{"id":19810,"date":"2020-09-16T17:46:46","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T17:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=19810"},"modified":"2023-11-16T14:53:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T14:53:53","slug":"bread-rolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=19810","title":{"rendered":"Bread rolls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the UK there are many different regional words for types of bread, particularly for bread rolls, and people tend to be quite attached to their version, believing it to be the one true name for such things. Not all of them refer to exactly the same type of bread product though.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/frenchtart\/5451358892\/in\/photolist-9iHD5q-8yoNP7-8QMjnn-LVfta-2hvw1P1-826ZHZ-DwXcDD-d8QQLY-6U6ZEQ-jd5VHG-9iHCGW-2ieyVUn-2hvQTms-9PLeoh-2iewzua-5VmgrH-6bGiWQ-PfdWan-2hvSyYC-CCKNDv-7w2xsD-NrcUvB-2igD85f-n9aRTg-Zs9isH-so9qRC-2dLdjW4-2aQHt8m-ZVq8zn-2hvSuKn-2iewzwj-6LJLVP-6LP6cq-6LP1gG-6LNSSo-6LJDpc-QGeA6M-2hvVcGS-4HujCG-2gcQywt-2hvWicd-qLoXRu-R4nZNf-2iewzEL-2eghab9-GWsGZh-6m144u-2ejMhiR-EhCVXK-2fcEpKu\" title=\"Baps - Scottish Morning Rolls\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/5174\/5451358892_3e026d62ef_z.jpg\" alt=\"Baps - Scottish Morning Rolls\" width=\"640\" height=\"572\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Whatever you call them, they are small, usually round loaves of bread, and were apparently invented in the south east of England in 1581 [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.everywordcounts.co.uk\/names-for-bread-rolls\/\">source<\/a>], although similar small loaves were probably made in other places long before that.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the words for bread rolls used in the UK:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Scotland<\/strong>: roll, bap, bun, morning roll, softie, buttery, rowie<\/li>\n<li><strong>North East England<\/strong>: bun, roll, muffin, batch, breadcake, stottie, oven bottom (bread), tufty bun, scuffler<\/li>\n<li><strong>Noth West England<\/strong>: barm, barm cake, bun, tea cake, muffin, nudger<\/li>\n<li><strong>Midlands<\/strong>: cob, bap, roll, bun, batch<\/li>\n<li><strong>Southern England<\/strong>: roll, bap, bun, cob<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wales<\/strong>: roll, bap, cob, batch<\/li>\n<li><strong>Northern Ireland<\/strong>: cob, roll, bun, bap<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The word <strong>roll<\/strong> comes from the Middle English <em>rolle<\/em> (role), from the Old French <em>rolle \/ role \/ roule<\/em> (roll, scroll), from the Medieval Latin <em>rotulus<\/em> (a roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a paper or parchment rolled up) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/roll#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The word <strong>bun<\/strong> (a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced), comes from the Middle English <em>bunne<\/em> (wheat cake, bun), from the Anglo-Norman <em>bugne<\/em> (bump on the head; fritter), from the Old French <em>bugne<\/em>, from Frankish <em>*bungjo<\/em> (little clump),  a diminutive of <em>*bungu<\/em> (lump, clump) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/bun#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/martinb\/6781888596\/in\/photolist-4mehV-79GEdg-4znCBw-4x1eS3-bkhXcJ-fBkfJ6-7piSmF-52kmA4-bV4AV-73BjAc-RfoU6-8Ze71w-2nESBJR-28Ln7xP-2m9SkLy-2oy4HMV-7ESGWA-7ESGyh-7zoVpZ-tVg4S-7LB4yD-98s95d-4KKMdZ-79W2WZ-CsDF3-a3PkSu-MDuCki-3QnKXe-2eeTvqN-baFBtP-GN17Cx-7EFtQ7-2983FC-9o9Xvh-575amW-2mXSfSg-2Cr89-fgwADX-9Mvzw5-6AzjYr-6md3XK-9vDaeC-brh5dt-4RxFjg-2i6kAUH-EXGy-xTm5k-usurc1-8Uk841-ccvbP\" title=\"Buns!