# Regional names for products **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 8, 2002, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-names-for-products/127528 "2002-09-08T11:17:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2002, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-names-for-products/127528/21 "2002-09-09T19:13:10Z")
US: Sweatshirt = sweatshirt Jumper = little girl’s dress (sometimes adults wear them too, but it is ususally feminine garb). Australia: Jumper = sweatshirt (And you can find them in the MEN’S section). ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2002, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-names-for-products/127528/22 "2002-09-09T21:53:57Z")
US Milky Way (fluffy nougat w/caramel, dipped in milk chocolate) US Mars Bar (fluffy nougat, almonds, milk chocolate) UK/Ireland Mars Bar = US Milky Way dunno if there is a UK/Ireland equivalent to the US Mars Bar Once upon a time a US Marathon bar was a fabulous construction of braided caramel covered in chocolate, but they are no more. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2002, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-names-for-products/127528/23 "2002-09-09T23:56:32Z")
My favorite is Wisconsin’s **bubbler** – called a water fountain most other places in the U.S. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2002, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-names-for-products/127528/24 "2002-09-09T23:58:47Z")
The only time I have ever been east of the Mississippi River, all I brought home to my mother was a jar of Hellmann’s mayo. Of course, it is Best Foods here in the west. And in my house, no Coke, its Pepsi. ---
**Author:** ![Roadwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-names-for-products/127528/25 "2002-09-10T00:22:10Z")
In Hawaii a sno cone is shave ice. Except on the Big Island (Hawaii) where it’s ice shave. ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-names-for-products/127528/26 "2002-09-10T00:49:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Boscibo \* > \*\*US: Sweatshirt = sweatshirt > Jumper = little girl’s dress (sometimes adults wear them too, but it is ususally feminine garb). > > Australia: Jumper = sweatshirt (And you can find them in the MEN’S section). \*\* Jumper = Woollen knitted top either with V or round neck. Sweatshirt = Windcheater (generally not wool, but some synthetic). From the Aussie. ---
**Author:** ![Tsubaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@Tsubaki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tsubaki)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-names-for-products/127528/27 "2002-09-10T06:09:24Z")
In Western Australia, bolony (you know, the processed meat) is called polony, but in Sydney its called devon. The clothes you wear swimming are called bathers in WA, but my Sydney friend calls them cozzies and my mate in Melbourne calls them togs. Thongs are flip flops. Nappies are diapers. Utes are pick-up trucks. Prawns are shrimp. I could go on and on. ---
**Author:** ![Melandry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Melandry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melandry)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-names-for-products/127528/28 "2002-09-10T11:43:03Z")
I think tonic as a New England/Massachusetts/Boston mannerism may be dying out, as I’ve rarely heard it used by anyone younger than 30 or so. The grocery aisle, though, is indeed labelled ‘tonic’ still. In Maine, where I grew up, we said soda. Then, I moved to Iowa and was trained to say ‘pop’ as a side effect of my food service job (Asking “Soda with that?” produced blank stares). It was there, also that I learnt that a Maine grocery bag is more often than not a ‘sack’ in Iowa. To the point that I got blank stares when I asked if folks wanted their groceries in a bag. The verb bagging, as far as I remember, was used though, and the employees whose job it was were usually called baggers, not sackers. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-names-for-products/127528/29 "2002-09-10T12:01:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Caught@Work \* > \*\* > Jumper = Woollen knitted top either with V or round neck. > Sweatshirt = Windcheater (generally not wool, but some synthetic). > > From the Aussie. \*\* Ahhh. I remember that conversation (that was with you, C@W, right?), but forgot the particulars. So what you guys call jumpers, we up here call sweaters - no matter what they’re made of. For example, a knitted cotton top would also fall into the sweater category. Smooth, close knit fabric = sweatshirt (casual wear); rough, loose knitted fabric= sweater (usually dressier). And despite being in Wisconsin, I have never heard a water fountain called a “bubbler”. I think that term skipped this area of the state. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-names-for-products/127528/30 "2002-09-10T13:02:49Z")
Intro to Pittsburghese, product division: Sammich = sandwich Jumbo = bologna. A jumbo sammich is not a large sammich. Gumbands = rubber bands Arn = Iron City beer. An Imp 'n Arn is a boilermaker with Imperial whisky and Iron City. Tahn Taak = Town Talk bread Rubbers = galoshes. My grandma always told my grandfather to wear rubbers in the rain. Cracked me right up. ---
**Author:** ![katiekilldare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@katiekilldare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katiekilldare)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-names-for-products/127528/31 "2002-09-10T14:35:37Z")
I lived in Arkansas for a little while, and I heard more than a few people call _Vienna Sausages_ “Vie-eenie Weenies”. ---
**Author:** ![Burnt\_Sugar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@Burnt\_Sugar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burnt_Sugar)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-names-for-products/127528/32 "2002-09-10T14:45:04Z")
> [@](#): > > The clothes you wear swimming are called bathers in WA, but my Sydney friend calls them cozzies and my mate in Melbourne calls them togs. Well, I’m from Queensland and we call them “swimmers”. > [@](#): > > Jumper = Woollen knitted top either with V or round neck. > Sweatshirt = Windcheater (generally not wool, but some synthetic). > > From the Aussie. A jumper to me is anything warm with long sleeves, cotton or wool or anything. Can’t button up the front though. > [@](#): > > Rubbers = galoshes. My grandma always told my grandfather to wear rubbers in the rain. I call these rain boots > [@](#): > > There is always the lovely “jimmies” or “sprinkles” debate. Here we call them “hundreds and thousands” or sprinkles. > [@](#): > > My favorite is Wisconsin’s bubbler – called a water fountain most other places in the U.S. I call one of those a “drink tap.” I have heard it called a bubbler though. And we call soda “soft drink”. I think people in Melbourne call backpacks or school bags “ports”. We (in Qld) call our shelves-for-holding-bags “port racks”, so it must have come from somewhere. In Qld we also call cardboard fruit juice box thingys “poppers”. Maybe because we like blowing them up and jumping on them (they pop). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![katie1341](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-names-for-products/127528/33 "2002-09-10T21:40:21Z")
In Georgia, people say “I’m going to carry this…” instead of “I’m going to take this…” even when they are referring to giving someone a ride. Eg, “Can you carry me to the mall?” I never heard paper clips referred to as “gem clips” until I moved to GA. And no one ever calls the police- they call “the law”. I also call Christmas tree ornaments “baubles”- my family always has, they’re from WV and KY, I 'd be interested to know if any other WV or KY dopers do this. ---
**Author:** ![Doubting\_Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@Doubting\_Robert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doubting_Robert)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-names-for-products/127528/34 "2002-09-10T22:08:26Z")
In most parts of the US - Quaker Oats In parts of Pennsylvania (I think) - Mothers Oats ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Garrison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Mr.Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-names-for-products/127528/35 "2002-09-11T06:15:13Z")
Welcome, fellow Ky newbie, to SDMB! If any of you come to the midwest, ask for a “bag” instead of a “sack” because here we use that word in a different context… Also of note…When I visited Wheeling, West Virginia I heard them say “lift the door” instead of “close the door” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Garrison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Mr.Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-names-for-products/127528/36 "2002-09-11T06:19:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by katie1341 \* > \*\*And no one ever calls the police- they call “the law”. \*\* I call them “pigs!” LOL ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Garrison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Mr.Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-names-for-products/127528/37 "2002-09-11T06:20:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by katie1341 \* > \*\*And no one ever calls the police- they call “the law”. \*\* I call them “pigs!” 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-names-for-products/127528.md?page=1)