Enit
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Post by Enit on Aug 3, 2006 16:10:13 GMT -5
At orientation I ran into some communication troubles... I'm a New Englander, and like most parts of the Anglo-speaking world we've developed our own terminology. (Not to mention our awesome accents, "Do you pahk the cah in hahvahd yahd?")... And apparently the majority of our different terms involve ice cream...
So I was wondering what other people call Jimmies, and frappes... This has been bothering me for some time, and seeing as I'm going to school in the Newark-New York Megapolis, I have the feeling no one is going to get my order right at the Ice Cream Stand.
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Post by Christopher on Aug 3, 2006 17:38:18 GMT -5
Umm...I had to look it up for ya, but I think Jimmies are called sprinkles and Frappes aaaarrrreeee...I don't really know....what we call them, my coffee-like treat terminology is next to nothing...
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Post by Vorchia on Aug 4, 2006 8:43:29 GMT -5
Enit, it'd help if your gave a definition of the slang words whose translation to other slang/languages you want, I never heard of Frappies blut Flappy (pronounciated flapee) is a popular name for rabbits over here. As for jimmies, NOT a clue!
I really don't study slang, to keep up with the ever changing 'slang' vocabularies from different parts of the English speaking world would take a lifetime of devoted study I fear.
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Post by Azonthus on Aug 4, 2006 9:16:42 GMT -5
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Post by Vorchia on Aug 4, 2006 11:07:20 GMT -5
I don't drink milkshake but in the Netherlands they simply copied the english word. If you want a milkshake in the Netherlands, just ask for a milkshake, there is no other word for it in the Dutch language. As for sprinkles, the verb 'to dip', 'dippen' in Dutch, gets turned into a noun 'dip' so we use the word 'dip', 'discodip' (tiny brightly colored sugar balls in), nootjes dip (nuts or cookiecrumbs), chocolade dip (yes chocolate). Answer enough?  |
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Enit
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Post by Enit on Aug 4, 2006 17:06:27 GMT -5
It's interesting because everyone says Jimmies is a New England term, but last summer in Mexico I met a kid from Australia who used the term Jimmies also... How amusing...
A milkshake, does it have ice cream in it? Here we have milkshakes that are syrup and milk shaken, while a frappe is syrup, milk & ice cream (or just milk & ice cream).
Why I'm so fascinated with ice cream terms may have something to do with the weather. Or maybe I'm just crazy...
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