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Thread #125468   Message #2943805
Posted By: Backwoodsman
12-Jul-10 - 05:48 AM
Thread Name: BS: World Cup 2010
Subject: RE: BS: World Cup 2010
"Biscuit with butter!"

Rather like 'chips', a biscuit is something which is different in the UK from its USA meaning, gnu. Just as we wouldn't eat US-'chips' with fish, we wouldn't put butter on a UK-biscuit! :-) :-)

We call your 'biscuit' a Scone.
You call our biscuit a 'cookie'.