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What we call an English Muffin. Which people from England have informed me they call a muffin.
What we call a Muffin. Which people from England have informed me they call a bun. Which yes is not eaten with butter, or jam, or anything else that you might spread on an English muffin.
You really don't need to resort to personal attacks.
Those people were the weird ones, then. This is a bun.
If you do weird things, like mistaking muffins for bread rolls, I'm gonna call you weird. It's not a personal attack, it's an accurate description based on what I can see. You seem to have been misinformed, but are also trying to explain my own culture to me incorrectly, so I downvoted you. I think that's fair.
My last message to you is that acting like that is a personal attack and you shouldn't do that IRL or online.
You're here trying to explain my own culture to me, and you're not even right about it, and you're upset I'm upset about it? Is the phrase "personal attack" just your way of demonising the consequences of your own actions?
Sigh, ok one more message. If you said "I think you are incorrect, we call this ...." that would be fine and polite manners. But you didn't do that. You went for a personal attack. Yes calling people weird is a personal attack. Ok I'm out.
I think you are incorrect, an accurate description is not a personal attack.
Either you referred to what we call "buns" as "muffins" (and ate them without anything in them), which is weird, or you thought we called muffins "buns", which is also weird. And you were sticking to your guns while american-splaining to a brit about british culture (without even being right), which is weird and kinda offensive.
I've had enough of people hiding their bad behaviour behind a wall of "please be civil". I will be as uncivil as I like in calling out bad behaviour, and I will think very poorly of anyone who thinks I shouldn't.
Calling someone weird is a personal attack.
Saying that what they said is weird is not. Attack the argument, not the person.
That's a dinner roll. Now show us what a roll is over there, this is interesting!
To me, they're synonyms. Buns, rolls, baps... There's a ton of other terms for it, too, but those are the ones I use.
Oh, it means that in England too. Jokes are made a-plenty.
I don't know what that is - looks like a fruit-filled pastry? What's the filling consist of? Not sure we have an analogue over here!
That's a pile of sausage rolls.
I think the closest thing we have in the US would be pigs in a blanket:
For added confusion we have pigs in blankets in the UK too, but it's small sausages wrapped in bacon instead.
"What's the deal with English muffins and why do the English like them so much?"
The statement is making the assumption that those of British descent "like them so much"... However, it turns out your assumption was wrong per comments on this thread (most people think theyre just okay in general, even the British). So people are agreeing with your personal opinion of "English Muffins" but not your approach.
A more open ended, respectful question could have been something as simple as"Why do some people like English Muffins?" Something introspective for communication if you choose to reflect.
Now you're conflating British and English.... dude's looking for the Internet fight of his life
Now you're just making stuff up and putting words in other people's months.
Small cakes baked in greaseproof paper cups are called buns in some parts of the country, but they're about a quarter of the size of the US-style muffin. They're also known as fairy cakes, party buns and possibly a handful of other names to avoid confusion with other baked goods that may also be called buns.
The person who said that many of us here think of the US-style muffin when muffins are mentioned is telling the truth. (Edit: clarification)
Now if you want a local delicacy (I use the term loosely) that has a well-known name and origin within England, with widespread appeal and no doubt large consumption, look no further than Yorkshire puddings. I ate one myself earlier today as part of a meal.