Generally, Americans don’t have a term for that, as we don’t share…we just eat all the cookies. :-) But if we WERE to share our biscuits, we’d “dole them out” or possibly “portion them out”. You Brits often have more-polite-sounding terms for things. Your mums raised you properly!
And anyone out there who feels they need to respond nastily to my comment: Get a life…one with a generous sense of humour please!
GROG Premium Member about 11 years ago
Nice try, Quentin. But I think you just got your just deserts.
jack fairbanks about 11 years ago
“share out”—- what sort of regional, local, colloquial, expression is that? any comical etymologists in the crowd?
Tandembuzz about 11 years ago
@Piers Baker:
Generally, Americans don’t have a term for that, as we don’t share…we just eat all the cookies. :-) But if we WERE to share our biscuits, we’d “dole them out” or possibly “portion them out”. You Brits often have more-polite-sounding terms for things. Your mums raised you properly!
And anyone out there who feels they need to respond nastily to my comment: Get a life…one with a generous sense of humour please!