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Subject: Re: [OT] Is English just badly pronounced French?
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2024 04:30:44 -0400
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In article <uuamee$21vr1$1@solani.org>, suzee@imbris.com wrote:

>I wondered why the Brits call cookies 'biscuits'. Then I realized it 
>comes from the French word for cookies 'bicotte'. 

I remember biscuit means "twice cooked" but am not sure that refers to 
cookies (a Dutch word) or the rolls from SE America.

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