You know what I've always wondered?

[Clueless Morgan]

What's a fig roll?

They're British biscuits (cookies) that have fig inside of them and are in the shape of rolls.

What's the difference between a biscuit and a cookie to the Brits?  Seriously.  Why is there a distinction?  Is it a hardness thing?  Biscuits are hard, cookies are soft?  Because to me, a Ginger Snap is as much a cookie as a chocolate chip cookie is even though one is hard and the other is soft, while a biscuit is a flaky muffin.  I have honestly never under stood this distinction in British English.

Also, if the British call french fries chips, what do you call potato chips?  Are they both just "chips"? How do you avoid confusion? Because there are restaurant options here where you can choose a side of fries or a side of chips. For Brits would it be a side of chips or.... chips?

Americans have improved on the the English language in so many ways...

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