Regional sandwich names

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Re: Wedge
I grew up in Rockland County (which is not "upstate" by the way) and never heard the term wedge in reference to a sandwich. It was always hero.

Re: Wedge
I grew up in Rockland County (which is not "upstate" by the way) and never heard the term wedge in reference to a sandwich. It was always hero.

In North Jersey it was always a hero or a sub. Sub didn't really start in til Subway started popping up. Or just a plain ol sandwich would often be the terminology. Never heard anyone from the Bergen County, NJ/Rockland County, NY area ever call it a hoagie or a wedge.

In North Jersey it was always a hero or a sub. Sub didn't really start in til Subway started popping up. Or just a plain ol sandwich would often be the terminology. Never heard anyone from the Bergen County, NJ/Rockland County, NY area ever call it a hoagie or a wedge.

arock75 wrote: Re: Wedge
I grew up in Rockland County (which is not "upstate" by the way)

Hah! I laugh any time I hear someone refer to Rockland as upstate. I'd barely consider Orange or Dutches "upstate".

arock75 wrote: Re: Wedge
I grew up in Rockland County (which is not "upstate" by the way)

Hah! I laugh any time I hear someone refer to Rockland as upstate. I'd barely consider Orange or Dutches "upstate".

Yeah it's ridiculous. Sometimes when people ask where I am from I tell them Rockland and they give me a puzzled look and then ask if that is somewhere in Jersey or Westchester. I try to explain where Rockland is in relation to the city with the Hudson River as a reference and that doesn't always work, maybe I will start carrying a little map in my wallet. I don't know why but I am very sensitive about being referred to as "upstate".

Yeah it's ridiculous. Sometimes when people ask where I am from I tell them Rockland and they give me a puzzled look and then ask if that is somewhere in Jersey or Westchester. I try to explain where Rockland is in relation to the city with the Hudson River as a reference and that doesn't always work, maybe I will start carrying a little map in my wallet. I don't know why but I am very sensitive about being referred to as "upstate".

"Jimmys" are chocolate sprinkles on ice cream and a "bubbler" (pronounced, "bub-luh") is a drinking fountain....at least in Massachusetts.

arock75 wrote: Yeah it's ridiculous. Sometimes when people ask where I am from I tell them Rockland and they give me a puzzled look and then ask if that is somewhere in Jersey or Westchester. I try to explain where Rockland is in relation to the city with the Hudson River as a reference and that doesn't always work, maybe I will start carrying a little map in my wallet. I don't know why but I am very sensitive about being referred to as "upstate".

The minute you cross the northern border of the Bronx you are upstate.

arock75 wrote: I don't know why but I am very sensitive about being referred to as "upstate".

No I totally get it. It's not upstate. It's very much downstate. Anything north of West Point I'm ok with calling upstate I think. Especially Rockland though cause I'm from about 4 minutes from the Rockland/Bergen border and if Rockland is upstate I'd like to known how much of NY they've crammed underneath Orangeburg Road to warrant such.

I will not take your bait Carnivore. As rtraindweller is alluding to upstate is a "state of mind" and I pretty much agree with your psychological border.

In CT, sprinkles for ice cream are often called "shots". I get weird looks when I ask for them by that name elsewhere.

my uncle use to say he gave some guy a knuckle sandwich.

Hamilton wrote: my uncle use to say he gave some guy a knuckle sandwich.

I think those originated in Jersey City but popularity grew rather quick so it's exact origins are kinda blurred.

rtraindweller wrote: [quote=Hamilton]my uncle use to say he gave some guy a knuckle sandwich.

I think those originated in Jersey City but popularity grew rather quick so it's exact origins are kinda blurred.


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roux42 wrote: Does anyone know what... jimmys, bubbler and a malted are/is?

A malted is just a milkshake with malt in it. Never heard of the other two tho...

EmmaViz wrote: [quote=roux42]Does anyone know what... jimmys, bubbler and a malted are/is?

A malted is just a milkshake with malt in it. Never heard of the other two tho...
I think "jimmys" or "jimmies" is what people in some less developed parts of the country call what we call "sprinkles" (like for ice cream).

and a bubbler is a massachusetts water fountain (see above).

lots of funny names in massachusetts, but the one that cracked me up most consistently was their insistence on calling grocery carts "carriages".

then again, y'all wait "on line", which is just confusing.

Carnivore wrote: [quote=EmmaViz][quote=roux42]Does anyone know what... jimmys, bubbler and a malted are/is?

A malted is just a milkshake with malt in it. Never heard of the other two tho...
I think "jimmys" or "jimmies" is what people in some less developed parts of the country call what we call "sprinkles" (like for ice cream).

Ha! In CO we called them chocolate or rainbow sprinkles, but in NJ they call chocolate sprinkles jimmies.

Another good one is candy on a stick. In CO it's called a sucker. Here, lollipop. When I asked someone if I could have a sucker they thought I wanted a hickey.

scarlett wrote: When I asked someone if I could have a sucker they thought I wanted a hickey.

:roll:

hey the south has its own weird sayings:

"put it up" (put it away)
"waitin on someone" (waiting for someone)
"right quick" (very quickly)
"mash the switch" (a personal fave meaning switch the switch)

My personal favorite southernism "Don't make me no nevermind" (I don't care)

How about "fixin' to" do something, instead of "going to" do something?

the difference is that all of the southernisms you mention make perfect sense.