what do you mean aromatic ginger?? all gingers are aromatic af????

which is my hypothesis(maybe theory? no..), if that's the correct word for this umm.. ah! assumption!! how can I forget that word

*ahem* anyway point is, I was trying out a recipe for Seblak(it's a food; shout out to my Indonesian homies) and it got me curious as to what's the English for "Kencur"

as it turns out, the first thing that came up was "aromatic ginger" ahaha... WHAT DO YOU MEAN AROMATIC GINGER!?? was my inner reaction to it

a little dive and the next name for it is already much better, which is "sand ginger" and it was.. much better.

like, imagine a conversation of "ah do you have aromatic/sand ginger" and tell me you wouldn't stump and ask if you heard that person ask for "aromatic ginger" as opposed to the opposite of "ah, I don't think we have sand ginger"

then it got bad again, the next name for it is... "lesser galangal"... OH, IM SORRY!???, LESSSEEERRR GALLAAANGALL!??? THE GAAAALLLLL(angal) TO SUGGEST ITS LESSER!?? IT PACKS MORE OOMPH IN ITS TINY FORM THAN WHATEVER GALANGAL HAS!!

then it becomes confusing, as in.. "zedoary".

I'm sorry, do you mean cassowary? no, zedoary.

anyway that has been my ramble for today, fascinating that now I know like, four names for it and can remember it on top of my head. probably has something to do with it having such a.. weird lineup of names.