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Page 2 of 2 < 1 2 Topic Options #41238 - 09/14/01 01:03 AM Re: A small request Bingley Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/09/00 Posts: 3065 Loc: Jakarta Lolly is short for lollypop (and now "My Boy Lollypop" is echoing away in the inner chambers of my mind). The basic lolly is frozen fruit-flavoured water held on a stick which was presumably inserted before freezing. You can lick your lolly or bite bits off according to taste. Can't say I've ever seen one like the one in the picture in the article. Bingley _________________________ Bingley Top #41239 - 09/14/01 09:12 AM Re: A small request Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11578 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky Oh--now that you've said they are frozen, I recall seeing the term ice-lolly in some British book. That might be what we call popsicles. Are yours shaped like elongated, but solid of course, horseshoes? The one in the picture is what we call a lollipop, or sucker. Aside: is anyone else having an unusually difficult time typing, these last four days? Top #41240 - 09/14/01 09:42 AM Re: A small request Bingley Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/09/00 Posts: 3065 Loc: Jakarta That's them. And now O linguaphiles, what is the word for that shape? Bingley _________________________ Bingley Top #41241 - 09/17/01 05:33 PM Re: A small request Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Registered: 11/13/00 Posts: 3146 Loc: Northamptonshire, England Damn it all, let Walls stick it to the Germans. They started it in the first place, didn't they? _________________________ The idiot also known as Capfka ... Top Page 2 of 2 < 1 2 Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8419 Members 16 Forums 13684 Topics 209695 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members Stephen A, fgjhgjk, Nora Francis, sabosophie, Lore Lorena 8419 Registered Users Who's Online 1 registered (Jackie), 44 Guests and 2 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 84 jenny jenny 67 wofahulicodoc 46 endymion6 43 BranShea 36 Rhubarb Commando 23 Buffalo Shrdlu 19 Faldage 18 zmjezhd 16 Jackie 16 May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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