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[–] fox2263 68 points 1 year ago (33 children)

We definitely don’t call them that.

Also we have Bourbon Biscuits which are just lovely.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (18 children)

The American word for biscuits equates to a spongey, mostly tasteless muffin. People in the south sometimes pour gravy on them and call it a meal.

[–] fox2263 9 points 1 year ago (7 children)

And that’s why the American language is so strange.

I think one day in history the dictionary everyone used got coffee on it and the words had no definitions so they had to assign them to whatever they thought was right. Sadly they were wrong.

[–] simplecyphers -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

No no no. We FIXED them. Imagine being br*tish. Putting random “u”s in words. ColOur hOnoUr mOuLd. Imagine having a whole letter that only the 1%ers can even pronounce (its “t” pronounced like “s” but with a burst of air instead of a stream of air, and more pressure from the tongue onto the hard palate). We turned linguistic drift into linguistic power-slide.

Any time i hear a br*tish “person” talking, regardless of location or occasion, i rev my Ford f-450 supermax lifted truck (from which i removed the muffler) as hard as i can. This produces three strictly beneficial effects:

1 i can no longer hear the br*t “talking” 2 all of the smoke blocks sight of who is talking 3 the beautiful aroma that comes from the powerful black smoke reminds me of the most important things in life freedom, privatized healthcare, and tea in the ocean.

[–] feedum_sneedson 3 points 1 year ago

That's nice dear.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Because it's pronounced Cul-ur phoneticly, you leave the U out and it becomes col-or, which sounds like what you have at the top of your short.

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