Hey. I resent that appropriation!
Kidding.
But...
Noone in the UK refers to a wheat field, or other arable, as Corn. Most people know that corn is also maize.
But Kelloggs Maize Flakes doesnt have the same rings no?
That was, hitherto my belief, an Americanisation of English.
If that is wrong, I apologise. But it is certainly not something an English person says.... corn is corn. Sweet corn is plucked from the COBB, not Cob. And is eaten often in the COBB.
Edit...is it Cobb? I need to check a dictionary...hahaha
And a Cob is a male swan lol.
And a regional English loaf.
I dont even know what a hoagie is...or the other...
I do know I saw some killer sandwiches, or whatever they were called, sea food stuff, Portland, and a few places I only ever heard of because of the music I listened to...and that Man V Food show.
Kidding.
But...
Noone in the UK refers to a wheat field, or other arable, as Corn. Most people know that corn is also maize.
But Kelloggs Maize Flakes doesnt have the same rings no?
That was, hitherto my belief, an Americanisation of English.
If that is wrong, I apologise. But it is certainly not something an English person says.... corn is corn. Sweet corn is plucked from the COBB, not Cob. And is eaten often in the COBB.
Edit...is it Cobb? I need to check a dictionary...hahaha
And a Cob is a male swan lol.
And a regional English loaf.
I dont even know what a hoagie is...or the other...
I do know I saw some killer sandwiches, or whatever they were called, sea food stuff, Portland, and a few places I only ever heard of because of the music I listened to...and that Man V Food show.
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And to clarify I actually got my bready definitions wrong.
Bun.
Bap. (Plural slang for lady lumps)
Batch (presumably from batch baking of buns, rather than individual bun loaves)
Roll, like hot dog roll, sub roll.
Cob
Now I should go before I stay whining on about chips and crisps, crackers, biscuits and all the other food prose hang ups I have
Bun.
Bap. (Plural slang for lady lumps)
Batch (presumably from batch baking of buns, rather than individual bun loaves)
Roll, like hot dog roll, sub roll.
Cob
Now I should go before I stay whining on about chips and crisps, crackers, biscuits and all the other food prose hang ups I have
you forgot Barm and stottie.
And I do refer to fields of Corn (meaning wheat), but I also say '5 and twenty past' due to where my family comes from.
The two Ronnies used to do jokes along the lines of ' A prison van collided with a cement mixer on the M1. Police are looking for 7 hardened criminals'. In that vein
Tomato puree spillage closes A14 in Cambridgeshire - BBC News shows that bad jokes are alive and well on twitter.
And I do refer to fields of Corn (meaning wheat), but I also say '5 and twenty past' due to where my family comes from.
The two Ronnies used to do jokes along the lines of ' A prison van collided with a cement mixer on the M1. Police are looking for 7 hardened criminals'. In that vein
Tomato puree spillage closes A14 in Cambridgeshire - BBC News shows that bad jokes are alive and well on twitter.
.. and the end of a loaf is the heel.
and we do refer to fields of corn too...
then there are bannocks, and of course butteries...
and we do refer to fields of corn too...
then there are bannocks, and of course butteries...
My uncle was a baker.
He would bring the fresh softies and butteries home with him in the morning - yum! yum!
Rowies, Butteries, or Aberdeen rolls are savoury bread rolls.
He would bring the fresh softies and butteries home with him in the morning - yum! yum!
Rowies, Butteries, or Aberdeen rolls are savoury bread rolls.
Rolls, which are a type of bun,are called so because the dough is flattened with a rolling pin and then rolled into shape before baking. Now the term seems to be used for other types of buns as well.
I asked the baker: "Why is this cake £1 when all the others are 50p?"
He replied: "This is Madeira cake."
He replied: "This is Madeira cake."
I've heard heel before.
Bannocks I've heard but do not know.
Rannocks I've heard and do know. 🙂
Barm and Stottie, another two I rightly forgot (I rarely here them)
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