h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

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Night all.

Good that you made it through in time, Z *phew*

It is always quite alarming when you realise that nature is bigger than you are. Doesn't happen often in the UK, of course. Seems to be happening a lot in the US lately. Thinking of y'all.

Blimey Z, scary to get to the point where you think you need rescuing.

Well, I waved my baby off to school this morning - he looked so smart in his uniform! He was really impatient to go in too, which is a good sign, I think. Photos of fb for those of you who know me there. I'm now a mum to a school-age child

It seems that my grandsons were up early and scrambling to get out the door yesterday. Younger one now into 'real' school, not this kindergarten stuff and excited beyond measure. Leaving the baby at home and sad though ...

Glad you survived Z.

A question for my etymologically and learned friends here from our lumch table talks today:

What kind of edibles are the words "bisquits" and "cookies" used for - and are there differences in said use between British and American English (and, for that matter, any other Englishes)?

In Danish, a bisquit would be "en kiks" and be not cake-ish but something you typically might eat with cheese (or just as is)

Whereas cookies would be sweet, typically flat and baked rather dry and crispy.

(yes, I probably could search a good online dictionary - but hey, this is hootoo where answers are more comprehensive, friendlier and often also wittier )

Missed a few postings there. Sounds with your school kid there, kelli - I remember finding that events such as "first kid starting in school" has been much more of a moment than any birthday-crossing a certain age-event.

Mornin All

Windy and cloudy.

Santra, biscuits are usually sweet and something you would eat with tea or coffee, cookies are American and over here in UK usually bigger and softer than biscuits. Then it gets complicated because cheese and biscuits usually implies crackers or oat cakes or water biscuits all savoury. Hope that helps.

In the UK a biscuit is any small, hard, flat, flour-based food that softens when stale.

I'd say Biscuits = sweet, crackers = savoury, often eaten with cheese. Do not dunk a cracker in your .

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Morning all.

Hmmm...dunkability, a whole new science with many pitfalls. What to dunk? when to dunk? how long to dunk? the debate rages on.

*meanwhile, googling for the proper English expression for 'skorpor'*

And how would you categorise stuff like Finn Crisp?

In this region of the US, biscuits are a variant of what the Brits call a roll. They are served warm with a sit-down meal. They're made with baking powder rather than yeast and if fried chicken is being served then sausage gravy might be poured over them.

If the Europeans here have personal experience of a Colonel Sanders Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant, then they have eaten an American biscuit.

No biscuits at UK KFCs... only soggy fries.

And in Canada, KFC has no biscuits or mashers. Fries, gravy, salads, and other stuffs ...

Apparently KFC in the Phillipines does have biscuits and mash...

The biscuits in the Phillipines would be due to the quantity of US military there, I would think. Like a Canuck being so pleased to find a McD or Burger King in the UK ... You may be abroad and yet still want "home stuff" ...