cookies or biscuits

We have a playdate this afternoon so we decided to make some Anzac biscuits to take with us.  There was much talk this morning of these not cookies but biscuits!  It got me thinking about vocab - but before we get to that a little side bar to say that maple syrup while similar in colour is not a good substitute for golden syrup...

That evil little look means "I'm going to eat all the mixture!!"

While super delicious, maple syrup doesn't react properly with bicarb soda and so the taste and texture are all wrong.  Good thing little kids don't care about any of that.  They're just happy they get a biscuit or cookie!!

You would think there would be language issues around French and English (and believe me there are) but there are also issues between Australian English and Canadian English.  I'm wondering if I should give in and use Canadian terminology in an effort to be understood or just use the words I always have.  Only problem with that is sometimes it causes misunderstandings and occasionally it can be perceived as rude.  Par exemple, 


Australian      Canadian
biscuit             cookie - may seem interchangeable but a biscuit here is actually
                      a savoury scone
lollies              candies - the kids use this one!
nappy             dipper - I really don't like this word...
dummy           pacifier
boot                trunk
bonnet            hood
sidewalk          pavement
thongs             flip flops - we all know what "thong" means in North America!
toilet               washroom - I don't know what the problem with toilet is? The French
                      say toilette
torch              flash light - when asking for a torch at Home Depot we were shown welding torches!

The list is endless - even in knitting yarn weights are called different things.  In Australia it's 4 ply, 8 ply, 10 ply etc so it's pretty logical.  Here it's fingering, DK, worsted... confusing.

Accent and pronunciation are a whole other story...

xx

ps - it's snowing!  Crazy I know!  It's about 4 degrees now so it hasn't stuck but it's still wacky!  It's hard to take pictures of falling snow from inside but those little white flecks are snow flakes.  Snow falling is really pretty and light - magical even!