What are biscuits called in Australia?

In Australia, biscuits are commonly referred to as "cookies".

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What is a biscuit in Australia?

In Australia, "biscuits" are what Americans call "cookies," and these traditional treats date back to World War I. It's said that wives and mothers of soldiers in the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps—abbreviated to "Anzac"—baked these treats to send to their men overseas.

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What do Australian people call biscuits?

In this case, bikkie (the colloquial Australian word for a cookie), is clipped slang for biscuit (the British English word for a type of cookie), and it uses the -ie diminutive suffix.

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What do Aussies call crackers?

SAO biscuits are a savoury cracker biscuit that was launched in Australia in 1904 by Arnott's, the term SAO being trade marked in 1904.

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What do Australians call American scones?

For those in Commonwealth countries — England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, Australia, Wales, and so forth — the word biscuit signifies something most Americans would call a cookie, and a scone is, well, something similar to an American biscuit: round, bready, and only slightly sweet.

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What do British people call biscuits?

Scone (UK) / Biscuit (US)

These are the crumbly cakes that British people call scones, which you eat with butter, jam, sometimes clotted cream and always a cup of tea.

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Are biscuits and scones the same?

So, what's the difference between a scone and a biscuit? The answer generally boils down to one ingredient: eggs. Scones have them, biscuits don't. Other than that, the ingredients and process are pretty much the same.

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What do Aussies call lollipops?

Why do Australians call sweets “lollies”, even when they have no sticks? According to British English from A to Zed by Norman Schur (Harper, 1991) “lolly” derives onomatopoetically for the mouth sounds associated with sucking or licking. The word “lollipop” came later.

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What do Aussies call condoms?

/ (ˈfræŋə) / noun. Australian slang a condom.

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What do Aussies call ice lollies?

Of course Australians call them 'zooper doopers'

They probably remind you of hot summer days as a kid. You may recognise them as ice pops, or associate them with a certain Mr Freeze. Or maybe you don't.

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What do Australians call breakfast?

Brekky: the first and most important meal of the day, Aussies call breakfast 'brekky'.

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What do Americans call Anzac biscuits?

ANZACS BISCUITS

Buttery, golden syrup oat biscuits (cookies as they're called in the US) are Australian & New Zealand in origin but can be enjoyed world wide thanks to online shopping. This recipe can easily be doubled.

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What is a Dag in Australian slang?

dag. An unfashionable person; a person lacking style or character; a socially awkward adolescent, a 'nerd'. These senses of dag derive from an earlier Australian sense of dag meaning 'a "character", someone eccentric but entertainingly so'.

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What is slang for biscuit?

1: biscuit – extremely attractive person. Usually said of females.

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What is the most Australian biscuit?

The number one spot for Australia's most popular biscuit we easily give to Tim Tam because everyone who has any knowledge of Australia's culture knows that Tim Tams are a prototype of the country's sweet treats.

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What is Australia's favorite biscuit?

Created in 1964, Arnott's Tim Tam is Australia's most loved & most iconic chocolate biscuit.

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What do Aussies call sandwiches?

A sandwich. Sanger is an alteration of the word sandwich. Sango appeared as a term for sandwich in the 1940s, but by the 1960s, sanger took over to describe this staple of Australian cuisine.

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Do Aussies say undies?

Aussie slang is full of alternative words for our trousers and underwear. Reginalds or Reg Grundies are rhyming slang for undies, while bloomers are known as bum shorts in Queensland, and scungies in New South Wales and the ACT.

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What is a hottie in Australian slang?

hottie (plural hotties) (slang, Australia, New Zealand, now rare) Synonym of hotshot. (slang, originally Australia) A physically or sexually attractive person.

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What do Aussies call French fries in slang?

Australian and New Zealand English uses "chips" both for what North Americans call french fries and for what Britons call crisps. When confusion would occur between the two meanings, "hot chips" and "cold chips" are used.

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What do Aussies call vanilla slice?

Also, phlegm sandwich, phlegm slice. Contributor's comments: Unfortunately these were known as "Snot Blocks" in Latrobe Valley Vic in 50s. Contributor's comments: A vanilla slice has always been called a phlegm sandwich in my family.

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How do Australians call police?

Call Triple Zero (000) for urgent assistance from police, ambulance or fire brigade. This is a free call from any phone in Australia. You should call 000 in a life threatening or time critical emergency.

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What were biscuits originally called?

The term biscuit comes to English from the French biscuit (bis-qui), which itself has a Latin root: panis biscotus refers to bread twice-cooked. The Romans certainly had a form of biscuit, what we'd now call a rusk and, as the name suggests, it was essentially bread which was re-baked to make it crisp.

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What is a biscuit in Canada?

We have a clear picture, then: "cookie" and "biscuit" can refer to the same thing in Canada, but "cookie" is dominant for the sweet, flat item, and "biscuit" can also refer to the North American biscuit.

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