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London, Stonehenge, Bath, Oxford, and more—The best places to visit in Great Britain
London, Stonehenge, Bath, Oxford, and more—The best places to visit in Great Britain
An interactive map of England showing all the places covered by this online travel guide
Stonehenge, Avebury, and other ancient sites carpet Wiltshire around, Salisbury with its glorious Gothic cathedral
The generic British word for dessert is "pudding."
In the 19th century, the "g" was sometimes pronounced as a harder "k." Sometimes, the "n" got dropped. Sometimes that was shortened by slicing off the "pud."
In other words, small, incremental changes resulted in pudding->puddink->puddik->dick.
It's not meant to be dirty; it's just a Victorian synonym for "dessert."
Pepper a cake with currants or raisins, and you get "spots" in your pudding, hence: spotted dick.