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

[Frank Abate]

The Brit term for sprinkles/jimmies/shots is "hundreds and thousands".

Frank Abate

-----Original Message-----
From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf
Of Laurence Horn
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 11:49 PM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: Angel-Hair; Soft Ice Cream; Pizza Bagel; Sirloin Tips


>>...the 86th St. variety offers sprinkles. ...
>
>Have we been through the distribution of sprinkles vs. jimmies?
>Growing up in NYC it was sprinkles, and I didn't hear jimmies till I
>got to California.
>
>Rima

and then there are "shots".

larry