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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

tilling biscuits

Spanish translation:

biscuits from Tilling (fictional town, setting of Mapp and Lucia books, E.F. Benson)

Added to glossary by Rachel Fell
Sep 14, 2005 10:19
19 yrs ago
English term

tilling biscuits

English to Spanish Other Food & Drink
¿Alguien alguna vez oyó hablar de "tilling biscuits"?

Contexto: dos expatriados ingleses se juntan a tomar el té y uno de ellos dice: "Tilling biscuits, that brings back memories. Tilling biscuits and pomegranate marmalade".

Parece que son galletas tradicionales o típicas inglesas, pero el término no aparece ni en el diccionario Oxford.

Muchas gracias!
Proposed translations (Spanish)
2 +2 biscuits from Tilling
5 +1 hacer galletas
3 +2 hacer bizcochos
1 tiling - the application of tiles to cover a surface

Proposed translations

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3 hrs
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biscuits from Tilling

Any more context?
I've never heard of Tilling biscuits as a type of biscuit, but it may refer to the imaginary town of Tilling, the setting for some books written by E.F. Benson about characters called Mapp and Lucia. They were set in the early part of the 20th. century in a small provincial English town, and though I've not heard of pomegranate marmalade before either, eating it with biscuits and probably drinking tea sounds very much like the sort of thing the characters might do (haven't read the books but have heard excerpts).

www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000C24DR - 53k
Reference:

http://www.geocities.com/soho/nook/7665/mandl.html

www.rye-tourism.co.uk/efbenson/ - 20www.rye-tourism.co.uk/efbenson/ - 20k

Peer comment(s):
agree hecdan (X) : thks Rachel, neither I could figure how to prepare pomegranate marmalade, rather tricky I guess
9 mins
I think I saw references to it and possibly a recipe or two in passing on Google!
agree Refugio : Sounds the most likely, unless this is some kind of slang I never heard before for 'scarfing'
2 hrs
Thank you, Ruth
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Gracias, Rachel. Me parece que tiene que ver con un lugar, como tú dices."
+2
2 mins

hacer bizcochos

Oxford D.
till3 vt cultivar, labrar
Peer comment(s):
agree Anabel Martínez
7 mins
neutral Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT : Hm... No sé si cuadran los bizcochos. Creo que son más galletas o pastas. Si fuera un bizcocho sería un "cake" si no me equivoco.
23 mins
neutral Rebecca Hendry : Tomás tiene razón, aquí son galletas, no bizcochos. Aunque confieso que lo de "tilling" me tiene confundida, nunca lo he oído en el contexto de las galletas.....
1 hr
agree Marina Soldati
2 hrs
neutral María Teresa Taylor Oliver : En UK English, "biscuit" es "galleta".
3 hrs
neutral Refugio : To till means to cultivate or work the land, not biscuits
6 hrs
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10 mins

tiling - the application of tiles to cover a surface

por si ayuda..
Peer comment(s):
neutral Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT : No sé no sé.... Creo que se trata de "tilling" con doble "l"...
17 mins
es cierto, por eso puse la confianza más baja
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+1
32 mins

hacer galletas

till es cultivar, pero en este contexto yo lo traduciría por hacer galletas (biscuits es el nombre genérico para las galletas)
Peer comment(s):
agree María Teresa Taylor Oliver : Yo lo interpreto así, como "hornear galletas". Es algo que trae recuerdos :O)
2 hrs
gracias !
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