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Scones! Also pronounced Sc-oh-nes, which is a topic of much debate over here (U.K.)
 
Scones, surely that is the only name? Pronounced Scon-es as in 'on-es' lol. As long as they are hot, that's what really matters ;)
 
If biscuits are, in the UK, what we call cookies in the US, then what are these called in the UK?
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How can this be a scone?



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This is a scone!

Make up your minds United Kingdom! Cookies get chocolate chips, biscuits get butter, and scones get blueberries.

Except for when biscuits get jelly. Or cookies get raisins. I suppose you could have scones with raisins.

Make up your minds United States!

Eff the whole thing.
 
But just for the avoidance of doubt, a jaffa is also a cricketing term used to indicate an unplayable delivery.

You will be tested on all of the above at a time and place of our choosing.
 
How can this be a scone?



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This is a scone!

Make up your minds United Kingdom! Cookies get chocolate chips, biscuits get butter, and scones get blueberries.

Except for when biscuits get jelly. Or cookies get raisins. I suppose you could have scones with raisins.

Make up your minds United States!

Eff the whole thing.

Scones. As in they have them at Panera Bread and that's what they call them. Enough said. ;)
 
Sorry to muddy the water, but how about tea-cakes?

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Or indeed, crumpets?

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Yep, the first one is "English muffin," and I have no idea what a crumpet is. Hash browns?
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I'm reliving my early years, and pretending like I can't just Google the answer and instantly know the history of the crumpet from Antiquity.
 
Those are buttermilk biscuits in the south. You put sausage gravy on them!! YUM!!!
*Drools*
Yep, the first one is "English muffin," and I have no idea what a crumpet is. Hash browns?
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I'm reliving my early years, and pretending like I can't just Google the answer and instantly know the history of the crumpet from Antiquity.
*Drools more*
Shame I already had breakfast. I'm suddenly craving hash browns with biscuits covered in sausage gravy.
 
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