What do British people call crackers?

In British English, crackers are sometimes called water biscuits, or savory biscuits.
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What do British people call cookies?

Biscuit (UK) / Cookie (US)

In the UK, these are generally called biscuits, although people do call the bigger, softer kind cookies, too.
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What do Brits call graham crackers?

Specifically England. In the UK, there's no such thing as graham crackers. The closest thing we get is the digestive biscuit. A digestive biscuit is a sweet-meal biscuit (cookie) with wholemeal flour.
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What do the British call scones?

A Biscuit (U.S.) Is a Scone (U.K.)

The closest British equivalent to those buttery miracles is a scone, which ain't too bad either. Both baked goodies use flour, fat, liquid and a leavening agent.
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What is the British word for french fries?

French fries (US) are called "chips" in the UK, and "frites" in French-speaking countries. In the UK and Ireland, what people in America call French fries are called "chips" and are famously served alongside fried fish.
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What do the British call marshmallows?

A Flump is a British sweet made of marshmallow. The sweet is a combination of pink, yellow, white and blue marshmallow, which has the appearance of a twisted helix. Flumps are sold in the United Kingdom and are made by the confectioner Barratt.
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What do Brits call mac and cheese?

Macaroni and cheese—also called mac and cheese in the United States and macaroni cheese in the United Kingdom—is a dish of cooked macaroni pasta and a cheese sauce, most commonly cheddar. It can also incorporate other ingredients, such as breadcrumbs or meat.
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What do they call pretzels in England?

We learned that the queen of England might think our Pub Style Pretzels are the cat's whiskers. We learned that British food is actually pretty darned good. (Bangers and mash, anyone?) We also learned that our own Ed Herr can do a pretty impressive British accent.
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What do British call condoms?

In the UK, "Rubber" and "Johnny" are the two most popular colloquialisms for Condom. Johnny is more common today - Rubber is more of a nineties term.
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What do Brits call soda?

In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the term "fizzy drink" is common. "Pop" and "fizzy pop" are used in Northern England, South Wales, and the Midlands, while "mineral" or "lemonade" (as a general term) are used in Ireland.
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What do British people call cigarettes?

FAG, a brand of the Schaeffler Group. Cigarette, in British slang. Fagging, in British public schools.
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What do British people call onion rings?

An onion ring, also called a French fried onion ring, is a form of appetizer or side dish in British and American cuisine. They generally consist of a cross-sectional "ring" of onion dipped in batter or bread crumbs and then deep fried; a variant is made with onion paste.
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What do Brits call appetizers?

Starter. A starter is what an American would call an 'appetizer. '
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Why do Brits call French fries chips?

We call French fries just fries, and thicker-cut fries that come from a chip shop are called chips. Then you've got thick, triangular chunks which we call potato wedges, which aren't the same as circular fried slices (otherwise known as chips in other countries) which we call crisps.
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What do the British call whipped cream?

And the answer is…

In the UK, whipped cream is known as “squirty cream”.
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Why do British call the trunk a boot?

The word "boot"(which is commonly used by the English), goes back to 18th century horse-drawn carriages where the coachman sat on a chest, which was used to store, among other things, his boots. This storage space came to be termed as the "boot locker", which soon became the "boot".
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What do British call donuts?

Dessert vs.

I mean pudding... I mean a donut? To Americans, this term is confusing because pudding is pudding, donuts are donuts, and cake is cake, but they all fall under the dessert category. In the UK, however, ordering "pudding" could mean you get pudding or any other dessert.
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What do the British call cupcakes?

A cupcake (also British English: fairy cake; Hiberno-English: bun) is a small cake designed to serve one person, which may be baked in a small thin paper or aluminum cup.
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What do the British call aluminum foil?

In the United Kingdom and United States it is often informally called "tin foil", just as steel cans are often still called "tin cans". Metallised films are sometimes mistaken for aluminium foil, but are actually polymer films coated with a thin layer of aluminium. In Australia, aluminium foil is widely called alfoil.
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What does UK call hot chips?

In Australian English the word "chips" refers both to deep fried thick strips of potato, normally served fresh and hot and called French fries in US English, and to thin slices of potato cooked until they are crisp, usually bought in packets and called "crisps" in UK English.
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What are fish and chips called in England?

Case and Brewer Traditional Fish and Chips shop in Dorchester, Dorset, England, has been around for decades. Fish and chip shops are called "chippies" in British slang.
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What do they call chips in Australia?

In Australia, chips can refer to 'hot' chips; fried strips of potato. Chips also refer to what are known in other countries as crisps.
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