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?
Cool cat the Japanese are Tokyo at dusk My second visit to this land of the rising sun after almost a decade. Back then clearly I was wet behind the ears product manager and likely didn’t pay attention to all (efficient) things Japanese. But today I did and of course continue to be impressed. It is as much the obvious stuff like on time travel that is both clean and comfortable and all that which makes it possible. The impressive landmark and landscapes that these humans have put together despite their cramped (or because of it) surroundings and precarious geological conditions could amaze a novice architect among us. But it’s also the little things that someone had to think about which have a phenomenal impact on day to day lives that make the Japanese stand apart. Below are few random examples- 1. Providing a very fine machined wooden toothpick in every packet of wooden chopsticks. The said chapsticks are simply set on the To Go counter of any food vendor/ convenience store wher...
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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