snowglobes? snowdomes?

[Jonathan Lighter]

Don't know about pre-1950, but during that decade three generations of my family called 'em "those paperweights with the fake snow inside."

Industry insiders undoubtedly knew what to call them, but I never noticed "snowglobe"  *or* "snowdome" till the 1980s.

The level of my benightedness is not in dispute.  But were others at a similar loss for words?

JL
Sam Clements <SClements at NEO.RR.COM> wrote:
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You know. Those things that your grandmother had, the glass ball on a =
stand, that had stuff inside that, when inverted or shaken, caused the =
snow to fall through the liquid, perhaps around a scene.

We have a column by Unca Cecil over at Straight Dope and some comments =
from members there. =
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=3D307759

My question is: What were these things commonly called in the 1900-1950 =
period, and are they known as something else in the last 20 years.

Sam Clements


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