Finally, someone tells me what they are--thank you,
Christopher!
(Jeez, I'd hoped you'd be drawn out by slinging
"Zizek" here and there. But no-o-o-o, it was fairy
cakes.)
Now, about what you mentioned as "(US) muffins," did
you mean our beloved "English muffins"? What's the
English item corresponding to our own English muffins?
(And what do they call Devonshire cream in Devon?)
Scots, eh? I would have guessed German and English. At
the moment, I'm very taken with _Tartan noir_. (You
know, Denise Mina, e.g., and the incomparable Ian
Rankin.)
Candice
--- Christopher Walker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> <snip>
> Can anyone (English) tell me what "fairy cakes" are?
> [Candice W]
> <snip>
>
> Just as fairy wheels (training wheels to you?) are
> for those who can't yet
> ride bicycles properly, so 'fairy cakes' are for
> those not yet proficient in
> making something worth eating.
>
> In short they are indeed a cupcake. Typically they
> are oversweetened, spread
> with fluorescent icing and sprinkled with hundreds
> and thousands. Along with
> (US) muffins they are best consigned to the bin.
>
> Now if you want something that _is_ worth eating,
> try black bun.
>
> CW (Scots, not English)
> _______________________________________________
>
> 'What's the point of having a language that
> everybody knows?'
> (Gypsy inhabitant of Barbaraville)
>
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