British 🇬🇧 vs 🇺🇸 American ENGLISH

I don’t know what that is, but that’s definitely not a biscuit.

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And that isn’t gravy either.

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I didn’t claim it was the correct answer, just the American one :joy:

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Scone - ‘Scon’ or ‘Scohne’?

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SCON!!!

Discourse wouldn’t let me post the above so had to write this pointless sentence.

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It’s not a character limit, it’s Discord trying to tell you that you’re wrong.

SCOHNE!

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Everything I expected was delivered by this thread. Four stars :star: :star: :star: :star:

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There is English and then there is whatever the yanks speak.

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Or the Royal Fleet Auxiliary | Royal Navy

The one that always gets me is when Americans refer to cups in recipes… I have no idea what amount/column they actually mean

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Found this useful

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Don’t Americans say erbs for herbs :herb: I mean, I say erbs too but I’m from Essex and don’t speak propa 🤦

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I mean, yeah, there’s those as well, but growing up on the west coast where those aren’t as common, “biscuit” was also the word we used when talking about those “like a hard cookie but plainer, like a cracker but a bit more flavorful and not salty” things, and you’d use context to know when people are referring to the “like a scone but plainer” kind (for example, talking about ordering them from a fried chicken place, or saying you’ll be having one or a couple with gravy, butter, or whatever you please).

Also this. We don’t pronounce the “h” in “herbs”.

Also also, am American, I say “scohne”.

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Why is the H silent in herb?

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At last - it’s out there :grin::+1:t3:

Don’t get me started. :rage:

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A cookie is a biscuit. As in chocolate chip…

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It’s a Royale with Cheese :warning: language :warning:

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Eddie Izzard in the States, riffing on the differences between the two languages: “You say ‘erbs’ and we say ‘herbs’. Because there’s a f*cking ‘h’ in it.”

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:laughing:

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4 out of 5??? :face_with_monocle:

Why not all 5 :star: ? :sweat_smile:

I dislike when Americans say “So you’re going to go ahead and…” or “I’m going to go ahead and…” and I don’t really have a reason why it irks me.

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