On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:08:03 GMT, Janet Baraclough
> wrote:

>The message >
>from Sqwertz > contains these words:
>
>> On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:08:54 +1300, Miche wrote:
>
>> > In article >,
>> > Sqwertz > wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:01:24 +1300, Miche wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> In article >,
>> >>> Sqwertz > wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 11:40:04 -0500, Terry wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> I was talking to my nephew on the phone this morning. He said they
>> >>>>> were having sausage, eggs and British biscuits.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> English muffins?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Horribly dry crackers/cookies.
>> >>>
>> >>> No. Same as US "English muffins".
>> >>
>> >> That's 10 votes for cookies/crackers and 1 vote for English
>> >> muffins. You've got some catching up to do.
>> >
>> > I live in New Zealand, where British meanings tend to match ours.
>> >
>> > Maybe it's the US that's out of step, here? Nah, couldn't be.
>
>> So in NZ, you call cookies English muffins?
>
> No.
>
> This is a picture of what people in England call a muffin. They are
>not called biscuits.
>
> http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/e...s,1588,RC.html
>
> Is that picture, the same thing Americans mean when they refer to
>"English Muffin"?

Yes, that appears to be a picture of what we in America call an
"English Muffin".

Regards,
Tracy R.