John Kulp wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:42:24 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne,
> _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:
>
>
> >> >>3) why the Russian salad is called Salad Olivier in Russia?
> >>
> >> For the same reason English muffins are American not English?
> >
> >Not true, actually. They're often called English muffins here, and US
> >muffins are called American style, or somesuch.
>
> Are they the same thing or are you just saying that the English have a
> muffin called and English muffin? I have never seen what we call an
> English muffin (for whatever reason) in England.
You can buy things called "English Muffins" in shops here.
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