\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7207\/6781888596_fee5610cd3_z.jpg\" alt=\"Buns!\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The origins of the word <strong>bap<\/strong>, as in a soft bread roll, originally from Scotland, are unknown [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/bap#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>cob<\/strong> is a round, often crusty, roll or loaf of bread, especially in the Midlands of England, is of uncertain origin [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/cob#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sofiagk\/6317463937\/in\/photolist-aCfDW2-2j4dFC8-2h6LURH-2gLmSi3-bGKL2F-2oCt9HJ-LysTcs-69Spa4-54cCia-6ykjYR-6ykkd6-bsegqy-2TXjEg-4VPfeN-6ypsad-d295HY-dcBocm-dcBoMq-d293Ay-5XKWWs-4s2n6V-bsL9LS-bFF3jD-bsL4PQ-bsLd1h-bsLaWE-bsL4qy-bsL1XC-bsL14f-bsKZFw-bFF3WP-bsL7rf-bFF39k-bFF47e-bsKZf7-bFEUNp-bFESpp-68vzJr-2jhVqGt-aCijV3-2imcL8F-aCfEmV-9tHY5b-bGKL2r-BxmcDG-2hquJsB-2hZrczq-YBjTpw-2UEEsg-EMNssB\" title=\"Cob\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/6233\/6317463937_1544b3b592_z.jpg\" alt=\"Cob\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A <strong>barm (cake)<\/strong> is a small, flat, round individual loaf or roll of bread, and possibly comes from the Irish <em>bair\u00edn breac<\/em> (&#8220;speckled loaf&#8221; or barmbrack &#8211; yeasted bread with sultanas and raisins) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/barm#English\">source<\/a>]. The <strong>cake<\/strong> in barm cake was historically used to refer to small types of bread to distinguish them from larger loaves [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.everywordcounts.co.uk\/names-for-bread-rolls\/\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/96292183@N05\/39019122625\/in\/photolist-2cJN8WX-SfQDb4-4C7mA1-22rZcKx-2kVhCjd-2iphM6c-dLPLgd-4UtwaH-2ioMTw8-4UxL1q-2j3FZaS-7iwoZB-dtxv9v-6eNhuU-dToCK2-dxD5fR-227HEvm-oWNHEd-qndxce-Y5sBAP-2jwpdAJ-FhbMe-oUNHmU-2ohFgtb-FhbMa-FhbMi-4NTd4B-7cemba-Fhabm-ecrbt8-9Krchj-2k1S2tr-6kXwQ6-3TK9R8-dxJxEA-TQVPS-RueXZh-aSVZnM-6u85jP-oz5vre-7YGRNv-6u86va-2mDJdWF-2nUABGL-eNvbqh-7s7Zyj\" title=\"Barm Cake\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/4701\/39019122625_da960ff5dc_z.jpg\" alt=\"Barm Cake\" width=\"640\" height=\"371\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A <strong>batch<\/strong>, or bread roll, comes from the Middle English <em>ba(c)che<\/em>, from the Old English <em>b\u00e6\u010b(\u010b)e<\/em> (baking; something baked), from the Proto-Germanic <em>*bakiz<\/em> (baking),  [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/batch#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>stottie (cake) \/ stotty<\/strong> is a round flat loaf of bread, traditionally pan-fried and popular in Tyneside in the north east of England. The word comes from <strong>stot(t)<\/strong> (to bounce), from the Middle Dutch <em>stoten<\/em> (to push), from the Proto-Germanic <em>*stautan\u0105<\/em> (to push, jolt, bump) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/stottie\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/njdminiatures\/3776846601\/in\/photolist-6KKjUR-GxhFGt-4rBM7p-wsjq4u-JTgTpB-oFCyUm-hpvA-qqtQA1-4dXCDk-dUKMTY-5VPZHM-gsZaQ-NkoREM-5Yo4At-71Kr7R-6WpGvW-47EnJi-4gyA3h-6hhdgs-4gyAjo-BbcQVZ-g4w3KK-kzTctK-2422W3K-dbaK2b-djFxwz-aLfW5e-aLfVoB-uZBcKr-vho7Re-qndxce-7pcrjT-gzMCXT-23fPrk5-gzMa6x-9TUMhK-djFxKf-g4vwg1-gzMaCp-bzRuqd-g4w3BZ-gzLFby-gzMatg-gzM9jx-bNL8o4-gzLFvw-9TULuM-bNL8Tt-6bNtJB-9TfpWS\" title=\"Traditional Ham, Pease Pudding and Stotties\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3560\/3776846601_90790a76f6_z.jpg\" alt=\"Traditional Ham, Pease Pudding and