iced tea

[A. Maberry]

Not necessarily a southernism. I've always refered to it as "ice tea" and
have always heard it pronounced that way, although I've seen "iced" and
"ice tea" in print, but have no idea which predominates--at least in the
Pacific Northwest.

allen
maberry at u.washington.edu

On Mon, 2 Aug 1999, Jessie Emerson wrote:

> My gut feeling is that "ice tea" is a southernism, and not something that is
> written very often; i.e., you go into a restaurant and order "ice tea" (the
> d and the t becoming indistinguishable).  These same people may write it
> either way, with or without the d.  And it seems from Nexis that "iced tea"
> is the predominate written form.
>
> Conversely, if it is a southernism, the d of "iced" is never pronounced,
> even though the speaker may write it with the d.
>
> Jessie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Barnhart <ADS-L at HIGHLANDS.COM>
> To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 3:11 PM
> Subject: iced tea
>
>
> > My curiosity has been stirred up.  In one of Popik's recent quotations
> > there is a reference to ice tea being more common in Texas.
> >
> > >     "So much tea is consumed here year-round that you might even call
> > iced
> > >tea 'the national beverage of Texas.'  Historically, it is called
> > 'ice' tea
> > >in Texas.  Iced tea was created by an Indian tea merchant who couldn't
> > sell
> > >his hot tea at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904."
> > >--"Tea Pleasures," HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 26 July 1995.
> >
> > I have not found any reference yet in dialect dictionaries as to the
> > dialect variation of ice vs. iced tea.
> >
> > DAE has only iced tea.
> > DA has only iced tea.
> > WU3 has iced tea as the main entry and ice tea with a cross reference.
> > OED has no reference to either.
> > OEDs has no reference to either.
> > Cent. Dict. has only iced tea.
> > DARE has no reference to either.
> > AmDiDic has no reference to either.
> >
> > Nexis shows 24,500 articles for iced tea
> > Nexis shows   4,200 articles for ice tea.
> >
> > Has anyone a feeling for possible geographical or social distribution
> > for these two terms?
> >
> > Regards,
> > David K. Barnhart
> > barnhart at highlands.com
>