Linguistics question...

[Richard Sutton]

If biscuits are, in the UK, what we call cookies in the US, then what are these called in the UK?

 

[Jennifer Stone]

Scones! Also pronounced Sc-oh-nes, which is a topic of much debate over here (U.K.)

 

[Alistair Roberts]

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

 

[Richard Sutton]

We have scones here, too. They're usually larger than the buttermilk biscuits pictured though...

 

[Jason Byrne]

If biscuits are, in the UK, what we call cookies in the US, then what are these called in the UK?

How can this be a scone?

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.

 

[Carol Rose]

LOL!!

 

[Richard Sutton]

My kind of scone! Thanks, Jason.
Do we need to open the discussion up to what Chips are?

 

[Stephen Drake]

My kind of scone! Thanks, Jason.
Do we need to open the discussion up to what Chips are?

Maybe. It would be a lively discussion, even though it won't change anything.

What are things like this called in the U.K.? I just call it "good".

 

[Marc Joan]

Sorry to muddy the water, but how about tea-cakes?

Or indeed, crumpets?

 

[Jennifer Stone]

Sorry to muddy the water, but how about tea-cakes?

Or indeed, crumpets?

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MMMmmm crumpets and tea cakes!

 

[Nicole Wilson]

I don't know what tea cakes actually are, but from the picture they look like what US calls "English muffins".

 

[Richard Sutton]

Exactly, Nicole... now I'm completely confused. Do they eat American Crumpets in the UK? Ooops...

 

[Marc Joan]

Exactly, Nicole... now I'm completely confused. Do they eat American Crumpets in the UK? Ooops...

Errrr-

 

[Paul Whybrow]

To add to the debate, a biscuit is crisp when fresh but goes soft if stale, while a cake is soft when fresh but hardens with age. See the video for a funny explanation.




A Jaffa cake looks like this, for non-British Colonists :

 

[Marc Joan]

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.

 

[Nicole Wilson]

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.

*frantically scribbles notes* how am I supposed to remember all this!

 

[Carol Rose]

Sorry to muddy the water, but how about tea-cakes?

Or indeed, crumpets?

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Those are called English muffins over here. LOL!!!

 

[Carol Rose]

How can this be a scone?

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.

 

[Carol Rose]

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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Those are buttermilk biscuits in the south. You put sausage gravy on them!! YUM!!!

 

[Jason Byrne]

Sorry to muddy the water, but how about tea-cakes?

Or indeed, crumpets?

Yep, the first one is "English muffin," and I have no idea what a crumpet is. Hash browns?

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.

 

[Jason Byrne]

Those are buttermilk biscuits in the south. You put sausage gravy on them!! YUM!!!

Oh boy shit just got real.

 

[Jason Byrne]

Also, these are chips:


These are French Fries.

 

[Jason Byrne]

Yep, the first one is "English muffin," and I have no idea what a crumpet is. Hash browns?

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.

Couldn't help it. Crumpets are pancakes.

 

[Carol Rose]

I'm confused. LOL!! Let's just call all of it yellowish goldenish brownish food made from either potatoes or some type of grain that tastes really good with just about anything on it and be done with it. K?

 

[Jason Byrne]

I'm confused. LOL!! Let's just call all of it yellowish goldenish brownish food made from either potatoes or some type of grain that tastes really good with just about anything on it and be done with it. K?

Ah yes — Ygbfmfepostogttrgwjaaoi — and we can just refer to all of them with it.

Cthulhu ftagn.

 

[Carol Rose]

Ah yes — Ygbfmfepostogttrgwjaaoi — and we can just refer to all of them with it.

Cthulhu ftagn.

LOL!!!!!

 

[Nicole Wilson]

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?

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.

 

[Jason Byrne]

*Drools*

*Drools more*
Shame I already had breakfast. I'm suddenly craving hash browns with biscuits covered in sausage gravy.

All I've had is two damn cups of coffee. Guess I'll go make another cup...
I'm getting some damn Taco Bell when I get out of work, so help me...

 

[Carol Rose]

*Drools*

*Drools more*
Shame I already had breakfast. I'm suddenly craving hash browns with biscuits covered in sausage gravy.

IKR??? I'm going to stop by Arby's on the way home from work and get some potato cakes.

 

[Jason Byrne]

Starving... Need... Taco Bell...