Stotties\" width=\"640\" height=\"447\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>They are known as <strong>oven bottoms<\/strong> or <strong>oven bottom bread<\/strong>, as they used to be baked on the bottom of ovens, and typically eaten filled with ham, pease pudding, bacon, eggs and\/or sausage. A smaller version, known as a <strong>tufty bun<\/strong>, can be found in bakeries in the North East of England  [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stottie_cake\">source<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>scuffler<\/strong> is a triangular bread cake originating in the Castleford region of Yorkshire, and the name is thought to come from a local dialect word [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scuffler\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>nudger<\/strong> is a long soft bread roll common in Liverpool [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_bread_rolls\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>buttery<\/strong> is a type of bread roll from Aberdeen in Scotland, also known as a roll, rowie, rollie, cookie or Aberdeen roll [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buttery_(bread)\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/petermit2\/38423485026\/in\/photolist-6wqN4Y-qHDHKu-21xmprL-dDugp9-qAKWMu-27d9yiS-2ocxdAS-2ocGwXJ-2ocE6qc-2ocze5x-2ocEhNq-2ocxhxd-2ocxhyv-2ocBttd-2oczVy7-2nEGRP8-2kZmNmZ-Cdvdxd-2ocBS9N-2ocHaDb-2ocBtk2-2ocze2M-2ocGkzv-2ocC9Yy-2maSA1m-2ocHaEt-vs7K3-SPjFes-nnEUn7-28qm133-4f3Hin-xkm7VQ-h18wW2-omXQC1-7BN7gv-RtpSm2-p2wK1-x164u8\" title=\"2017_09_1814\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/4546\/38423485026_1c654ee95e_z.jpg\" alt=\"2017_09_1814\" width=\"640\" height=\"639\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A <strong>teacake<\/strong> is a type of round bread roll found mainly in parts of Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cumbria. Elsewhere a teacake is a light, sweet, yeast-based bun containing dried fruits, often eaten toasted [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Teacake\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tonyworrall\/49036606368\/in\/photolist-2hHcqEu-2aNg7VG-7pcrjT-KB9HPN-83DL6R-dnpS5g-sxLdc\" title=\"Toasted Teacake with Coffee at the Harris Museum cafecafe\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49036606368_cb3a3f8c7c_z.jpg\" alt=\"Toasted Teacake with Coffee at the Harris Museum cafecafe\" width=\"640\" height=\"486\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In Welsh, bread rolls are known as <strong>rholyn bara<\/strong>, <strong>rh\u00f4l fara<\/strong>, <strong>r\u00f4l \/ rol \/ rowl<\/strong>, <strong>bab<\/strong>, <strong>wicsan<\/strong>, <strong>cwgen<\/strong>, <strong>cnap<\/strong> or <strong>cnepyn<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/geiriaduracademi.org\/\">source<\/a>]. There may be other regional words as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rh\u00f4l\/r\u00f4l\/rol<\/strong> were borrowed from English, and <strong>rholyn<\/strong> is a diminutive. <strong>Bara<\/strong> (bread) comes from the Proto-Celtic <em>*bargos \/ *bargin\u0101<\/em> (cake, bread) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/bara#Welsh\">source<\/a>]. <strong>Cnap<\/strong> was borrowed from the Old Norse <em>knappr<\/em> (knob, lump) and <strong>cnepyn<\/strong> is a diminutive [<a href=\"http:\/\/welsh-dictionary.ac.uk\/gpc\/gpc.html\">source<\/a>]. <strong>Cwgen<\/strong> is a diminutive of <strong>cwc, c\u0175c, cwg<\/strong> (cook), which was borrowed from English.