In America cookies are called cookies but all other biscuits are also called cookies.
In Australia lollipops are called lollies but all other kinds of sweets are also called lollies.
I don’t really know where I’m going with this.
English as a language was seen as too easy. So we decided to mix it up.
Why would you ever be the global language of trade and commerce and the go between for multiple nations, whose entire structure is a hodgepodge of latin, Germanic, and mistranslated root structures and made up rules, if you didn’t decide to mix it up from time to time and region to region?
Embrace the bastard language standard. This is the way.
… Are you aware that ‘loli’, pronounced the same as ‘lollie’… is art (usually drawn) that depicts sexualized or nude children, and … fans of, or viewers of loli… are called lolis?
I am reasonably confident this is widespread internet terminology across the entire English speaking internet at this point, but you being Australian and… possibly not being aware of this… makes me question that assumption somewhat.
That or perhaps you’re older than me?
… Uh, anyway, in America we have ‘fries’ or ‘french fries’, but seemingly every other English speaking country calls them ‘chips’.
Which is confusing to the hungry, overweight, American brain, because what we call chips, ya’ll tend to call ‘crisps’.
But at the same time, we can’t even agree on whether or not a sugary, carbonated beverage is called soda, pop, or just coke, used to refer to all soft drinks, not just coca cola.
I do be wondering what a British person would call a Southern style US biscuit… Which is sweet (they’re usually glazed with honey), but still not like a cookie.
I think they are closest to a scone. There’s a YouTube series I can’t recall the name of that has British teens try American foods. One of the ones they did was biscuits and gravy. The Brits were mostly in shock at how good it was.
In America cookies are called cookies but all other biscuits are also called cookies. In Australia lollipops are called lollies but all other kinds of sweets are also called lollies. I don’t really know where I’m going with this.
English as a language was seen as too easy. So we decided to mix it up.
Why would you ever be the global language of trade and commerce and the go between for multiple nations, whose entire structure is a hodgepodge of latin, Germanic, and mistranslated root structures and made up rules, if you didn’t decide to mix it up from time to time and region to region?
Embrace the bastard language standard. This is the way.
… Are you aware that ‘loli’, pronounced the same as ‘lollie’… is art (usually drawn) that depicts sexualized or nude children, and … fans of, or viewers of loli… are called lolis?
I am reasonably confident this is widespread internet terminology across the entire English speaking internet at this point, but you being Australian and… possibly not being aware of this… makes me question that assumption somewhat.
That or perhaps you’re older than me?
… Uh, anyway, in America we have ‘fries’ or ‘french fries’, but seemingly every other English speaking country calls them ‘chips’.
Which is confusing to the hungry, overweight, American brain, because what we call chips, ya’ll tend to call ‘crisps’.
But at the same time, we can’t even agree on whether or not a sugary, carbonated beverage is called soda, pop, or just coke, used to refer to all soft drinks, not just coca cola.
And they aren’t even french, they’re belgian.
This is bizarrely off-topic.
That is not how “loli” is pronounced–it’s short for “Lolita”, with a long “O” sound.
I don’t either, but in America biscuits are savory or near flavorless, not sweet like cookies.
I do be wondering what a British person would call a Southern style US biscuit… Which is sweet (they’re usually glazed with honey), but still not like a cookie.
I think they are closest to a scone. There’s a YouTube series I can’t recall the name of that has British teens try American foods. One of the ones they did was biscuits and gravy. The Brits were mostly in shock at how good it was.
We’re pretty obsessed with gravy tbh. Never had a savoury scone but expect it must be a similar vibe to dumplings in a stew.
In Australia KFC automatically comes with a crappy little bread bun called a dinner roll and I don’t see the appeal.
They need to get better biscuits then!
What British people call biscuits are called cookies in America. American biscuits are more like what British people call scones
But a cookie is still a cookie - e.g. the one in the meme. That bit is universal.
Yes, ours are all limp.
Tell me what you’re gonna do now.