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> Of course, this being in England, I was in truth handed sweets, but one makes accommodations for our American cousins. FWIW, even in America, 'sweets' is a p
by rootusrootus 6y ago
> Of course, this being in England, I was in truth handed sweets, but one makes accommodations for our American cousins.
FWIW, even in America, 'sweets' is a pretty common description for candy and other treats made predominantly from sugar (donuts, etc).
- whatshisface 6y agoI've never heard "sweets," so you might want to qualify that with a US region.
- qserasera 6y agoI've heard it pretty much everywhere in the US
- mattkrause 6y agoI think it's more of a category in the US: "I got fat because I ate too many sweets" sounds reasonably American, but "I have two sweets left" sounds more British.