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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Crumpets generate crumbs when you eat them, so it’s natural to think there’s a ‘crumb’ in ‘crumpet.’ But there isn’t; the etymologies are distinct. Examples:
Well, you are indeed an english fellow, and my handbook of cliches states that all english people simply love tea and crumbets …
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Just make sure you bring the marmalade and crumbets this time….
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A giant mug of tea. crumbets. mega warm/ long shower. nice gentle music …
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Does he have a butler with white gloves and crumbets follow in the tool truck too?
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... FedEx you a fresh pot of coffee and some raspberry scones or crumbets or whatever you guys call it.
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A crumbet. Wouldn’t that make a primo synonym for an eggcorn? Tea and Crumbets would also be a perfect handle for a British rock band.
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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Tee and the Crumpets were a San Francisco band from the early oughts; they seem to have broken up. (Their album was okay, but I can’t really get enthusiastic about it.) I think you’d have to live outside Britain to name your band after tea and crumpets—otherwise, it’d be like wearing a t-shirt with a picture of the Golden Gate on it while living in San Francisco, and that’s just not done.
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