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Bigbazza[_16_]

"Rhonda Anderson" > wrote in message
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> 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

And I hope that you still call a scone a scone, Rhonda.....

Bigbazza (Barry)