Emma

[Emma]

I think 'squinnie' may be a word from where I come from right down south in Portsmouth. It's very much a slang word, tend to use it when children are really whining, moaning or 'squinnying'!. Not a word I use often but Harry and Jim found it amusing at least! lol

I learnt all about 'grits' (hash browns??), 'fannies' (does NOT mean the same thing over here at all!) and 'biscuits' (scones over here) from 'ya'll' too!

Love Emma
xxx

 

[Wise]

I think 'squinnie' may be a word from where I come from right down south in Portsmouth. It's very much a slang word, tend to use it when children are really whining, moaning or 'squinnying'!. Not a word I use often but Harry and Jim found it amusing at least! lol

I learnt all about 'grits' (hash browns??), 'fannies' (does NOT mean the same thing over here at all!) and 'biscuits' (scones over here) from 'ya'll' too!

Love Emma
xxx

Emma, grits here in the U.S. are a corn product similar to hot cereal. Most people eat them with salted with cheese and butter (cheese grits). I eat them as a cereal with milk, sugar and butter; that's because I grew up in northern Indiana where most people don't know what they are, much less have eaten them.

Hash browns are pretty much shredded potatoes that are usually fried.

Biscuits here are usually a breakfast food. When we visited Ramsgate and London 12 years ago they were calling our "cookie" a biscuit. I've seen scones here, but don't know if I've eaten them...are they slightly hard?

I've enjoyed this thread very much....I'm glad you sussed it up (not correct usage, but you get the point?)

 

[sue943]

Aren't grits more like porridge?

Scones are not hard, at least they ought not be. Typically they would be eaten for afternoon tea (the meal) with jam and if you are eating them in a cafe/restaurant, then spread with thick cream - yum.

 

[sue943]

This is a fruit scone.

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[geebee]

Emma, grits here in the U.S. are a corn product similar to hot cereal. Most people eat them with salted with cheese and butter (cheese grits). I eat them as a cereal with milk, sugar and butter; that's because I grew up in northern Indiana where most people don't know what they are, much less have eaten them.

Wise,
I eat my grits both as cereal (sugar & milk) and with butter and lots of pepper. Chris introduced me to the latter way as I ate them as cereal growing up. I love them both ways - have never had them with cheese.

Love scones - especially with devon creme. Scones are only hard if they are not fresh. They are definitely best eaten right out of the over only slightly cooled.

 

[Jan]

Oatmeal = Porridge

I just love bisciuts and gravy,

but one thng do find strange in the USA is the eating of panckakes and syrup on the same plate as bacon and eggs etc

Don't get me wrong I love pancakes, ( I eat them after breakfast sort of like a sweet course)

Janet

 

[Blanche]

I once shared an office with a woman who was married to an Englishman and had lived in England for some time. She said so many things that I really liked, including the phrase "please yourself," which meant, to me, do what you like. When her husband was visiting, he asked if he could borrow a book from me. I told him to "pleasure himself." The remark didn't seem to bother him, but the look on the face of the American man he was with lead me to believe that I had made a "foxes paw!" ...hehe hehe
Blanche

 

[Mary]

Blanche,
I use to hear the expression, Please yourself, when I was growing up. It's much less common now, but I think I'm going to make an effort to use it more.
I also say, "I beg your pardon?" when I'm not sure what the speaker has said.
That has caused many a jaw to drop!
Mary

 

[Wise]

Sue & Geebee, thanks for setting me straight on scones. I've only seen them in coffeeshop type places and they look hard and not nearly as delicious looking as the picture you provided Sue. Now I could eat THAT!

Jan, I don't like my pancakes on the same plates with my eggs and sausauge/bacon either. I like my sweet stuff not to touch the other food.