My husband is Boston born and bred; I'm from Seattle. I can put up with almost everything about his accent--but I cannot STAND it when he says "fudgicle"! ARGH!!! There is SO CLEARLY an "s." It's irrational, I know, but it drives me crazy.
Yeah, It is a fudgicle... I live in NY now (Mid-Hudson Valley) But I am from the Merrimack Valley and I still get bizzah looks when I ask for a frappe or a fudgicle at the ice cream stands... :-/ Sometimes I feel displaced LOL
I am originally from Buffalo, NY and I say fudgicle, my husband who is from a small town an hour south of Buffalo(Cuba, NY), insists that it is a Fudgsicle I am glad I am not the only one who says fudgicle!!
I am originally from Buffalo, NY and I say fudgicle, my husband who is from a small town an hour south of Buffalo(Cuba, NY), insists that it is a Fudgsicle I am glad I am not the only one who says fudgicle!!
Our family owned the first ice cream factory (1879) in Kansas. We have old signage which reads "fudgicle" and later signage which reads "fudgsicle". Sounds like the old timers knew what they were talking about.
I never knew it was just a boston thing too and when I heard someone say fudgeSicle on tv I thought it was supposed to be a joke so I lchuckled and noone knew why
I'm a North Carolina girl who has always pronounced it "fudgsicle". My boyfriend is from Vermont and says "fudgicle". We were grocery shopping this weekend and bought a box. The label clearly says "Fudgsicle". Now he is practicing the new pronounciation....with a southern drawl...hehe
Some linguist must have studied this, and I'd sure be curious to see the results. I grew up in Hawaii and for a long time I was the only person I knew who said "fudgicle", which I picked up from my dad, who's from Philly. I'd met a couple of people since moving away who also said it, all from Philly, so I assumed it was very localized. But, just recently, I started dating a guy from northern New Jersey, and (much to my delight) he says it too!My 2 cents: Fudgsicle is the brand; fudgicle is what the things are called, depending on geography :-)
I was just teasing my sister-n-law from Hamtramck, MI. She and her entire family say Fudgicle. So I decided to go on the internet and prove to her I was right, however I have found that she is not the only one. Sorry Leanne.It is really Fudgsicle, but I will let her slide now.
I have an old "Fudgicle" bag/wrapper from the 1930's. I also have a "Fudgsicle" bag from 1960's. Somewhere along the way it was changed to conform the the parent company (Popsicle Corp) spelling.
I'm originally from West Virginia and now living in Richmond, VA. My wife is from just north of Boston in Danvers, MA, and we have long argued (jokingly) about the pronunciation of fudgicle/fudgsicle. I was incredulous the first few times I heard her say "fudgicle" as there is very clearly an "s" in the word; however, we were eating in a local diner last week and saw an old Borden's Ice Cream sign with the word "fudgicle" on it. I immediately apologized to my wife and conceded that she had benn correct all along. Fudgsicle" is clearly a brand name for a product that started out as "fudgicle" generations ago.
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By D (not verified) - 4/9/04 - 3:26 pm
We just called them "fudgies"
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By kerry (not verified) - 6/5/04 - 12:17 pm
Its not fudicle.. its fudgicle
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By Laura (not verified) - 10/31/04 - 1:10 pm
Yep. It's fudgicle.
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By Bill (not verified) - 10/31/04 - 7:29 pm
I thot it was "fudgicle" everwheah, not just Bahstan.
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By Sarah (not verified) - 3/10/05 - 2:24 pm
wow i thought my dad was the only person who said fudgicle. now that i know it's a boston thing, i feel beter.
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By Betsy (not verified) - 3/23/05 - 10:49 pm
My husband is Boston born and bred; I'm from Seattle. I can put up with almost everything about his accent--but I cannot STAND it when he says "fudgicle"! ARGH!!! There is SO CLEARLY an "s." It's irrational, I know, but it drives me crazy.
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By Lorraine (not verified) - 4/25/05 - 6:54 pm
Hey! I'm from NY...and I say Fudgicle too!!!!!! Not just a Boston Thing...May be a Bronx thing too!!!!
