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basiswordyesterday at 2:25 PM3 repliesview on HN

Also in the UK and never heard of this in my life. Guessing this is very regional?


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podgietaruyesterday at 2:36 PM

As with most things on the UK, probably. I definitely used Bobbins.

I used to think everyone called (cobs|bread cakes|rolls|barns) muffins, and it turns out it was just my small town that did it. As in, just my small town, not region, county, etc.

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PaulRobinsonyesterday at 2:37 PM

It's pretty common around Manchester. Bit like being nesh. But as you know... this is a thing: https://www.ourdialects.uk/maps/bread/

Nursietoday at 3:49 AM

Might also mark you out as a certain age if not from the right region - I’m familiar with it as a word for “a bit rubbish” because of listening to Mark & Lard’s late night show on Radio 1 in the 90s