Popsicle
Paul Johnston
paul.johnston at WMICH.EDU
Sun Apr 4 21:26:44 UTC 2010
I (and my parents)said that too! Maybe Fudgicle is a Northeastern
thing.
Paul Johnston
On Apr 4, 2010, at 11:09 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:
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> At 1:17 AM -0400 4/4/10, victor steinbok wrote:
>> I am still trying to figure out why there are so many references to
>> Epperson coining Creamsicle, Fudgesicle, etc.
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> Was it just me and people I knew who never pronounced the "s" in the
> latter? It was always "Fudgicle", and I was surprised the first time
> I read the package to see that it was technically "Fudgesicle". No
> such problems with the other (cream, corpse) varieties. I guess if
> we start from "icicle" the process is similar to that for the
> -((c)o)holic family.
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> LH
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