Angel-Hair; Soft Ice Cream; Pizza Bagel; Sirloin Tips

[Baker, John]

        Yes, jimmies are everywhere in Boston.  When my wife (who grew up in
suburban Boston) was in school, she learned as an example of iambic
pentameter "I'll have ice cream with jimmies on it please."

John Baker


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philip E. Cleary [SMTP:pcleary at WANS.NET]
> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 2:24 AM
> To:   ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject:      Re: Angel-Hair; Soft Ice Cream; Pizza Bagel; Sirloin Tips
>
> <Growing up in NYC it was sprinkles, and I didn't hear jimmies till I
> got to California.>
>
> If you had come to Boston, you would have heard "jimmies."
>
> Phil