The things you learn
Mar. 7th, 2009 09:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gemfyreHow many of the Americans out there know what Hundreds and Thousands are??
I just discovered that they have a very different name in the U.S. A name nowhere near as exciting.
ETA : I had read on Cook's Thesaurus that they had the weird name of Nonpariels.
To me Hundreds and Thousands are the small round coloured bits of sugar.
The longer, softer ones, I've often referred to as Dollar Fives (which is a brand name).
And the silver ones that break your teeth have always been cachous to me.
I just discovered that they have a very different name in the U.S. A name nowhere near as exciting.
ETA : I had read on Cook's Thesaurus that they had the weird name of Nonpariels.
To me Hundreds and Thousands are the small round coloured bits of sugar.
The longer, softer ones, I've often referred to as Dollar Fives (which is a brand name).
And the silver ones that break your teeth have always been cachous to me.
