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Originally Posted by The Batlord
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It is one of those regional dialects that come up every now and then. In the United States, colloquially, it is popular to use the terms "flapjacks," "pancakes," and, for some, "hotcakes", interchangeably.
However, there are differences between the 3. For example, in the United Kingdom, the term "flapjack" refers to something made from sugar, butter, and oats, and is usually served with honey. While a pancake, is fried batter made from eggs, buttermilk, and flour. A hotcake is typically the closest thing to a pancake, with the only difference being that a hotcake is smaller and thinner, meaning you cannot really fill a hotcake with anything the way you can fill a pancake.