If your grandma's never introduced you to Nice biscuits, is she even your grandma?
There's nothing quite like popping round to your grandparents' for a catch up over some tea and biscuits.
Dunking your bicky into a hot cuppa - but not for too long so it falls in - is one of life's simple pleasures.
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Nice biscuits, however, are an elite snack and are known for their distinct texture and sugary coconut coating.
Despite being a staple in cupboards up and down the UK for decades, it turns out we've been pronouncing them wrong all this time.
Taking to X in 2020 was biscuit manufacturer Arnott's, who have been producing Nice biscuits in Australia for over 100 years.
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They explained: "Nice biscuits were named after the city in the South of France and pronounced the same as that city.
"They have been part of the Arnott's range since 1922."
This means that Nice isn't pronounced as 'nice' - it's actually pronounced after the French city Nice (sounds like 'neece').
The revelation caused a bit of a stir online at the time, as one person wrote: "Does it really matter since I was a small child in UK we have had the debate on Nice as in Lovely or Nice as in the town in France?
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"It’s just the same as Scones, baths, paths etc etc. Does it really matter?"
Someone else joked: "I pronounce it 'noice' when I'm referring to the biscuit. And also when referring to the city. Just for the annoyance factor."
Meanwhile, a third added: "I’m so happy to finally know the answer to this. Never too old to learn something new!!"
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"I’m so happy to finally know the answer to this. Never too old to learn something new!!" a fourth said.
"It's always been 'neece' as far back as when I first bought them in the 70s. I've never heard anyone pronounce it rhyming with ice," another disgruntled social media user wrote.
Now we've not got Nice nailed, are you sure you're pronouncing Aldi and Lidl correctly?
If you've been saying Aldi as 'All-di', and dragging out the 'A' sound, you've been doing it all wrong.
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You should be saying 'Al-di' similar to how you say the name Alan.
Next up, Lidl - do you say 'Lid-uhl'? If so, then you're wrong.
The supermarket says it should be pronounced like its German hometown 'Lee-dell'.
You learn something new every day, right?
Topics: Food And Drink, UK News
Anish Vij