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British terms?

What do British people call the 7 foods in this picture:

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In America #1 and #2 are both called cookies. And if someone says they'll give you a cookie, you don't know whether they'll give you #1 or #2. Americans call #3 crackers, #4 a roll, #5 a hamburger with a bun, #6 a cinnamon roll or a cinnamon bun, and #7 are called biscuits.

The Oxford dictionaries says that British people use the term "biscuit" to refer to what Americans call a "cracker." Do they really call #3 crackers, or is the Oxford dictionaries just referring to #2? Americans wouldn't refer to #2 as crackers.

Do the British have a word for #7? In America they serve them at Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). I heard someone say British people call #7 rolls or buns, but then how would they distinguish them from #4 and #5? They're flakier than a roll, you don't put hamburgers on them, and they're not as sweet as scones.

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  • 3 years ago

    1 - cookie or chocolate chip biscuit

    2 - NICE biscuit

    3 - cracker

    4 - roll

    5 - burger

    6 - bun

    7 - scone

  • Sal*UK
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    1. Biscuit/cookie

    2. Nice biscuit (Nice being he name of it - not that it is nice)

    3. Cream cracker eaten with cheese

    4. Bap/cob rather depends on what part of the country - I eat with cheese, salad, savory stuff

    5. Buger

    5. Chelsea bun

    7. Thats a scone. Sweet eaten with jam and cream. HOwever you can make savory ones that go in a casserole.

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