Dessert, sweet, pudding or afters? Which do you say and where are you from?

[WildFlowerBees]

We've always said pudding, Lancashire born. Having this conversation with someone who says sweet. Haven't heard it called that in years!

Pudding. Scotland.

Pudding.

I've read the whole thread and seen the word pudding so many times it has become a 'funny' word.
Pudding, pud, puddingy pud.

Just googled. Apparently HMTLQ and the RF always use “pudding”.

Afters..East London

Pudding. Or Pud.

it is a class thing, not a regional thing.

Sweet. North east England.

Dessert when out and trying to sound posh.

+1

Pudding. For me it’s a regional thing because we’re decidedly working class. Parents from North Wales. We also have breakfast, dinner and tea.

Pudding Surrey.

but like another poster I’m posh.

desert makes me cringe

Or if I’m trying to show off, pwdin as I’m in Wales 😂

Dessert - Ireland

Pudding. Foreigner.

Pudding. Yorkshire.

Pudding - another old posho

Dessert is fruit etc that is served after pudding (and usually once everything else has been taken away).

Afters - Essex, working class, both grandmothers from East London if that makes a difference.

“What’s for afters?” “Fruit from the bowl”

Why does it make you cringe though?

I can understand people having a personal preference with regard to the words they (or their children) use, but why be intolerant of the terms others use?

Genuine question - I see people say this sort of thing a lot and always wonder why.

Dessert isn't a dirty word. What is the actual problem?

Pudding, East Midlands.

Dessert is a bit posh. Sweet is more of a technical term - if you're planning a banquet, perhaps. Afters I always thought was more American, but maybe not?

Pudding - East Midlands

Dessert. US Deep South (but as far as I know "dessert" is pretty much universal in the US.)

Pudding is hot, dessert is cold. They're both called afters. I'm London and Irish.

Dessert - I've not always lived in the UK

Dessert - West Sussex UNLESS its something hot like a crumble or pie... then it kind of seems like pudding

Makes me think of Smack the pony

"Would you like a lil desseeeeert 😏"

Pudding at home, more likely to be dessert if eating out
West Midlands

Called in Italian and many Mediterranean places the "sweet" course or a "sweet" as in a sweet thing