Biscuits for dipping

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• detritus0

  *ahem* We invented you, don't forget YankeeDoodle - so 'cookies' is Yankish for 'biscuits'. Which, as Steven Fry tells us, comes from the French 'Bis Cuit', which means double cooked.

  So, er.. I've lost my point here - but I think I meant to swear at the heathen Frenchies somehow.

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  • fucking french734
  • That's the spirit!detritus
  • "Yankish"?TheBlueOne
  • i think he had a chubby, and was... you know734
  • 'Mhurkin'?detritus
  • merkin?734
  • um yeah.. so how do we say 'as spoken by Yanks'?ribit

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