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Just to clarify...in Boston we call it a "BUBBLA" ...

That's funny. I always thought Bubbler was a Wisconsin thing. We have Kohler Co. in Wis. and I believe they may have made the first Bubbler......might be wrong though.

A frappe is a Boston-ism for a milkshake.
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Soda was also known as "tonic" (in Boston back in the day, anyway).
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Serviettes when asking for what is also called napkins

That is funny
 

Can't wait to share with my Boston friends...giggle, giggle, snort, snort!

Where are they called this?

Lake Ontario area...we also call erasers rubbers...a no, no down here.

Must have British background for soda. A soda for us always came with ice cream and the plain old word, pop, was a can of soda pop. Fish and chips always meant French fries, chips didn't meant potato chips.

A couple more from New Orleans

Makin' groceries......grocery shopping
Pass a good time......have fun

Serviettes (obviously a French word) is used all over the European continent as a dinner napkin.

Napkin is a female sanitary product ................... I found out the hard way when living there! Diaper is also known as a nappy.

And, on that note, I am out of here for the rest of the day.:icon_wink:

Growing up in CT, we called roundabouts "rotaries".
You can tell a person is from California if you ask them how far it is to a particular destination and the reply is "about 20 minutes".

Thanks - very interesting.

Never really thought about it, but oh so true. Anything that takes less than an hour is close by. One to three hours is possible. Over three is a distance. I think it comes from the fact that five miles can take an hour on the right ? freeway. We Californians have no problem with distances, just value our time.

And not sure where I learned it (definitely not California) but I used to call roundabouts circles or traffic circles.

Stay off the Van Wyck and the BQE-they're backed up as always.