tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post115378427378603842..comments2024-03-16T00:21:43.240+00:00Comments on Separated by a Common Language: candy and sweetslynneguisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10171345732985610861noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-36943691259980908812022-12-22T22:11:07.611+00:002022-12-22T22:11:07.611+00:00So, the US has flying saucers as well. Same exter...So, the US has flying saucers as well. Same exterior, but the inside is non-pareils (decorative sugar beads), not UK sherbert. They're not real common here, but you will see them around. They absolutely used to be a thing in peny candy stores. <br /> Apparently they're actually trademarked satellite wafers, but everyone I've heard talk about them uses flying saucers.Donato F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09743344004508205811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-59962536735492624362021-12-28T10:39:02.564+00:002021-12-28T10:39:02.564+00:00As an Australian middle-class child, I could ask f...As an Australian middle-class child, I could ask for sweets but never lollies. Very lower class indeed. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01165312677357974536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-30146895993893248882021-01-14T05:01:17.549+00:002021-01-14T05:01:17.549+00:00I've lived in Canada my whole life and I'v...I've lived in Canada my whole life and I've never heard the term "selection box" here nor "sample trays." If I heard "sample tray," I would think they were giving out free samples for people to try.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14797697853798956542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-62249005538343344132021-01-11T19:59:36.388+00:002021-01-11T19:59:36.388+00:00Thank you. I rather think "selection boxes&q...Thank you. I rather think "selection boxes" is also industry jargon here... we would say box of chocolates, or chocolate box, or one might specify Milk Tray, Black Magic, etc.Mrs Redboots (Annabel Smyth)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11270027663691257254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-61770348235955323412021-01-11T19:39:49.299+00:002021-01-11T19:39:49.299+00:00Whitman’s chocolates calls their boxes of chocolat...Whitman’s chocolates calls their boxes of chocolates “samplers”. I’m sure some people do call them sample trays, but that sounds more like insider jargon. “Box of chocolates” is bound to be heard more often. lynneguisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171345732985610861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-2600131020746299522021-01-11T18:50:52.589+00:002021-01-11T18:50:52.589+00:00A few days ago, I was watching a YouTube video pos...A few days ago, I was watching a YouTube video posted by an American woman living in France. She was visiting a [BrE]supermarket/grocery store[AmE] which was full of Christmas stuff (I don't know about in the USA, but French supermarkets do Christmas infinitely better than British ones; I did so miss not being able to go to one this year. But I digress), and was showing some of the potential presents on offer. What struck me, and this is the relevance to this post, is that she pointed out various selection boxes of chocolates and other sweets/candy (and various hampers as well), but called them "sample trays". Is that just her personal dialect, or are selection boxes routinely called "sample trays" in American English?Mrs Redboots (Annabel Smyth)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11270027663691257254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-73197774910582315052020-07-31T12:13:48.249+01:002020-07-31T12:13:48.249+01:00BrE (Scot, late 60s). I’ve just found this post, a...BrE (Scot, late 60s). I’ve just found this post, and I see a few similarly late replies. In Scotland, or at least the SW when I was growing up, caramel was always pronounced carmel. As well as referring to a soft, toffee-like filling, it was a generic term for any individual toffee sweet, chocolate covered or otherwise. McCowans, purveyors of the famous “cow (ScE coo) toffee”, made the “penny caramel”, a, individually wrapped toffee costing a penny. We could also buy a “ha’penny carmel”, smaller, but chocolate-covered.Shy-replyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01891566073375322808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-90852752878501561642020-05-20T14:48:38.445+01:002020-05-20T14:48:38.445+01:00I am American and I can't stand the "carm...I am American and I can't stand the "carmel" pronunciation of caramel. I looked it up recently and felt vindicated, so I'm surprised to read here that "carmel" is considered the default. I actually don't hear it much, luckily. I usually hear it pronounced to my liking- care-uh-mel. But maybe I tune out the others without realizing it.Keelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04459662687645927822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-30941116002310195132019-01-11T12:51:09.722+00:002019-01-11T12:51:09.722+00:00US "Smarties" are called "Rockets&q...US "Smarties" are called "Rockets" in Canada. Maybe that is the British name as well??Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13733303216367222946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-22625932301380110582018-03-06T01:47:12.917+00:002018-03-06T01:47:12.917+00:00When I was a small boy in Nottingham, I heard (it ...When I was a small boy in Nottingham, I heard (it was never written) the word <i>tuffy</i> — pronounced <b>ˈtʊfɛ</b> with a FOOT vowel followed by a shortened unstressed DRESS vowel. Although obviously related to Standard English <i>toffee</i> it applied quite generally: <i>a tuffy</i> was 'a sweet'.David Crosbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01858358459416955921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-77926152987176049472018-03-02T15:36:19.416+00:002018-03-02T15:36:19.416+00:00Reopening this discussion years later, I was inter...Reopening this discussion years later, I was interested when an Australian friend posted a picture of what I call sweets and which my American friends would have called some candy, but she referred to them as "lollies". For me, lollies of any kind have sticks, but not for her.... discussion (friendly and interested) ensued!Mrs Redboots (Annabel Smyth)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11270027663691257254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-32227757411911302842016-11-07T13:00:14.106+00:002016-11-07T13:00:14.106+00:00The description of US Smarties made me also think ...The description of US Smarties made me also think of UK Swizzels, the smaller more disappointing cousins of Refreshers and Love Hearts. This <a href="http://thembsgroup.co.uk/internal/the_dee_family__a_transatlantic_confectionary_dynasty/" rel="nofollow">article</a> seems to tell the history. They are made by companies linked to different branches of the same transatlantic family and their origins seem to be traceable back to a common ancestral confectionery of the 1930s.