Different words,same meaning....

I allways thought the difference between a Tea-cake and a muffin was that a muffin is a bit bigger and has a dimple in the middle.

Another which causes confusion is mincemeat .....it can either be ground meat (beef, pork etc.) or the sweet stuff made of fruit used in pies at Christmastime
 
AccyLass27 said:
My fella is from Essex and is forever winding the kids up with his foreign language:D
He said there is no such word as butty!:eek: how rude!
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Well there is AccyLas we've got one on here:D he comes from Darwen:rolleyes:
 
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steeljack said:
Another which causes confusion is mincemeat .....it can either be ground meat (beef, pork etc.) or the sweet stuff made of fruit used in pies at Christmastime
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It's certainly confused you. The ground meat is minced meat or mince. The stuff made of fruit is mincemeat.:D:D
 
I used to buy mixed vegetables when I lived in Accy to make broth, they were tied with string around them and referred to as a "Broth Posy". I moved to Bury and I couldn't get a broth posy for love nor money, but what they did have was "Pot Herbs", which were the same thing but cut up in little pieces and placed in a plastic bag, but they dont include a sprig of thyme as the broth posy in Accy.
 
We have the same problem with the dinner/tea and lunch/dinner, my hubby is from the south too and i always say's tea and he says its not tea its dinner,oh well.
We also have different meanings for words here like butties and packed lunches are called Bait, well bait to me is something you would use for fishing, also a brew is a cuppa thats if you ever get offered one, people dont seem to know what a brew is here, maybe they think it means homebrew.
 
In birmingham once, the lady of the house commented that the neighbours were 'having it off' in the garden, there was a mad rush of northerners to take a peek, only to find the neighbours were having a row! In birmingham, apparently, having an argument is termed having it off!
 
I had problems when I first came to Canada ... once asked someone to knock me up in the morning .... culture shock!
 
Well a different meaning just heard on the radio, Mugabe, spelt backwards. Is E ba Gum, no wonder he dosnt like the the British.
 
In class a few weeks ago we had a long chat about the same meaning different words and because I go to a school in Haslingden they all say different things than I do, it's weird how even though it's only half an hour away people from Haslingden speak so differently then we do down here! Confusing!!!! :hehetable
 
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