Fwd: Re: Popsicle

[Wilson Gray]

Yes, Bill. That was exactly what I had in mind. Did y'all also save
the sticks - from whatever -cicle source - to make lattice-like
doodads used and useful for nothing in particular?

How about the frozen-malted-milk-ish confection that came in a
Dixie-ish cup and with stick? You rubbed the cup between your palms to
separate the confection from the cup, stuck the -cicle-type stick into
the stuff, and discarded the cup. It had a brand-name: Cho-Cho.

-Wilson

On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Bill Palmer <w_a_palmer at bellsouth.net> wrote:
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> In answer to Wilson, Creamsicles (if you mean vanilla ice cream center w/ an
> outer layer of orange sherbet, on a stick) were very popular in Norfolk VA,
> where I grew up.
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>> From Wilson.
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>> Damien
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>> Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 16:56:17 -0400
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>> FWIW, I've always imagined it to be a blend of _(soda)pop(-like)
>> [i]cicle_. Since I came up with this around the age of six, if others
>> find it unlikely, I won't be at all surprised. Were there Creamcicles
>> elsewhere than in Saint Louis?
>>
>> -Wilson
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>> On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Damien Hall <djh514 at york.ac.uk> wrote:
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>>> My first Twitter-inspired ADSL query: the origins of _popsicle_ (which I
>>> now learn is a trademarked name).
>>>
>>> One of the people I follow mentions the story that the word comes from
>>> the
>>> inventor's children, who called it "Pop's sicle"; the inventor, Frank
>>> Epperson, had apparently called it an _epsicle_, presumably a blend of
>>>
>>> <ep>(-person) + (i-)<sicle>.
>>>
>>> OED is 'uncertain', saying it's possibly
>>>
>>> (lolli-)<pop> + (i-)<sicle>
>>>
>>> (the usual BrE name for these things is 'ice lolly', presumably an
>>> abbreviation of 'lollipop')
>>>
>>> The online version of MW that I have access to says nothing about the
>>> possible etymology, nor does Barry Popik's website. As I don't know about
>>> food etymology, but 'I know a man who does', I'm copying Barry in here
>>> (with the address he used when he was a member of the list) in case he
>>> has
>>> any comments; anyone else? The "Pop's sicle" story seems to me possible
>>> but
>>> unlikely, as too convenient!
>>>
>>> Damien
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