My 94-year-old grandmother from the Northeast still calls water fountains “bubblers” and sprinkles (like you’d put on ice cream) “jimmies.” I have no idea if these are old-timey words or just #regional.
I vote regional. I’m in MA and I still here both used frequently.
My 94-year-old grandmother from the Northeast still calls water fountains “bubblers” and sprinkles (like you’d put on ice cream) “jimmies.” I have no idea if these are old-timey words or just #regional.
I vote regional. I’m in MA and I still here both used frequently.
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Interesting! I thought bubbler was unique to Wisconsin, because of its connection to the Kohler product of that name!
Same with jimmies, although here only the chocolate ones are jimmies. The multicolored ones are sprinkles. I have a recipe for a really delicious jimmy cake.
My dad had a wingback chair just like this when I was a kid. My mom had a weird name for it but for the life of me, I can’t remember it. Can anyone come up for a name for this, other than a wingback?
My dad had a wingback chair just like this when I was a kid. My mom had a weird name for it but for the life of me, I can’t remember it. Can anyone come up for a name for this, other than a wingback?
My 94-year-old grandmother from the Northeast still calls water fountains “bubblers” and sprinkles (like you’d put on ice cream) “jimmies.” I have no idea if these are old-timey words or just #regional.
I vote regional. I’m in MA and I still here both used frequently.
jimmies v sprinkles is def regional. It was jimmies where I grew up in Phila but sprinkles in SF
"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny
I still say supper. I grew up in a farming community where dinner was the noon meal and the biggest meal of the day. Supper was lighter and in the evening.
This is the right answer. “Dinner” refers to the biggest meal of the day (which is why you say Thanksgiving dinner or Christmas dinner no matter what time you serve it.) “Supper” is the evening meal.
Most of us tend to eat our largest meal in the evening, so dinner became the standard word we use colloquially.
I vote regional. I’m in MA and I still here both used frequently.
p
Interesting! I thought bubbler was unique to Wisconsin, because of its connection to the Kohler product of that name!
Same with jimmies, although here only the chocolate ones are jimmies. The multicolored ones are sprinkles. I have a recipe for a really delicious jimmy cake.
My 94-year-old grandmother from the Northeast still calls water fountains “bubblers” and sprinkles (like you’d put on ice cream) “jimmies.” I have no idea if these are old-timey words or just #regional.
I vote regional. I’m in MA and I still here both used frequently.
Another vote for regional (plus “rubbish” and “tonic” as pps mentioned). But the correct pronunciation for the first one is “bubblah.”
I vote regional. I’m in MA and I still here both used frequently.
p
Interesting! I thought bubbler was unique to Wisconsin, because of its connection to the Kohler product of that name!
Same with jimmies, although here only the chocolate ones are jimmies. The multicolored ones are sprinkles. I have a recipe for a really delicious jimmy cake.
My mother said slacks - dressy pants... we also had a chesterfield. Lol
Patios have been called bridges too, which I hate. A bridge is over water, not my lawn!
Dandelions were known as “Piss da beds” and dragonflies were horseflies or horse stingers.
what? Horseflies are a completely different thing! Is that regional too? What do you call those giant flies that bite you at the beach? My mind is blown by this
I still say supper. I grew up in a farming community where dinner was the noon meal and the biggest meal of the day. Supper was lighter and in the evening.
We had the same. Breakfast, dinner (bigger) at midday, supper (lighter) at about 5 or 6, then lunch before bed (something lighter like cereal or toast, usually)
Dinner was only on Sunday, later than lunch on the other days but still in the early ish afternoon.
Post by basilosaurus on Aug 10, 2020 23:56:58 GMT -5
I still call it a ditty bag. I grew up in a boating family, and grandpa had been in the merchant marines. There's a small shop that used to make bags out of sail canvas for many decades (sadly entirely blown away last summer in a massive hurricane). They called them ditty bags, too. But for them it was generic for small bags, not just toiletries. H also says ditty for his toiletries bag, and he's AF.
S Floridians tend to use multiple words interchangeably because of it having so many transplants. I know I've heard lots of these used, and not just by old timey people.
what? Horseflies are a completely different thing! Is that regional too? What do you call those giant flies that bite you at the beach? My mind is blown by this
Dragonfly. =/=. Horsefly
Lol, that one was pretty specific to my mother. She hated all insects, and called dragon flies horsestingers, because they were as big as horses. Some of her family said the same thing, or called them horseflies.