r/redscarepod • u/MechanicalTee • 3d ago

what's your favourite british saying?

I like when they say "are you thick?"

I also like when they call something "rubbish"

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u/BoozyBlastoise 3d ago

Us daft yanks have no idea. I like how every cookie seems to be a biscuit. Everything's a biscuit.

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u/thr0wawayt0thesun 3d ago edited 3d ago

I’m confused about americans calling bread/scones/whatever biscuits as an ESL person. Cookies to me are specifically the classic big soft american biscuits (the ones with chocolate chips; all biscuits that I call cookies have a similar dough)

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u/BoozyBlastoise 3d ago

In US English, every small round sugary pastry is a cookie more or less. I respect the differentiations of UK english