#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?

[mothric]

originally i did mean just the fruit.... but if you will oblige to my curiosity..... mayhaps all of those questions answered

I feel the most logical way to approach this is to break this down by each fruit because I have a Variety of Opinions on each. 

WARNING FOR CONTROVERSIAL CITRUS OPINIONS ON MAIN I GUESS.

ORANGES

I like to eat them but somehow always forget they exist until a slice of one is offered to me

orange smell is good… refreshing… revitalizing

you know those Lindt chocolate bars that are divided into squares and come in different flavours? the orange dark chocolate ones are SO DANG GOOD JUST GIVE ME A LIFETIME SUPPLY OF THOSE AND THE CHILI CHOCOLATE AND I’M SET

see also: chocolate oranges. always show up in stores around Christmas time and you gotta like smash em against the table to get them to break up into slices, which pleases my feral monkey brain. they are one of my favourite things about Christmas

ORANGE GINGER SAUCE is the King of stir-fry sauces don’t @ me

orange candies, cakes, cookies, etc: mediocre. don’t care for it

same with orange flavour in tea. it’s whatever

MANDARINS (TANGERINES, CLEMENTINES)

superior to oranges in terms of accessibility and fun factor

less superior in that they are only on sale in winter and the rest of the time they are Expensive

very good to hold. babey

BLOOD ORANGES

overrated. next

LEMONS

good for squeezing onto chicken or salmon

good for cleaning your microwave 

when I start getting sick I squeeze lemon juice into everything

lemon curd is Very Good

also this one specific brand of Japanese lemon drops. partly because the packaging is next-level, and also because they actually stay sour the whole time they are in your gobsmacker. I appreciate their tenacity

other candy / baked goods / cookies / sodas: meh. it’s never sour enough and way too sweet

this is gonna get me #blocked but lemonade is highly overrated

San Pellegrino can stay but it’s on thin ice

LIMES

GREAT for squeezing onto chicken or salmon

when I start getting sick I squeeze lime juice into everything

Tostitos with ‘hint of lime’ are good but they need to make Tostitos with ‘punch-in-the-face of lime’

I have sucked on lime slices and I would do it again

limeade is WAY BETTER than lemonade and I WILL fight you about it

lemon-lime sodas like 7-Up and Sprite are not the worst but they’re still Bad 

(except cripe scranberry but then it’s not lemon-lime anymore is it)

lime-flavoured candies are objectively the Worst and I will die on that hill. keep that fake over-sweet green shit away from me

IF YOU’RE GONNA MAKE A KEY LIME PIE IT BETTER MAKE THE ENTIRE INSIDE OF MY HEAD PUCKER OR ELSE YOU’RE WEAK

PINEAPPLES

terrible. 0/10

“but Bry, you’ve just been talking about how much you like sour things!”

LEMONS AND LIMES HAVE NEVER MADE MY MOUTH BLEED

the only good pineapple is like… naturally sun-warmed and extra-sweet. which for some reason is rare??? 90% of the time somebody brings it home I’m like “hey can you not destroy my mouth this time” and it says “actually fuck you in particular” and I can’t say anything back because my mouth is BLEEDING

keep it out of my desserts

keep it out of my drinks

keep it off my pizza

heathens. you’re all heathens

GRAPEFRUIT

ableist piece of shit fruit that’ll shank your brain if you’re on antidepressants

what has it ever done for me?? nothing. get a job

BERGAMOT

yeah that’s right fam I’m including this obscure-ass citrus you wanna know why? BECAUSE IT’S THE BOMB

I don’t think you can actually eat it but it is the flavour of EARL GREY TEA which is THE BEST TEA and no you CANNOT change my mind

bergamot in chocolate? dope. 

tea? dope. 

as a scent? DOPE

when I die I want to be buried in lavender and bergamot

POMELO, YUZU, CITRON, KUMQUAT, TANGELO, RANGPUR, KABOSU, SUDACHI, ORANGELO, OROBLANCO, HYUGANATSU, AMANATSU, CORSICAN, ETROG, KINNOW, KIYOMI, PAPEDA, TANGOR

what the fuck

[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 ✨