>>>Those were English, easy to confuse the accent. They eat crumpets, we eat doughnuts.
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>>We eat crumpets?
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>Sure, they don't mess up the bowler hats like powered doughnuts do.
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>>We imported the practice of eating "English Muffins" from over there.
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>I thought you were kidding, you know taking the p_ss until, but...
>"Despite the name, English muffins are not as popular in England as they are in North America"
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_muffin

Sure. Up to c. 10 years ago you rarely saw them over here. I guess it must be due to the prevalence of American holidays nowadays. I think my first was in the US ("So THAT's an English muffin! How come we don't get them back home?"). Like the article says, I'd think more of a "crumpet" (also, without the "a", a euphomism for casual sex, or a young lady) for an English muffin.

OTOH it's rare not to find "muffins" in a bakery or supermarket nowadays.

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>McDonald's commerical here. Scene starts with two guys eating a McDonald's breakfast. One eating a blueberry muffin, the 2nd guy is eating an Egg McMuffin.
>One: Why do they call that a muffin, this is a muffin?
>Two: It is an English muffin.
>One: If I go to England and ask for a muffin, they'll give me one of those?
>Two: Yeah
>One: What if what one of these (American) muffins.
>Two: Don't go to England.

Don't understand the amusement of that MacMercial