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I'm actually not a popsicle person; I love chocolate - does a fudgsicle count?!
slayground: Interview: Bev Katz Rosenbaum Little Willow 2006
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Several minutes later he sat on the sofa sucking noisily on a fudgsicle, tears drying, having related his ordeal to his father.
Six Sentences 2008
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Knowing them has a tendency to stop making a difference if you can’t give them a reason to stay, or at least bribe them with a fudgsicle.
john commented on the word fudgsicle
Can't believe I'm the first to list this. I just ate four of them.
I love a good fudgsicle, but it's kind of a gross word when you think that it's basically a contraction of "fudge icicle." Sounds like something you find in an Alaskan outhouse.
June 30, 2008
skipvia commented on the word fudgsicle
Right next to the banana stalactite, John.
But only in the winter...
June 30, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word fudgsicle
Skipvia, we all know Alaska doesn't exist. So why do you go on pretending you live there?
June 30, 2008
skipvia commented on the word fudgsicle
Shhh. We're trying to keep it a secret. Most of the folks in the lower 48 don't know we're part of the US, and we like it that way.
It's all a state of mind, anyway.
June 30, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word fudgsicle
I love "the lower 48". Not many people can use that - well, just those who pretend to live in Alaska.
June 30, 2008
yarb commented on the word fudgsicle
I've been to Alaska, and I'm still not convinced it's real.
June 30, 2008
skipvia commented on the word fudgsicle
Pro--we've suggested that the folks in the lower 48 refer to Alaska as "the upper 1," but for some reason it has never caught on.
Yarb--I wake up every morning wondering about that myself.
June 30, 2008
bilby commented on the word fudgsicle
If you don't believe Alaska exists, you'll just have to make one .
June 30, 2008
asativum commented on the word fudgsicle
What, you mean Alaskans don't really refer to the Lower 48 as "Outside," like Alaska magazine does?
I did hear "down south" a lot when I was there, usually meaning Seattle.
June 30, 2008
reesetee commented on the word fudgsicle
If the continental U.S. is the lower 48, what's Hawaii? The lower 1?
John, I like this word, unless it's mispronounced as "fudgicle." *shudder* I always thought it was a contraction of "fudge popsicle," though.
June 30, 2008
skipvia commented on the word fudgsicle
"Outside" means anywhere that is not Alaska, not just the lower 48. Asativum is correct in that "down south" usually refers to going to Seattle, since you typically have to go there to get anywhere else.
In Alaska, we refer to Hawaii as "Hawaii."
June 30, 2008
reesetee commented on the word fudgsicle
That's odd. In Pennsylvania, we also refer to Hawaii as "Hawaii."
July 1, 2008
dontcry commented on the word fudgsicle
Ditto for Maryland, although sometimes we refer to Pennsylvania as "P.A."
July 1, 2008
reesetee commented on the word fudgsicle
That's okay. In Pennsylvania, we also refer to Pennsylvania as "PA."
July 1, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word fudgsicle
I'm totally freaked out. In Virginia, we also refer to Hawaii as "Hawaii." What is UP with this?!
July 1, 2008
reesetee commented on the word fudgsicle
It's enough to give me the howling fantods.
July 1, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word fudgsicle
I can't help you, c_b, I don't really know what U.P. is for.
July 1, 2008
skipvia commented on the word fudgsicle
So, how do you refer to New Jersey? I used to favor "the nation's armpit," but that was before I spent a delightful week in Cape May earlier this spring.
July 1, 2008
skipvia commented on the word fudgsicle
Pro, someone from Michigan would tell you that U.P. means the Upper Peninsula--that part of the state that's separated from the rest of it by Lake Michigan. I'd suggest it feels more like Canada than the US, eh?
July 1, 2008
pterodactyl commented on the word fudgsicle
In Hawaii, they refer to Hawaii as "Hawai'i". Or so I've heard.
July 1, 2008
yarb commented on the word fudgsicle
I wonder Hawaii they do that.
July 1, 2008
rolig commented on the word fudgsicle
Sorry guys if I am interrupting your toponymic digression to comment on the word at hand, but shouldn't "fudgsicle" be spelled "fudgesicle"? Is the silent "e" being dropped by analogy with the curious American spellings of words like judgment and acknowledgment (can't think of any more at the moment)? I find these spellings curious because it's that silent "e" that makes the -dg- soft (i.e. pronounced like a "j").
By the way, if we take the etymology of icicle ("ice" + "ickle") as the model, then the word should indeed be fudgicle (sorry, reesetee!).
That's all, folks. Resume.
July 1, 2008
bilby commented on the word fudgsicle
I don't mind rollie, just as long as Arlo Guthrie can make it rhyme with motorcycle.
Hawaii's not so much upper or lower as a long way west. It's sider.
July 1, 2008
reesetee commented on the word fudgsicle
Skipvia: You were in Cape May and didn't call?? Hmph.
Rolig: Fudgsicle is a brand name (from the company that makes Popsicles), so fudgicle is right out. Hmph.
Oh, and those of us in PA living near New Jersey call it "Jersey." When we're not cursing it, that is. ;-)
July 1, 2008
dontcry commented on the word fudgsicle
rolig - as a curious American myself ;-) I always spell them "judgement" and "acknowledgement."
As for the frozen treat, my parents and grandparents pronounce it: "fudge-ickle." I did as well until I left home and got "schooled." Now I 'say' "fudge-sickle" -- but I don't know how I spell it 'cause I never do...
July 1, 2008
dontcry commented on the word fudgsicle
I'm not a fan of Jersey. New or otherwise. Maybe it's because I lived there, once. Worst beach ever. *shuddering*
July 1, 2008
plethora commented on the word fudgsicle
Down under, I like to think of all of you as "America". Just sayin'.
And I'm not sure what this fudgsicle of which you speak is, but it sounds to me like a chocolate paddle pop.
July 1, 2008
bilby commented on the word fudgsicle
You said it pleth.
July 1, 2008
reesetee commented on the word fudgsicle
Sounds like pretty much the same thing, pleth--chocolate ice creamish stuff on a stick? Usually tastes like freezer? :-)
July 1, 2008
plethora commented on the word fudgsicle
Yeah, that's about it. Except for the freezer taste. Paddle pops taste like nirvana on a stick.
July 1, 2008