TGB has reminded me
A good mate of mine from undergrad days came from Aberdeen. Now, in Scotland, we have a highly delicious bread product known in most parts as a buttery, also known as an Aberdeen roll. It is, as you might guess, a butter-rich, dense bread roll. Kind of like a geometric variant of a croissant, but harder.

Anyway, in Aberdeen, these are simply referred to as 'rolls'.

So we said to Ian, my Aberdeen mate, "So if you're in a bakery in Aberdeen and ask for a roll, you get a buttery by default?".

"Aye, that's right".

"So what happens if you want a normal roll, like we have here? I mean, if you go into a bakery here and ask for a roll, you get a roll - if you want a buttery you have to ask for a buttery".

His reply was logical, but amused me.

"Well, you just point to it and say 'One of them, please'".

I've since found out that they're referred to as softies in Aberdeen, but that spoils the story a bit
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 30 Sep 2008, 11:29, Reply)