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Rhonda Anderson[_1_]

Miche > wrote in news:micheinnz-
:

> In article
> >,
> ladysailor > wrote:
>
>> On Dec 20, 9:42 pm, Rhonda Anderson > wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > Oh, and you couldn't have your cuppa without a bikky :-)
>> >
>>
>> That's a cookie?
>>
>> I feel like I'm playing Jeopardy!
>>
>> What do Australian's call a cookie?
>
> A biscuit.
>
> Miche (Kiwi)
>

Hi Miche!

Barb - as Miche says we call cookies biscuits - hence a bikky or biccies
(spelling not formalised :-))

Although you will see "cookies" for sale and will hear people say it - like
a lot of American terms it's become quite common here, but biscuit is still
the more usual term. I have a bit of a thing about keeping "Australian"
alive and try very hard to avoid using "cookie" when I should be using
biscuit.

Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia