Vote to settle regional differences

prefer to use the word ‘cob’ and ‘barm’ is the most popular term for those living in the north east. Other suggestions included bread bun, bread cake and even tea cake.

Among other issues were, ketchup vs brown sauce and rugby union versus rugby league, English Breakfast or Earl Grey tea.

polled said they preferred a scone with jam first, the Cornwall way. A mere 18 per cent, said the correct way was clotted cream first with a topping of jam, known as the Devonshire version.

Other regional differences included whether an evening meal should be called ‘dinner’ or ‘tea’.

There were many different suggestions as to what was the proper name for a small round bread loaf. ‘Bap’ ranked highly for those living in the south east with, while ‘roll’ was the most common term of phrase for the Scots. However, East Midlanders