<\/p>\n<p>In Cornish, bread rolls are <strong>bara byghan<\/strong> (&#8220;small bread&#8221;) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cornishdictionary.org.uk\/#roll\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>In Scottish Gaelic, a bread roll is a <strong>bonnach arain<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>bonnach<\/strong> is a bannock or (savoury) cake, and comes from the French <em>beignet<\/em> (a fritter filled with fruit), from the Frankish <em>*bungjo<\/em> (lump, bump, swelling), from the Proto-Germanic <em>*bung\u00f4 \/ *bunk\u00f4<\/em> (lump, heap, crowd), from the Proto-Indo-European <em>b\u02b0en\u01f5\u02b0-<\/em> (thick, dense, fat)  [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/beignet\">source<\/a>], which is also the root of the English words bunch and bunion.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cakebot\/5788825255\/in\/photolist-9Pxf4Z-2dkFeBi-7NtGr4-BPeKbG-2mTyfCS-pzwNcp-2nW9TuB-6jpJkR-Suc4Sj-2m8phLe-24K5xym-5GQz3W-byNH3U-2jDyZ96-2mYmgrg-2oGkVwi-8Sbhd8-2otrbw7-5vxZM4-pxmoks-Suc4PU-BhRZBt-6nzrtj-cTQYr-oF4Xy-Z9vtcy-oyZJE-omooaP-TaJNm2-5pEV9n-cES2UJ-oF4XM-Suc4Rh-GpfsQo-6nQXZc-4CFs6Y-pzoFM4-5ZbbJx-9LqSsv-2nFLknn-24MfdjU-DpSNxe-9dkwme-cES2Xm-9gk1dm-2j6W2hz-4oQkQ5-2mJCuqr-8Hm7AB-2mJHV9L\" title=\"Bannock!\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2614\/5788825255_50d2fc6c3e_z.jpg\" alt=\"Bannock!\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Aran<\/strong> (bread, loaf, livelihood, sustenance), comes from the Old Irish <em>ar\u00e1n<\/em> (bread, loaf), from Proto-Celtic <em>*ar(-akno)-<\/em> (bread)  [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/aran#Scottish_Gaelict\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hey-shanoo\/3766337101\/in\/photolist-6JPsNz-65YmoF-5XzH8N-8uZNoi-9uS3e9-dYKWaH-R3iqCT-tXPeE7-7JaS9b-9u8njF-ekgVLs-9qEkAG-bCQ6c4-25fPEoK-brgars-bFdRJn-66s13T-VgKDLG-kV3gCd-cvpBK5-8a7wnG-hcCJJs-bKrrSB-hGNFJd-9pyt69-aoMkfN-e5gDwr-kQJnhZ-bfowj-jMGo12-282AtzF-ckTzrG-9sdPeJ-9EEBKc-kJR8Jv-brg4zS-cQAZ2b-aoJBVv-e3RFcx-7J7KN3-djnreY-kjQeuJ-ZED3ws-rk3UBJ-67SQsT-ecH6e6-xUHf1X-rDZA84-8Atvfh-bphw1u\" title=\"Irish Soda Bread\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2498\/3766337101_dbe4e4086a_z.jpg\" alt=\"Irish Soda Bread\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>See a map showing where these words are used:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/projects.alc.manchester.ac.uk\/ukdialectmaps\/lexical-variation\/bread\/\">http:\/\/projects.alc.manchester.ac.uk\/ukdialectmaps\/lexical-variation\/bread\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re from the UK, what do you call a bread roll?<\/p>\n<p>What are such baked goods called elsewhere?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the UK there are many different regional words for types of bread, particularly for bread rolls, and people tend to be quite attached to their version, believing it to be the one true name for such things. Not all of them refer to exactly the same type of bread product though. Whatever you call [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,97,104,107,110,10,15,182,26,174,33,34,35,43,44,45,56,77,78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglo-norman","category-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-frankish","category-language","category-latin","category-middle-dutch-dietsc-duutsch","category-middle-english","category-middle-low-german","category-old-english-aenglisc","category-old-french","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-germanic","category-proto-indo-european","category-scottish-gaelic","category-welsh","category-words-and-phrases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19810"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23169,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19810\/revisions\/23169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}