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?
On an informal mission to read one book a week as long as the eyes allow for such ambition. Fiction or non is not important as long as it entertains and /or educates. To that end the past few weeks have brought a bounty in the form of some wonderful and then not so engaging literature. Among the notables are - Non fiction category: 1. Good arguments by Bo Seo (how to handle a dispute or debate the most efficient way possible) 2. Genesis by Eric Schmidt (and former US Secy of State Henry Kissinger, who recently passed) - how AI might affect our lives as we know it 3. One in a billion - Zarna Garg (an autobiographical look at an Indian born American woman with a bindi narrated in a standup format - yes it is at times cliched but still funny) Fiction: 1. Personal by Lee Child (a vigilante story with Jack Reacher the giant, nomad protagonist of Child's novels goes hunting for a sniper) 2. Ramayana unraveled by Ami Ganatra (she might disagree about it being a work of fiction but oh wel...
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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