Even when you speak the same language, it’s still easy for some things to get lost in translation when you move countries.

TikTok star Kaymie Wuerfel moved to Australia with her husband from the US state of Florida and has been sharing the biggest culture shocks she’s experienced online.

In her latest viral clip, Ms Wuerfel revealed the disastrous exchange she had with one supermarket worker while trying to get her hands on a vegetable that goes by a very different name here.

“Excuse me, where can I find the peppers?” she asked the staff member, only to be told, “Salt and pepper are on aisle three.”

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When a confused Ms Wuerfel clarified that she meant “bell peppers” the equally perplexed worker asked if she was after a “special brand of pepper”.

“No, I’m after peppers, like the vegetable,” Ms Wuerfel clarified.

“You mean chilli,” the worker responded.

Only when Ms Wuerfel explained that she meant the “non spicy vegetable” did it finally click.

“Oh you must be talking about capsicum,” the supermarket worker said.

“What?” a puzzled Ms Wuerfel replied.

Her video has been viewed more than 675,000 times, with plenty of people – both Aussies and Americans – saying they too could relate.

“I had this issue with arugula (what the heck is rocket and why is it on everything?), cilantro, yams and pumpkin instead of squash,” one expat wrote.

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But others claimed most Aussies knew what bell peppers were, even if the name was confusing and didn’t make “sense”.

“Peppers confuse me, just call them capsicum then there’s a difference,” one person commented.

“The name capsicum makes perfect sense,” one viewer said.

“Pretty much all us Aussies know what a bell pepper is,” another wrote.

Other Aussies said they had similar problems when they had been in the US.

“I asked for capsicum at (US supermarket) Publix. You can imagine how that went,” one person wrote.

“Try ordering water in the US with an Aussie accent,” another said.

Why do Australians say capsicum?

Australia, New Zealand, India and Pakistan all call the vegetable capsicum in reference to its scientific name, capsicum annum.

Originating from America, it’s thought the US and UK call it a bell pepper and pepper respectively as when colonists first discovered the vegetable centuries ago, they likened it to the spicy chilli pepper.

There’s a surprising number of differences in the names different English-speaking countries give vegetables.

In the UK, zucchini and eggplant are known by their French names courgette and aubergine, while in the US a yam is a sweet potato and arugula is rocket.

Don’t even get started on the whole chips/crisps/fries difference – in Australia chips is used for both packet chips and hot chips, while in the UK packet chips are crisps and chips are hot chips.

While in the US, chips are packet chips and fries are hot chips.

Confused yet?

Florida woman baffled by checkout question

It’s not the first time Ms Wuerfel has shared a hilarious misunderstanding she’s had at an Aussie supermarket.

Last month she posted a TikTok recounting how she had been stunned to discover Woolies and Coles charge customers for plastic bags.

While buying food at a supermarket, Ms Wuerfel said she was asked by an employee if she “would like a bag”.

“Of course I’d like a bag,” she replied, prompting the checkout worker to tell her it would be “15 cents per bag”.

“Fifteen cents … per bag?” was Ms Wuerfel’s baffled reply.

She said the woman working the checkout didn’t “understand why I’m acting surprised” and the expat instead tried to “act like this is normal for me”.

In response, Aussies who watched the video explained that the 15 cent charge was supposed to be a deterrent to using plastic and encourage people to bring their own bags.

“Tip: Leave bags in the car. You never know when you’re gonna pop in for some last-minute food shopping, so always have some on hand,” one person wrote.

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