That makes me very curious, Ganeida. 🙂

I, too, have seen many new words on your blog, Ganeida. It’s actually fun to learn another country’s vernacular.

If you visited Minnesota you would soon hear that some of our most common exclamations go like this: “Oh for cute! I love those shoes” or “Oh, for sweet, that is an adorable baby!” or “Oh for darling! I think that new haircut is perfect!” A lot of o-fers going on and it took me a while to get used to it.

Also, if something is unpleasant here, we hear the word “ishy” a lot. Worms, mucus, puke and the like are always ishy. In California we said “icky.” What do you say there? 🙂

I meant to write you about creamer, Ganeida! Creamer is usually flavored cream that people add to their coffee. I’m assuming some Aussies do drink cream in their coffee? Or milk?

Here we can buy “half and half” which is a thicker milk with a higher fat content that people usually use in their coffee. Creamer can be just that “half and half,” but it’s usually flavored. So we have cream (or creamer) that has flavorings added to it, like Hazelnut, French Vanilla, Irish Cream, Amaretto, Caramel, etc.

Here’s a popular line of creamers: http://www.coffee-mate.com/Products/Default.aspx, and also here: http://www.internationaldelight.com/French-Vanilla.

Do you have any of these kinds of products in Australia?

I like your ice cream idea a lot. You go for the caffeine, I go for the fat and sugar. 🙁

BTW I adore your cup of choice. Blue & white is my very favourite colour combination.

I secretly agree with you, Taun. 🙂

That sounds absolutely delicious, Ember. We have lots of maple syrup in Minnesota – this would be well-received here! I will try this!