Word fun

[Stottie Girl]

Thank you for this, On my recent trip I saw Cilantro on the menu a number of times but no one could tell me what it was, and I had no idea.
I did recognise the flavor but couldn't quite put my finger on it.

Yeah, weirdly I think they still call the ground spice and the seeds corriander like everyone else. I quite like cilantro, makes it sound posher!

Never got the 'erbs thing either. There's quite clearly an "h" in herbs!

[PhilippaRees]

Never got the 'erbs thing either. There's quite clearly an "h" in herbs!

Me too

[PhilippaRees]

US Winningest, UK

[Stottie Girl]

Winningest? Is that a real word? As in "yes, we both won but my win was the winningest"?

[PhilippaRees]

Winningest? Is that a real word? As in "yes, we both won but my win was the winningest"?

Exactly, I've heard it at least 3 times on American TV. Usually at a car auction on a car show. Famous Brit Mike Brewer was heard to say "winningest, that's not a word"

Actually I think it means that the car won more than any other car.

[Dawn Kellie]

I want to make sure we are talking about the same thing. Cilantro in the states is a leafy herb commonly used in Latin food. Some people think it taste like soap.
Is that the same herb as you're talking about

[Northern Star Girl ✅]

The UK and Commonwealth countries uses the letter "u" in many words.


English:  UK, Canada, Australia, etc:
behaviour, colour, favour, flavour, harbour, honour, humour, labour, neighbour, rumour, splendour

English:  American:
behavior, color, favor, flavor, harbor, honor, humor, labor, neighbor, rumor, splendor

[Stottie Girl]

I want to make sure we are talking about the same thing. Cilantro in the states is a leafy herb commonly used in Latin food. Some people think it taste like soap.
Is that the same herb as you're talking about

Yes, the coriander plant produces seeds which can be ground down to a dry powder. Both the seeds and powder is called coriander, however coriander leaves off the same plant are called Cilantro in the US, Canada and the latin speaking world (the word is spanish for coriander). They are called coriander leaf or leaves everywhere else.

Every day's a school day!

[Dawn Kellie]

I like learning. Even if my spelling dosen't show it.

[davina61]

I use a lot of coriander in my Indian cooking.
  Cookies US  Biscuits UK. 

[Dawn Kellie]

Duster a long calf link coat made of an oiled cloth, a large collar. Usually having a split up the back so you can wrap them around your legs. Essential for horse back riding. The collar is long enough to be covered by your cowboy hat.

Slicker a rain coat

Cracker a Florida cowboy. Back in the day, they used whips, "cracking" the whips over the cattles head keeping them moving