American English is an interesting language as it has its own definition of how and where to use certain words.
Cookie which is very American describes a small, flat, baked treat, usually containing fat, flour, eggs and sugar. Other English speakers refer to it as a biscuit.
Now having concocted said cookie the Americans decided to go and use it in various arrangements as in -
You are a smart cookie or you are a tough cookie..depending on the personal characteristics of a human (or animal as the case may be)..
Then there is the reference to those that are found on your computer as in the pieces of code left behind as you visit different websites on the world wide web. Interesting subject to study on how the lowly cookie made its way in to the ether.
Then there is cookie talk - as in crazy talk like the elaborate discussion presented here.
Wonder if the Queen had an aversion to refer to her subjects as loyal biscuits?
This autumn the weather gods cooperated as we took a family trip in the northeast to see six states that qualify or makeup what is known colloquially in America as New England. Mass, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island (tiniest state in the union). The outing helped tally up the states we either lived in, visited or have worked in to 47. Guess which three have eluded this intrepid traveling family. Any rate the drive was all in about 1,800 miles and included some memorable geographic wonders or points of interest. Easternmost part of state of Massachusetts being one. Furthest drivable road east in Mass being another. Visit to all Ivy League schools (term harkens to a collegiate athletics conference and generally regarded as elite academic institutes of some repute worldwide) is another random bucket list item of which this trip afforded the chance to knock two more of the list. Dartmouth in Hanover, NH and Brown (and its sister institute the RISD - school f
Hope the Queen has her cookies in place, still, what with rolling around on barges and having to deal with murderers of the Queen's English -Vinglish..here's to her Health!
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