On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 17:17:30 -0700, Arri London >
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>Terry wrote:
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>> I was talking to my nephew on the phone this morning. He said they
>> were having sausage, eggs and British biscuits.
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>> English muffins? lol
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>Probably scones. The normal use of the word biscuit means what Americans
>call either cookies or crackers, neither being typical breakfast food
>over there. Scones aren't usually for breakfast either; neither are
>crumpets.

I should mention that he lives in Alabama. He was told that they were
English muffins. English muffins - British biscuits. He was close.