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Old 08-12-06 | 03:41 PM
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Sometimes its a matter of connotation. "Clotted" cream sounds unpleasant to an American ear because "clotted" is most associated with blood and scabs-- somewhat less frequently with phlegm. "Buns" for us are often bread-like things possessing no sweetness but rather mustard and ketchup. A tart for us is often a smallish, sometimes folded over, sourish tasting fruit in crust.... definitely found more often in nursery rhymes than at the bakery.

Blueberries. Small, not sour but ony subtly sweet, having a definite but far less than overpowering flavor yet lovely to eat. Much prized for their delicate taste and high level of anti-oxidants. Bluish black in color.

As far as I'm aware, only non-riders call us "bicyclists".....everybody I know is proud to be a "cyclist"-- a word suggesting to us a serious, devoted follower of the pedaled wheel. "Bikers" are tattooed, anti-social ruffians with hard-looking babes perched on the rear fender of their American-made motorcycles.

Stapfam.......there may be little regional identity left in the U.S.A....so now we can look across the water to find an almost common culture with just enough interesting "differences". Cheerio.
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