cordial vs squash

[iannou]

Re: cordial vs squash OT

I've got no wisdom to contribute re: the squash/cordial question. The mention of squash (the beverage) reminds me of the P.G. Wodehouse books featuring Mr. Mulliner. They are not as well known as the "Jeeves" series, but very charming. The patrons of the public house where the tales are told are identified only by their drinks. I'm paraphrasing, but it goes something like this: "The lemon squash by the fireplace called out to the whiskey sour at the bar ..."
Anyone who's never read a Wodehouse novel or short story collection really ought to give it a try. It's great stuff for a rainy afternoon.

 

[Barb_D]

So no zucchini in the UK? The things you learn!

Acorn squash and spaghetti squash and yellow squash... all only on this side of the Atlantic?

 

[JohnParis]

Ohhh no - we have all of those, and more, right here on the other side of La Manche (I've just started my stopwatch to see how long it takes before I get nailed for that appellation ).

J

 

[emsr2d2]

Oh, we have lots of those vegetables, Barb, but most people wouldn't know the term "squash" unless it appears in the name of the actual vegetable when they see it on the shop shelf.

"Zucchini" in the UK is called a "courgette" and I'm 99% sure most people wouldn't know it was a squash. The same goes for "marrow" (I have no idea what they're called in AmE!)

JohnParis - I take no issue with La Manche. It's a much nicer name (and much less "ownership"-based than The English Channel)!

 

[Barb_D]

Wow!

I never expected different vocabulary for such a mundane thing as squash!

 

[5jj]

JohnParis - I take no issue with La Manche. It's a much nicer name (and much less "ownership"-based than The English Channel)!

Great Scott, ma'am! Next thing we know you'll be saying that we ought to let the demned frogs use our water, not just give it their own demned foreign name.