lets look at this semantically

biscuit comes from french and means 'cooked twice'. It therefore only specifies the baking technique and not the number of individual pieces in each 'biscuit'.

Posted By: Dave in France on August 19th 2005 at 17:40:36

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Chocolate Bourbons and other such biccies........ (General Chat) - Newcastle Canary, Aug 19, 17:06:23
- Just had a couple of Custard Creams... (General Chat) - Brandonio, Aug 19, 17:18:54
  - bourbon have fallen behind in recent years (n/m) (General Chat) - David Brent, Aug 19, 17:21:07
- totally dependent on eating manner.. (General Chat) - camcan, Aug 19, 17:09:45
  - but you could say if you take a randomn buscuit (General Chat) - David Brent, Aug 19, 17:11:24
    - no I disagree.. (General Chat) - camcan, Aug 19, 17:15:00
      - see my 'bourbon creams' post below (General Chat) - David Brent, Aug 19, 17:17:28
        
        mmm.. (General Chat) - camcan, Aug 19, 17:19:13
        
        ok agreed but (General Chat) - David Brent, Aug 19, 17:22:52
        
        lets look at this semantically (General Chat) - Dave in France, Aug 19, 17:40:36
        
        who started this anyway? (n/m) (General Chat) - camcan, Aug 19, 17:23:44
- easy (General Chat) - David Brent, Aug 19, 17:06:56
  - Favourite biccy-- (General Chat) - harvey nichols, Aug 19, 17:13:11
    - hobnob's - cant beat em (n/m) (General Chat) - David Brent, Aug 19, 17:13:44
      - they make me choke.. (n/m) (General Chat) - camcan, Aug 19, 17:18:00
        
        You're not supposed to inhale them. (General Chat) - The Tudster, Aug 19, 17:25:20
        
        doesn't matter.. (General Chat) - camcan, Aug 19, 17:46:47
      - Good old fashioned shortbread is the daddy (n/m) (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Aug 19, 17:15:29
        
        I like shortbread with ginger.. (General Chat) - camcan, Aug 19, 17:17:24
  - Strictly speaking though.... (General Chat) - Newcastle Canary, Aug 19, 17:10:00
    - but they are sometime called bourbon creams (General Chat) - David Brent, Aug 19, 17:12:19
      - Good biscuit site (General Chat) - harvey nichols, Aug 19, 17:19:28
        
        Banjo wafers??? Never heard of 'em. (n/m) (General Chat) - victor nobody, Aug 19, 17:22:01

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