Never really thought of that before. Maybe dog biscuits originated here in the UK which is why they're called that? Here, or speaking purely for myself as a UK resident, I only use cookies if the it's round, sweet and has lumps in it, like chocolate chips. Kinda an interesting biscuit. If it's a regular biscuit from a packet with no bits in it (again, sweet), it's just a biscuit. I wouldn't say 'can I have a cookie' if I was referring to a Rich tea biscuit (they're kinda dull, plain sweet things you're supposed to dip in tea) because people would probably accuse me of unecessary americanisms, but it's ok if the product in question contains chips and is labelled as a cookie, like the maryland ones. But then sometimes, that'll even get called a biscuit too.
Scones are completely unrelated to biscuits here. They're sort of doughy cakey things with raisins in them that little old women like to have with tea and cream. Kinda fall more into the category of cake than biscuit.
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Date: 2005-02-14 10:42 am (UTC)Scones are completely unrelated to biscuits here. They're sort of doughy cakey things with raisins in them that little old women like to have with tea and cream. Kinda fall more into the category of cake than biscuit.