The North of England
From the great northern cities of York, Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield to the quiet countryside of the Lake District, Yorkshire, and the Pennines
From the great northern cities of York, Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield to the quiet countryside of the Lake District, Yorkshire, and the Pennines
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.
