A little while ago, I complained that the kids in my family had suddenly dropped the word "lollies" in favour of "candy". Well, the other day, I was in the biscuit isle at Woolies (buying BBQ shapes), and I noticed that at least 80% of what was on the shelves was labelled as either "cookies" or "crackers".
If only there was some sort of ombudsman I could call. I feel like I've been robbed.
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I've never used cookies but I grew up with crackers
I have to admit that I use cookies when referring to chocolate chip, because they (IMO) should be a little soft on the inside, but never with reference to ginger nuts or ANZACs or anything like that.
That's interesting, Suze. So for you, a biscuit is hard and dry, and a cookie is soft and moist?
How do you classify things like tim-tams and wagon-wheels?
Squib, so what do you call BBQ shapes? Bikkies or crackers?
Biscuits! Those things are biscuits because they are Australian. :)
Shapes are just shapes. I would probably also say cookies re: choc chip ones
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