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RE: [eatBug : Lunch] cookie and coffee
This talk attached to this comment is only for my English Q&A teacher @jamieinthedark , not for others.
But anyone's any comments are welcome only if they handle English expression and culture lessons.
Anyone's any comments are not treated as un-invited, but I write this comment just not to confuse others about what is happening here.
Is the photo above cookie or other name ?
biscuit, bread, baguette or else ??
I'd call them fried baguette pieces. Definitely not cookies, biscuits or bread.
fried baguette pieces.
great.
Would you please kindly tell the differences of them ?
It's a more complicated question than you'd imagine, and it can be confusing.
In American English, biscuits are leavened and may be savory or slightly sweet. The term 'leavened' means that baking soda or yeast is used. Think of KFC biscuits.
However, those biscuits look and feel very much like scones. So in British English, they would be scones, not biscuits. In Britain, all kinds of round, flat, and sweet baked goods are called biscuits. Think of digestive biscuits. They are originally from Scotland, in Britain. The term 'cookie' is not very often used in Britain.
In North America, on the other hand, nearly all of the sweet, rounded and flat baked goods are called cookies. Think of chocolate chip cookies.
To sum up:
American biscuits=British scones
British biscuits=American cookies
In America, the word 'cookie' is very generally applied.
In Britain, the word 'biscuit' is used more often.
You'll have to judge case by case, but these are the general rules.
Bread is leavened and plain (and maybe a little savory), although it can have sweet ingredients(raisins or chestnuts, for example). It's still basically savory, though only slightly so, in most cases.
So many things to study here.
It will take me some time to study this.
I guess that very delicate one.
Thank you very much for your good and kind lessons, @jamieinthedark .
I will, some time later in the day!
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is an idiom in itself, so it's clearer to write
great lesson.
These lessons are difficult to learn from just English-self-studying.
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What is the meaning of the idiom 'tell the differences' ?
Does it mean 'know the differences' ?
In my old English-Korean dictionary, I can't see it.
yes, it means to recognize the differences. The word 'tell' has that meaning, to be precise. Not just with 'differences'.
Maybe if you looked up the word 'tell' you might find it as a secondary meaning.