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cheekmo_52 t1_je8afi3 wrote

Long ago, the word “pickle” was widely understood to mean any food that had been preserved by using that method. It wasn’t specific to cucumbers. But over the generations, it became synonymous with pickled cucumbers.

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villageboyz t1_je8fuw7 wrote

Only in the US, Canada and in Australia. Others are normal.

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nerdvegas79 t1_je8pnuh wrote

We don't really use the term so much in Australia, it is an Americanism. We'll say pickled cucumbers or gherkins, although we do know what "pickles" means.

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Bunyip_Bluegum t1_je8s8nv wrote

I’m Australian and without context I would assume pickles meant mustard pickles. If it was burger related I’d assume they meant cucumbers but otherwise pickled cucumbers are gherkins.

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cheekmo_52 t1_je8gbm5 wrote

“Normal” is a subjective term. And not a terribly useful one in this context.

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