fudg(s)icle

[Laurence Horn]

At 10:21 AM -0400 7/11/03, Frank Abate wrote:
>
>But they DO say "jimmies" in SE Mass for the stuff you sprinkle on or dip
>ice cream into, as in the Boston area.  They also say "fudg-icle" for the TM
>ice-cream-like product, with no "s", and think you weird if you say
>"fudgsicle", even though it is spelled that way right on the wrapper, and
>the rest of the country says it as it is spelled.

It's often pronounced "fudgicle" in the New York area--and even in
south-central Connecticut, if not by Frank!

larry