...don't say it in Russian/ don't say it in German....
Understood that a gown is a frock, a bar is a pub, a tire’s a tyre, a suitcase is a trunk, a trunk’s a boot, a truck’s a lorry, a sweater’s a jumper, my fanny is not for sitting, and you can knock me up without having sex with me.
Got it.
BUT
If a fry is a chip, a chip is a crisp, and a cookie is a biscuit, what’s a biscuit?
And don’t tell me a scone, because I’ve had one, and it’s not.
(Broken English; Marianne Faithfull)
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I'm quite knackered trying to sort this out. But I do love pudding of all sorts. Cheerio!
Yes, the English biscuit = American cookie.
But as for America biscuit = ???, well, there is no direct equivalent, but... I would say that scones are the closest. English scones are very similar to American biscuits, in my experience. English scones are perhaps a bit drier, but they look and taste very similar to American biscuits. Try putting strwaberry jam and stiff whipped cream (whipped by hand, not out of a can) on a biscuit. Very yummy.
As for American "English muffins", I've never seen them in Enlgand.
Be careful; this post could singlehandedly collapse the British economy.
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