On 3/12/10, John Francis <jo...@panix.com> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 12:40:10AM +0800, David Savage wrote: > > On 13 March 2010 00:32, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > > > I know that what we call cookies, you call biscuits. > > > > > > What ?do you call what we call biscuits? > > > > > > American biscuits? > > > > They aren't exactly the same but the closest thing would be a scone. > > > Note, too, that how you pronounce the word is significant. > > The educated and cultured of us pronounce it to rhyme with "gone". > The peasantry mis-pronounce it to rhyme with "shown".
Once upon a time I was a carpenter. The company I worked for had a "field supervisor" named Richard. It was his job to make sure the foremen were doing their jobs. We all called him Dick. One day Dick shows up on the site with some sort of mocha-decaf-double-whipped-espresso girlie drink and a pastry. Someone called out "Hey, Dick! Where'd you get the donut?" Dick replied, "It's not a donut. It's a scone." From then on, any time someone mentioned that Dick may be dropping by the site, the immediate response was always "Is he bringing scones?" -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
