While I often spice up my vocabulary with Boston vernacular (wicked, jimmies, bubbler, etc), I am quite aware that using such phrases in other parts of the country will render strange looks from the natives. However, until today I had absolutely no idea that "fudgicle" (frozen, chocolate-flavored treat on a stick) is actually spelled with an "s". Furthermore, throughout most of the universe it is pronounced as "fudgSicle".
I've tried saying "fudgSicle" out-loud and it sounds like I'm slurring. You know what they say about teaching old dogs new tricks: at this stage in my life I think I'll just let this one slide.
But seriously, did anyone else know about this? More importantly, have you ever given the fudgicle/fudgsicle debate even a moment's thought? Is this just a Boston thing or is it prevalent throughout the Northeast?
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I've always called it fudge-sicle and have been appalled on the few occaisions I heard people pronounce it "fudge-icle".
The word stems from the Latin root "pop-sicle". During the enlightenment period, our forefathers expanded our frozen treat selection by including frozen fudge, along with frozen pop. Hence pop-sicle mutated into fudge-sicle.
It's all in the 'sicle.
There is debate among the intellectual community that ice-icle lends it's name to fudge-icle but frankly I think it's all hogwash.
of course it's fudge-sickle.
other people are just stupid. why does this surprise you?
seriously though, there's a word for this in linguistics that i'm too lazy to look up right now. it has to do with inserting certain sounds to either make words easier to pronounce or more pleasing to the ear.
like people who say nuk-u-lar instead of nuk-le-ar.
of course, those people are just stupid.
:P
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