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07531442194967865426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-1871962642713060122016-04-22T13:59:06.581+01:002016-04-22T13:59:06.581+01:00The description of American Smarties sounds simila...The description of American Smarties sounds similar to that of Fizzers - I know they will have differences but I just thought I should mention it since you didn't have anything for comparison.Izzy Gordonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-6510321402071435932016-04-14T12:23:39.611+01:002016-04-14T12:23:39.611+01:00Since I'm from the East and my people say '...Since I'm from the East and my people say 'candy bar', I don't think that can be quite right. It would be interesting to see it included in a dialect study, but I can't find one that has included it. lynneguisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171345732985610861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-8391140236278092842016-04-14T12:14:48.712+01:002016-04-14T12:14:48.712+01:00Actually, in America it can be called either choco...Actually, in America it can be called either chocolate bar or candy bar, it just depends on the region you're in. Typically, the west coast says candy bar and the east coast says chocolate bar with the states in the middle having variations.Mousenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-73212706732353748392016-03-22T00:41:49.578+00:002016-03-22T00:41:49.578+00:00We have candies exactly like the US Smarties in Ca...We have candies exactly like the US Smarties in Canada, but they are called Rockets. You don't see them often other than at Hallowe'en. We also have the UK-style Smarties, which are quite popular in Canada. My American friend says they have a bitter taste that M&M's don't have and he won't eat Smarties.<br /><br />Being a Canadian, I don't really consider chocolate bars candy, at least not "candy" candy, although I suppose you could buy them here at a candy store. Canadians are linguistically a bit in between the UK and US.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11763453691194030035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-23015623431669362732015-05-25T15:09:12.646+01:002015-05-25T15:09:12.646+01:00The closest thing to american smarties are either ...The closest thing to american smarties are either parma violets or fizzers or maybe love hearts in the UKredhen430https://www.blogger.com/profile/14496137742752333208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-22524378007493436662014-04-08T13:57:14.241+01:002014-04-08T13:57:14.241+01:00They are called 'lollipops'.They are called 'lollipops'.lynneguisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171345732985610861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-1984219826711565472014-04-07T20:15:51.026+01:002014-04-07T20:15:51.026+01:00Yum! I am from the US and lollipops are my favorit...Yum! I am from the US and lollipops are my favorite candy ( not sweet.) I wonder what they are called in the UK...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-71975416379625452012014-03-29T19:49:11.030+00:002014-03-29T19:49:11.030+00:00I consider smarties(US)to be most like Tums brand ...I consider smarties(US)to be most like Tums brand antacid, bland and chalky.<br /><br />While cherry is my favorite Starburst flavor strawberry is a very close second.<br /><br /><br />I'm a little surprised that your comparison of sweet and tart candies didn't mention SweeTARTS.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02138260302522477243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-55708517676646661612012-10-20T05:43:41.216+01:002012-10-20T05:43:41.216+01:00My favorite starburst flavor is strawberry even th...My favorite starburst flavor is strawberry even though it does not really taste like strawberry.<br /><br />My 7 year old loves smarties! (american smarties)<br /><br /> And I am a peanut m&m Girl!<br /><br />I have had Buttons before( brought from england from a friend) kind of like m&ms, but the candy coating was harder, and the chocolate was not as sweet.<br /><br />I have had an Orange chocolate Orange, that you slap down hard and it splits into orange slices. I can not remember the name of them though. Not sure if they are from England or not, but bout them at an import shop.Mindynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-84055407498352716992012-09-05T11:08:47.337+01:002012-09-05T11:08:47.337+01:00US smarties look a bit like these fizzers made by ...US smarties look a bit like these fizzers made by Swizzels Matlow, the same people who make Parma Violets(although from all the posts above it sounds like they're not actually fizzy). http://shop.lovehearts.com/retro/party-box-fizzersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-21918509236129697292012-03-21T09:13:13.540+00:002012-03-21T09:13:13.540+00:00No, because Refreshers are fizzy and US Smarties a...No, because Refreshers are fizzy and US Smarties aren't.lynneguisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171345732985610861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-18152034376756015272012-03-21T01:19:59.880+00:002012-03-21T01:19:59.880+00:00Are US Smarties like the Refreshers sweets that we...Are US Smarties like the Refreshers sweets that we get in the UK?KittyPimmsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-26599898462862769532012-01-31T22:31:41.514+00:002012-01-31T22:31:41.514+00:00EXCELLENT! I love the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppe...EXCELLENT! I love the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre! And it makes me think that I must do a post on 'comes out a treat'.lynneguisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171345732985610861noreply@blogger.com