James Silverton wrote:
> I'd have thought that a long time reader of this International ng
> would have noticed that "hob" is the British word for cook top.
> Strangely enough, even if I did grow up in Britain, I never remember
> using "hob".

Well I am in UK and I call it a hob! The hob is the bit you cook with your
pans on. ie not the oven!