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By James (not verified) - 6/23/05 - 2:57 am
Yeah, It is a fudgicle... I live in NY now (Mid-Hudson Valley) But I am from the Merrimack Valley and I still get bizzah looks when I ask for a frappe or a fudgicle at the ice cream stands... :-/ Sometimes I feel displaced LOL
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By Ann Marie (not verified) - 4/4/06 - 6:50 pm
I am originally from Buffalo, NY and I say fudgicle, my husband who is from a small town an hour south of Buffalo(Cuba, NY), insists that it is a Fudgsicle I am glad I am not the only one who says fudgicle!!
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By Ann Marie (not verified) - 4/4/06 - 6:50 pm
I am originally from Buffalo, NY and I say fudgicle, my husband who is from a small town an hour south of Buffalo(Cuba, NY), insists that it is a Fudgsicle I am glad I am not the only one who says fudgicle!!
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By Da Man (not verified) - 5/23/06 - 7:20 am
I'm from Australia and I say "fudgicle" so maybe it isn't just restricted to the US??
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By greg (not verified) - 12/19/06 - 4:08 pm
Our family owned the first ice cream factory (1879) in Kansas. We have old signage which reads "fudgicle" and later signage which reads "fudgsicle". Sounds like the old timers knew what they were talking about.
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By Lorrie (not verified) - 1/21/07 - 9:58 pm
I never knew it was just a boston thing too and when I heard someone say fudgeSicle on tv I thought it was supposed to be a joke so I lchuckled and noone knew why
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By Robin (not verified) - 2/20/07 - 11:38 pm
I'm a North Carolina girl who has always pronounced it "fudgsicle". My boyfriend is from Vermont and says "fudgicle". We were grocery shopping this weekend and bought a box. The label clearly says "Fudgsicle". Now he is practicing the new pronounciation....with a southern drawl...hehe
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By kate (not verified) - 5/6/07 - 10:51 pm
There is supposed to be an S in fudgicle? Until this very minute I thought I was saying it right!Kate (Merrimack Valley area)
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By Amy (not verified) - 8/1/07 - 11:55 pm
Some linguist must have studied this, and I'd sure be curious to see the results. I grew up in Hawaii and for a long time I was the only person I knew who said "fudgicle", which I picked up from my dad, who's from Philly. I'd met a couple of people since moving away who also said it, all from Philly, so I assumed it was very localized. But, just recently, I started dating a guy from northern New Jersey, and (much to my delight) he says it too!My 2 cents: Fudgsicle is the brand; fudgicle is what the things are called, depending on geography :-)
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By Alan (not verified) - 8/7/07 - 3:09 pm
A variation I heard, growing up in Fa'haven, pronounced the "g" more softly like soft "zh" or "szh". Fuzhicle.
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By Andrea (not verified) - 2/22/08 - 4:29 pm
I was just teasing my sister-n-law from Hamtramck, MI. She and her entire family say Fudgicle. So I decided to go on the internet and prove to her I was right, however I have found that she is not the only one. Sorry Leanne.It is really Fudgsicle, but I will let her slide now.
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By Larry (not verified) - 7/12/08 - 2:28 pm
I have an old "Fudgicle" bag/wrapper from the 1930's. I also have a "Fudgsicle" bag from 1960's. Somewhere along the way it was changed to conform the the parent company (Popsicle Corp) spelling.
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By anon (not verified) - 10/18/09 - 7:40 pm
I'm originally from West Virginia and now living in Richmond, VA. My wife is from just north of Boston in Danvers, MA, and we have long argued (jokingly) about the pronunciation of fudgicle/fudgsicle. I was incredulous the first few times I heard her say "fudgicle" as there is very clearly an "s" in the word; however, we were eating in a local diner last week and saw an old Borden's Ice Cream sign with the word "fudgicle" on it. I immediately apologized to my wife and conceded that she had benn correct all along. Fudgsicle" is clearly a brand name for a product that started out as "fudgicle" generations ago.