# The Feud: What do YOU call it? by biggirl \[game closed\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 23, 2010, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752 "2010-07-23T18:50:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/41 "2010-07-23T20:44:53Z")
1. Soda 2. Sub 3. Sprinkles 4. Tennis shoes 5. In line 6. Drinking fountain 7. Popsicle 8. Creek 9. Y’all 10. Thingie I have a feeling I totally missed #7. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/42 "2010-07-23T20:45:04Z")
1. soda 2. sub 3. sprinkles 4. sneakers 5. checkout 6. water fountain 7. sherbet 8. stream 9. you 10. whatchamacallit ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/43 "2010-07-23T20:50:00Z")
Hmm, I would never have connected ice cream -\> popsicle, but it seems I am in the minority. Are popsicles called something else regionally? I’m curious what BigGirl had in mind. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/44 "2010-07-23T20:50:26Z")
1. Soda 2. Sub 3. Sprinkles 4. Sneakers 5. Line 6. Water fountain 7. Italian ice 8. Creek 9. You 10. Thingy ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/45 "2010-07-23T20:55:37Z")
1. soda 2. sub 3. sprinkles 4. running shoes 5. line 6. fountain 7. popsicle 8. stream 9. you 10. thingy ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/46 "2010-07-23T20:55:58Z")
1. Pop 2. Sub 3. Sprinkles 4. Tennis shoes 5. Line up 6. Water Fountain 7. Sherbet 8. Stream 9. You all 10. Whatchamacallit ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/47 "2010-07-23T20:56:01Z")
1. Cola 2. Sub 3. Sprinkles 4. Sneakers 5. Checkout 6. Fountain 7. Frozen Yogurt 8. Creek 9. Y’all 10. Thing-a-ma-jig ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/48 "2010-07-23T20:57:38Z")
1. Pop 2. Submarine 3. Sprinkles 4. Running shoes 5. Line up 6. Fountain 7. Sherbet 8. Creek 9. You 10. Thingamajig (I decided to go with what I would actually call it, and not what I thought would be most popular: just for the hell of it!) ---
**Author:** ![cucuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@cucuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cucuy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/49 "2010-07-23T21:02:13Z")
1. coke 2. sub 3. chips 4. tennis 5. check-out line 6. fountain 7. popsickle 8. creek 9. us 10. whatchamacallit ---
**Author:** ![cucuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@cucuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cucuy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/50 "2010-07-23T21:07:45Z")
1. I was thinking of chocolate _chips_. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/51 "2010-07-23T21:25:29Z")
1. Coke 2. Sub sandwhich 3. sprinkles 4. running shoes 5. line 6. drinking fountain 7. popsicle 8. spring 9. you\* 10. whatchamacallit \*Though I’m from Chicago, so “youse guys” would fit. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/52 "2010-07-23T21:27:26Z")
1. Soda 2. Sub 3. sprinkles 4. sneakers 5. in the checkout line 6. drinking fountain 7. popsicle 8. stream 9. You 10. thingamajig I realize that #5 might cost me some points. I don’t care. _Waiting “ON” line_ is an idiomatic abomination, and I refuse to countenance it. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/53 "2010-07-23T21:29:59Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > I grew up calling them _grinders_. But New England is weird. In these parts, or at least in my house, “grinders” are specifically hot sub sandwiches. “Hoagies” are the cold ones. And “creek” is not spelled the way it is pronounced (“crick”). ---
**Author:** ![Monstera\_deliciosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monstera_deliciosa/32/109_2.png) [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/54 "2010-07-23T21:37:06Z")
1. Soda 2. Sub 3. Sprinkles 4. Sneakers 5. Line 6. Water fountain 7. Popsicle 8. Stream 9. You all 10. Thingamajig ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/55 "2010-07-23T21:46:09Z")
1. Soda 2. Sub 3. Sprinkles 4. Tennis shoes 5. Line 6. Fountain 7. Popsicle 8. Creek 9. Y’all 10. Thingamajig \*9 - Not what people around here say, but I’ve got Southern roots, and they run deep. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/56 "2010-07-23T21:47:01Z")
The difference between a hoagie and a sub is how the bread is sliced. A sub has one piece of bread on the bottom, then the meat and cheese and whatever, and then a separate piece of bread on the top. In a hoagie, the roll isn’t sliced all the way through, but only partly, like a hot dog bun, and then all the toppings are put inside the sliced roll. I don’t know anything about grinders, though, other than that it’s a regionalism for some sort of similar sandwich. And I might just be making this up, but a “creek” and a “crick” are two different things. A creek you can probably jump over, but a crick you can step across. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/57 "2010-07-23T22:13:30Z")
1. Soda 2. Sub 3. Sprinkles 4. Sneakers 5. Line - Now I’d say lineup 6. Water fountain 7. Ice milk 8. Creek 9. Y’all 10. Wachamacallit ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/58 "2010-07-23T22:20:31Z")
1. soda 2. sub 3. sprinkles 4. sneakers 5. line 6. drinking fountain 7. sherbet 8. creek 9. y’all 10. thing 11. ?? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/59 "2010-07-23T22:32:15Z")
1. soda 2. hero 3. sprinkles 4. sneakers 5. get on line 6. fountain 7. ices 8. stream 9. whatchamacallit ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/60 "2010-07-23T22:35:57Z")
not a lot of chatter - hmmm - I hope I make the cut. regarding number 10 - personally, I use a variety of phrases, depending on my mood: “the thing, _you_ know, the THING” thingimabob fiendish thingy whosiwhatsis also I just realized I missed number nine \ if it matters, I’d have said “youse guys” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752.md?page=4)