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For me I say that a truck with a cab longer than its bed is not a truck, but an SUV with an overgrown bumper.

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[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's not a biscuit, it's a scone. Biscuits are cooked twice (it's in the name), you bake them then dry them.

[–] colournoun 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

TIL: "The Old French word bescuit is derived from the Latin words bis (twice) and coquere, coctus (to cook, cooked), and, hence, means "twice-cooked". This is because biscuits were originally cooked in a twofold process: first baked, and then dried out in a slow oven."

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Exactly. So, many cookies are in fact biscuits, as they're dried out to give them a longer shelf life.

[–] howler 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

LMAO!!! This is great pettiness! Thank you , and @colournoun for the learning opportunity!