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!

Afters in Wales

Pudding, south east. Whatever it consists of.
Dessert is a different course altogether.

I don't know where “afters” comes from but I put it in the same general box as “mains” and dislike both.
”sweet” is a word used in cafes and restaurants - but shouldn't be.

Pudding. South east

Afters down in the West Country but no one else says that up North so now I just say Dessert.

Pudding. London.

Same.

At school it was pudding. at home afters. Now call it desert. London

pudding,
southerner

Afters at home South Yorkshire
Dessert if out

pudding. Herts/Essex borders.

Dessert - East (parents were Londoners, who were the ones who taught me it was 'dessert'. I think what we call things stems from childhood!)

It's another one of those ridiculous English class indicators.

Specifically, in honour of my long gone (Indian) Granddad, we call it:
P U Ding Ding I N Ging Ging!

Which is what he always called it for his children and grandchildren. One fabulous granddad. Alternatively it was just pudding or afters.

as a child it was Wait and See

Pudding, sw England. My dp says pud which makes me irrationally angry 😆

Pudding, London

From the Lake District, Cumbria.Its always been a pudding! For the record a swede is a turnip and it's breakfast,dinner tea and supper..in that order!!

Pudding - Scotland

Pudding. South East with parents from NE and Lancs.

Yes.

it strikes me that this is a question about class, not location.

“Sweet” is cringey lower middle- class.

Pudding here except dm she says afters and she's from East London.

Pudding is the correct term. Landed gentry/old money/Lancashire folk say pudding. And lavatory.
Middle classes call them sweets/desserts. They also invented the terms w.c. and invented fish-knives (not used by uc's)

Pudding London

Pudding. South west.

Dessert is not posh.