Talk:Bun

Bun/Cupcake things

In other parts of the UK, not just that particular part of England, cupcake-kinda-things are referred to as buns too. I live in Northern Ireland, and everyone (as far as I know) calls them buns. I guess I'll add it myself if no one objects... --Animemaster446 (not signed i--Ef80 (talk) 15:31, 24 April 2019 (UTC)n) 86.162.179.237 (talk) 19:10, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Scotland too 109.149.161.101 (talk) 20:17, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Unless you can find reliable published sources for this it is original research and should be left out.--Charles (talk) 20:54, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Is the OED good enough? It defines 'bun' as varying in meaning in different locals and gives a much more general definition of a small handheld baked product, rather than the more specific bread roll type definition used here. It seems the current article is more set to a specific locations use of the word 'bun', such as that used in parts of the south of England. This makes the article no more or less original research than if it were using the definition used in Northern Ireland, Scotland or parts of Yorkshire, where 'bun' is synonymous with cupcake/fairycake. This article should definitely be edited to give a broader representation of how the word 'bun' is used across different locations and should not just focus on just one use. 80.6.239.251 (talk) 19:59, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

The OED would be a very good place to start - the article as written appears to be written from the POV of someone for whom a bun is a bread roll, without any citation to show that this is the primary, definitive, encyclopædic definition. The online Oxford Dictionary gives the primary defintion of bun as “a small cake", e.g. a currant bun. Its use for a bread product is a secondary definition. Jock123 (talk) 16:54, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

The whole article is unhelpful because of the large number of local variations in meaning. I grew up in the English north midlands and now live in central southern England and I don't know anybody who would refer to a hot dog roll or indeed any unsweetened bread roll as a bun. I don't know anybody who calls cakes buns either. I think the bun=bread roll thing is American. It's certainly not a good idea to illustrate the bun article with a hot dog. --Ef80 (talk) 15:31, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

@Ef80: this is an old, stale thread. To some extent I share your pain. It's confusing. But Hot dog bun seems to have a lot more google news hits than "hot dog roll", for instance. And of course "hamburger bun". Oh hell, will you believe we have New England-style hot dog bun which says it can be called a roll or a bun? But I've never heard of "dinner buns", only "dinner rolls". Hard to tell the difference between a hamburger bun and a roll. We do have List of rolls but there are no hotdog rolls there!. Try the Wikiproject, see above. Doug Weller talk 16:31, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

Merge

Well, it is rather strange having 2 disambiguation pages, with one of them half an article. Simply south 17:07, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Currant bun?

Should there be a currant bun article? I reckon that if you asked a hundred British people to name a type of bun, "currant bun" would be right up near the top. Loganberry (Talk) 01:05, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

BUNFUZZ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.75.68.254 (talk) 13:22, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Sainsbury's product

Do we need to know about this? Including it's retail price? SmokeyTheCat 21:01, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

No, we do not. I replaced this stuff with a short notice (which might be superfluous still). More relevant would be the fun filling with mustard. -- Tomdo08 (talk) 13:36, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

A bun is a bun

A bun can be sweet or savoury. This title is als the most common usage. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 21:04, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Yes, I know. The word is synonymous with bread roll, a small yeast-leavened baked bread product that may contain any number of a variety of ingredients. Just like rolls, they can be sweet or savory. See Chelsea bun and cinnamon roll, hamburger bun and bulkie roll. I was attempting to re-purpose an unreferenced article covering redundant information into a page covering an overlooked category on WP. Your reaction is understandable given that I did not express my intentions before hand. Now I've simply started a new page for sweet roll. ▫ JohnnyMrNinja 21:46, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Buns redirect

Buns redirects to this article, but I think it should redirect to Buns (surname) to accommodate e.g. Johannes Buns, Benedictus Buns, and any others that might be around. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:52, 13 December 2014 (UTC) p.s. and, of course, "Golden Buns" has a special meaning in US.

Sounds reasonable, but make it a standard disambiguation page, rather than focusing it on surnames only. Reify-tech (talk) 14:16, 14 December 2014 (UTC)

Good idea. Martinevans123 (talk) 14:35, 14 December 2014 (UTC)