2006-10-10 00:07:24 · 19 answers · asked by Vernix Lanugo 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
maybe b/c americans use cream instead of milk!
2006-10-10 00:27:15 · answer #1 · answered by Traveler2004 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I am American and we do actually put cream in coffee. We have creamer, half and half, some use milk. If you go to a coffee shop 9 out of 10 times if you ask for cream and sugar, you will get cream. Oh and by the way, I drink milk in tea as well, so it must not be just an English thing. Jam is jam and jello is jello. I know you call french fries chips, etc. I think we should just realize that we have differences and get along. I really hate when people have to go off on tangents and say we're stupid etc. There really is no reason for it at all, just good old fashioned nastiness no matter what country you call home !!!
2006-10-10 01:25:00 · answer #2 · answered by Michele A 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because if the drink is coffee, they really do mean cream, milk is added to tea. If they add milk to your coffee, technically, it's the addition of milk to your coffee that is the error, not the use of the word "cream" in the question.
2006-10-10 02:32:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just another of those cultural things I guess. Like saying "bathroom" because they think the word lavatory is impolite! Or pronouncing route "rowt" and Uranus "yorannus". Considering that they can also be very crude this is surprising. However sometimes Americans do mean cream when they offer it. I've had both, though I was surprised the first time, when it was milk!
Oh and jam is usually jelly, not jello!
2006-10-10 01:25:04 · answer #4 · answered by survivor 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We do put cream in our coffee. You just have to ask, it's not a big deal. I don't like milk or half/half the cream is better. It's like why in London do they always serve WARM beer?? Yuck!
2006-10-10 01:33:21 · answer #5 · answered by ????? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the U.S. they often use 'half and half' which is cream and milk mixed; tastes like cream but looks a little like milk (thin). Maybe that's what U got.
2006-10-10 00:18:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I thought they did mean cream? They gave me cream when I said yes to it, not milk.
2006-10-10 00:16:08 · answer #7 · answered by kerrykinsmalosevich 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some places do actually offer cream--and all else aside, I think it's just because 'cream' is the popular term for it.
~Scottie
2006-10-10 00:25:08 · answer #8 · answered by Scott T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because cream and milk are different and have different tastes and flavors (cream), hence the idea CREAM or MILK, wow they look like significantly different, i wonder if they mean something different? idiot
2006-10-10 00:19:41 · answer #9 · answered by Bailey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They just have different terms for a few things... ask for jam, they'll offer jello! It's fun finding out all the small differences - in a way it gives you a second language!
2006-10-10 00:11:53 · answer #10 · answered by avian 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