Why aren't cookies called Bakies?!
Answers: If you bake them not cook them why wouldn't they be called bakies? That's the question of the week.
Why aren't everything that's cooked called cookies?
in England they are "biscuits" !!! so don't go wiping your nose on the napkin!!
The "cook" in cookie doesn't refer to the way their made. It's derived from the Dutch word koekje or koekie which means little cake, and arrived in the English language through the Dutch in North America. It spread from American English to British English where biscuit is still the more general term.
Its name derives from the Dutch word koekje or (informal) koekie which means little cake, and arrived in the English language through the Dutch in North America. It spread from American English to British English where biscuit is still the more general term
Why do we park on a driveway and drive on a parkway?
Isn't it funny how words are like that?
Most of the time, as explained in the previous answers, it is because the word has been passed along and eventually became what it is from other countries.
For example: the words two, to, and too all sound the same! What about read and read? live and live? i could go on and on! :) The english language is an odd odd thing to learn!
Probably because the word came from a dutch word and either way you are cooking them, maybe they didn't use that word as much back then.