#Cookie is the superior term and I will die on this hill

[bonefall]

mr bones did u know that some british ppl call garbage trucks binlorries

The British/English dialect is a treasure trove. They really will come out here and make a whole new word for a trash can on wheels, they're like "wheeliebin innit"

Why is the language around trash so indirect? Like, there's no "dump," it's a "tip," a dumpster is a "skip," no garbage truck, it's a "bin lorry," even "rubbish" it's like... these words are so gentle. Even Trash Can, it's "bins." Not "Toilet," it's "lou."

It sounds so clean to me, like there's a minor taboo against just calling things gross. But then like, "pissin' down" is how heavy rain gets described?? Language is weird

Funny enough what butters my jorts the most is "carboot sale." You mean Flea Market?? Why do your cars have boots, what's wrong with trunks?

[bonefall]

You saying that “Cookie” was a superior word to “Biscuit” activated my Dutch heritage so

did you know that “Cookie” comes from the Dutch word “Koekje” meaning “Little cake”?

Yep, and the term "biscuit" comes from "twice-baked"! It was the older term for baked goods in America, but it became more common to mix whey and dairy byproducts into the dough to make them more nutritious and filling.

Dutch (and German iirc, it's been a while since I read about this) migrants ended up bringing over the word "cookie" to describe sugary goods, and so in American-English we ended up with Biscuit and Cookie to describe two very different things.

In British-English it remained "biscuit" for both. I will die on the hill that the Cookie/Biscuit distinction is an important one and American English is A+ in this aspect ✨