Re: Intergermansk - Pizza packaging text :D

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 19:30:43 -0500, Ph. D. <phild@...> wrote:
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> Pascal A. Kramm wrote:
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> > Even though it originated from French, it is by now quite
> > commonly used in English (and german as well, and in many
> > other languages as well), generally referring to "Agraricus Bisporus".
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> "quite commonly used in English"?  Not in the United States.
> I just turned fifty years old, and I've never run across this word
> before.
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> --Ph. D.
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I came across "champignon" via its Spanish version "Champiñón", and
always thought that that was a funny Spanish word, because it looks so
French (of course, it is). But this is the first time i've heard
Champignon used in a context outside of French food (meaning as a
perfectly fine English word). The common English name for A. bisporus
in the United States is "Button Mushroom" when sold immature, and
Portabella/Portobello/Crimini when the cap is allowed to expand out
and mature a bit. It is also called "common white mushroom" but most
people here call them "Button Mushrooms".


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