places like Australia or England.

 

[nedjer]

North America's good stuff gets lost among the criticism sometimes. Space shuttles, PCs, cheerleaders and D&D are a drop in a fairly huge ocean.

Cheerleaders, I jest not, most dangerous sport in the world due to the highest injury rate.