Why are crumpets called crumpets?!
Answers: i just thougth of it when iwe were buying some. maybe there was someone called crumpet?..
Possibly from Middle English crompid (cake), curled (cake), probably past participle of crumpen, to curl up, probably from crumb, crump, crooked, from Old English.
because when they were first made the maker called them that
because live is live. English is weird old english was weird because their teeth were bad.
urmmm..... dunno
why are orange's called orange's?
why is anything called anything?
Because 'flat spongy bread with lots of holes' is too long...