One of the more confounding US vs British English divergences: "pudding".

US: sweet custardy dessert

UK: meat???? but also sometimes popovers?! ALSO also sometimes sweet custardy dessert?

Really rolling the dice there, Brits. "would you like some pudding" well not without at least one and preferably several qualifiers provided first!

@bitprophet also sometimes just a generic term for dessert

Then again, growing up in Texas, “coke” was a generic term for soda.

@petrillic "would you like some coke?" well, dunno, am I in the mood for:

- soda (any)
- soda (Coca-Cola)
- bituminous coal processing byproduct 😋
- I FUCKING LOVE COCAINE 🐻☃️

@bitprophet My team consisted of a couple Americans and a mixture of British folks and continental Europeans. One of the longest calls we had was when someone brought up what “pudding” was.

I don’t think it’s been resolved yet.

@bitprophet
mince - meat
mincemeat - not meat
sweetbread - meat
sweetmeat - not meat
@robchahin @bitprophet Welcome to What’s Pudding Anyway? the language where everything is made up and the words don't matter.
@bitprophet pudding is not just the thing you have after your main meal…?