American biscuits (Was:Tortillas and enchiladas)
Geoff Bannister
gbannister10 at tiscali.co.uk
Tue Oct 2 18:56:16 UTC 2007
--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
>
> Geoff:
> <snip> If that leaves you blank, I recommend a visit to a good
> dictionary which deals inter alia with Brit informal. :-)
>
> >
> Carol responds:
>
> I recommend the English-to-American Dictionary, obviously compiled by
> a speaker of British English, given the name:
>
> http://english2american.com/
>
> Carol, noting that at least a few definitions, notably that of
> "haggis," are tongue in cheek
Geoff:
VERY tongue-in-cheek. The compiler has obviously seen the
"Bagpuss" episode in which the tale of the lonely haggis and
the bagpipe player is told....
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