Grammar question..

[slowmotion]

Hmmm. Maybe, but as a propriety brand rather than a generic term, it could be either.

I nearly wrote "hoover up the crumbs with a Dyson" but thought it might muddy the waters.

 

[Yellow Fang]

The first one.
I used to like custard creams, although I liked the chocolate bourbons more. I can't get excited about them now. Think I'd prefer Garabaldi or fig rolls now. I never really liked rich tea biscuits. They seemed to be a real cheat of a biscuit.

 

[swee'pea99]

I never really liked rich tea biscuits.

Nor did anyone else. They're rubbish biscuits. They're the kind of biscuits elderly relatives would give you, and you'd think 'of all the biscuits you had to choose from, you chose these?' But you were polite so you took one anyway.

 

[classic33]

I nearly wrote "hoover up the crumbs with a Dyson" but thought it might muddy the waters.

Shocking!!

 

[slowmotion]

Nor did anyone else. They're rubbish biscuits. They're the kind of biscuits elderly relatives would give you, and you'd think 'of all the biscuits you had to choose from, you chose these?' But you were polite so you took one anyway.

I never saw their attraction either, but older people seemed to like dunking them.

 

[Pale Rider]

I'm not sure about that. Did he pick up the crumbs with a dyson or a Dyson?

Dyson is a trade name, so it's a proper noun.

Custard cream is not a trade name, it's a type of biscuit, so it is not capitalised.

Even if the OP specified a maker it would still not be, McVitie's custard creams, Hovis bread, Heinz baked beans.

 

[slowmotion]

Dyson is a trade name, so it's a proper noun.

Custard cream is not a trade name, it's a type of biscuit, so it is not capitalised.

Even if the OP specified a maker it would still not be, McVitie's custard creams, Hovis bread, Heinz baked beans.

You are quite correct. I looked up custard cream on Wiki (sad, or what???) and it is indeed a generic type of biscuit. Maybe it once had the same status as Hoover....who knows...?

 

[classic33]

You are quite correct. I looked up custard cream on Wiki (sad, or what???) and it is indeed a generic type of biscuit. Maybe it once had the same status as Hoover....who knows...?

http://biscuitpeople.com/custard-cream/

 

[Oxo]

You are quite correct. I looked up custard cream on Wiki (sad, or what???) and it is indeed a generic type of biscuit. Maybe it once had the same status as Hoover....who knows...?

How can a Hoover enjoy the same status when all it is good for is clearing up the mess made by the said custard cream?

 

[Katherine]

Present tense = I am treating myself to a custard cream biscuit.

This .

 

[robjh]

Present tense = I am treating myself to a custard cream biscuit.

'I am treating' is present continuous.
'I treat' is simple present.

But I have a vague and indefinable sense that this thread is really about biscuits and not grammar.

 

[steveindenmark]

How can you use Custard Cream an treat in the same sentence?

Chocolate finger, maybe. But not Custard Cream.

 

[alicat]

'I have treated myself to a custard cream' because it's a recent act where the (so-called) treat is ongoing.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

You are quite correct. I looked up custard cream on Wiki (sad, or what???) and it is indeed a generic type of biscuit. Maybe it once had the same status as Hoover....who knows...?

Are you saying custard creams suck?

 

[tyred]

I nearly wrote "hoover up the crumbs with a Dyson" but thought it might muddy the waters.

Don't be a sucker.