and bisquits - what's the difference?

I thought cookes in American English and bisquits in British, but then I've heard both words in the same English film.

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bite me.

cookies are bigger and crumblier.

do the english have the fluffy bread product known as a biscuit in the US in jolly old England?

Yes, interesting.

Is it the same fluffy thing that cakes are made from?

No. Or at leas they taste quite different.

Seem to, though I'd call the littler ones scones:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biscuit

and bigger ones sodabread or damper:

http://www.aussieslang.com/features/australian-damper-bread-recipe.asp

Aha! Thanks, trollop.

British "biscuits" are not as sweet as US "cookies."

In England a biscuit is the generic term for the thing known as a cookie in the US (and includes varieties such as the "rich tea" or "digestive" rarely seen on the American side of the Atlantic. A cookie in British English means the specific type of drop biscuit exemplified by the "choc chip" or "oatmeal raisin" varieties.

You can buy tea biscuits at US markets. They come in a small cardboard box and are usually clearly labeled as being something fancy from the UK and cost substantially more than the cheap cookies that come in sacks.