Question.

[conuly]

Why do Americans call them "doggy biscuits" or "dog biscuits"? We're not Brits, so why don't we just call them "dog cookies"?

Comments

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

Because they're savory, and not sweet?

[cumaeansibyl.livejournal.com]

That was what I was thinking. We do have "biscuits," which are not cookies, so it gets a bit confusing.

[conuly]

But our biscuits are nothing like brit biscuits, or even biscotti. They're more like scones.

[conuly]

Cookies don't, technically, have to be sweet.

But fine then. Why not say "dog crackers"?

[cumaeansibyl.livejournal.com]

Because they're generally not thin enough to be considered a cracker, I think. A cracker ought to be something that you can crack with relative ease; your average dog-biscuit is a lot tougher (ever try to break a Milk-Bone? It's hard).

[conuly]

But they're more like crackers than they are like biscuits!