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submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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American butter is shit tbf

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Betty Botta bought some butter;

“But,” said she, “this butter’s bitter!

If I put it in my batter

It will make my batter bitter.

But a bit o’ better butter

Will but make my batter better.”

Then she bought a bit o’ butter

Better than the bitter butter,

Made her bitter batter better.

So ’twas better Betty Botta

Bought a bit o’ better butter.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

i think i haven't heard that in 30 years or something. totally forgot about it! my brain has a funny feeling now

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Same. I don't even remember where I read it, but when I saw "bad butter," it came back to me. And I looked it up, of course.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Huh, that's a lot longer that the version I knew growing up:

"Betty bought some butter, but the butter Betty bought was bitter

So Betty bought some better butter, better than the bitter butter Betty bought before"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah, this is the OG version and has been written in different forms over the years.