Milk, ice cream, and flavoring are what’s in a milkshake. Somebody said earlier that frappes don’t have ice cream in them, and if that’s the case I can’t figure out what the heck would make them different from chocolate milk.
I’m sorry, I had it backwards. MILKSHAKES don’t have ice cream in them. So I guess I’m confused about what a milkshake is if it doesn’t have ice cream.
Zoe, ‘chesterfield’ has no capital in our usage. There is a chain of furniture stores in the Toronto area called “The Chesterfield Shop”, but their logo is very Seventies, and I suspect that nobody’d start a new chain by that name today.
I thought a divan was a different type of furniture from a couch–possibly the kind with a partial back and an armrest at one end only, intended for reclining langourously in old movies. It has a level seating area, unlike a chaise longue, which I believe has arms at both sides on the end, like the longer variety of lawn chair.
Nope, just in eastern Massachusetts. “Frappes” really don’t exist where I live (Springfield area). And it’s not like we just prefer to use “shake” or “milkshake”; it’s just that no one even knows the word “frappe” here.
Now Fribbles, on the other hand, are universal. 
Not to resurrect a dead thread, but I was away for the weekend+ when I was asked a direct question.
Yep, I meant scrapple. The ingredient list may not sound appetizing, but in practice, it’s very tasty! Picture a mild sausage flavor with a slightly more grainy texture. And I’d recommend ketchup on top, not syrup.
Oh, and by “wuder”, I was making fun of my accent. That’s how I pronounce “water”.
Er, ‘Fribbles’? <puzzled look>
Trade name?
And Risha, you should know that no thread is ever truly dead unless the Mods lock it.
I’m suprised another Western Pennsylvanian hasn’t checked in. Here’s what it is in my neck of the woods:
Sub: hoagie
Frappe: milkshake
Jimmies: sprinkles
Tonic: pop
Growing up as the oldest kid in a family of English immigrants presented some interesting linguistic problems. Can you imagine a kid in a small town saying she eats “Frosties” for breakfast, “crisp sandwiches” for lunch, and, as a special treat for dinner, “toad-in-the-hole”? No wonder they thought I was wierd! 
CJ
sub
milkshake (has ice cream)
sprinklies (rainbow or chocolate)
pop
ice cream in pop is called a soda or a float
chesterfield til about the end of the 70’s, now couch
(hubby still uses chesterfield but he’s from NB :))
A float is tonic with ice cream here in eastern Massachusetts. It’s always root beer and vanilla, in my experience.
So, who says glove compartment (as I do), and who says glove box, for that map-holding thingie in the dashboard of the car?
Also, is your evening meal supper (me, at home) or dinner (eating out, formal)?
I say glove box AND glove compartment. It’s dinner OR supper, interchangeable.
Sunspace, the Fribble is the brand name for the milkshakes served in Friendly’s restaurants (a western-Massachusetts-based chain eatery, quite good and known especially for their house-brand ice cream).
yummmm - friendly’s watermelon ice creamy thingy.