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This is really interesting. There were a several times that I wanted a “both” answer, but didn’t have one.
Also, technically, icing and frosting are two different things. Frosting is the thick stuff you spread on a cake, and between cake layers. Icing is the thin runny stuff that you pour over a pound cake or sweet roll that hardens. Just to be technical.
I’m assuming that alphabetical order is the reason Dixie comes before Yankee.
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Your Linguistic Profile: |
| 60% General American English |
| 15% Dixie |
| 15% Yankee |
| 5% Upper Midwestern |
| 0% Midwestern |
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June 25th, 2006 at 4:26 am
I agree–frosting goes on cake. But then I thought about the “icing on the cake” saying…which I have heard. (I picked frosting only on that one–I would never say icing in regards to cake…) I think of icing on cinnamon and orange rolls…
I think it’s neat that we both had 0% midwestern. It’s a quiz I wish had a broken down quiz for the after answer part–I want to know what comes from where…versus universal versus mixed…
June 25th, 2006 at 9:25 am
Yeah, I also would have liked to have known which sayings were specfic to which region.
And I’ve had iced cakes, but as I said, it’s the thin stuff poured over the cake, just to add an extra level of sweet I suppose.
I’d assume that icing would have been more common in the past, especially during the great depression, since it’s usually simply powdered sugar and water (or milk), while frosting has butter or cream cheese or some other more expensive ingredient(s).
This is, however, only a guess. :)
June 27th, 2006 at 12:26 pm
I left a question blank cause I didn’t like the answers, I ended up with 65% General, 10% Dixie, 10% Yankee, 5% Upper Midwestern, and 0% Midwestern. Now even to my bad math skills that does not add up to 100%, so my main concern is where is my other 10% speech from? Oh, and going back and answering the question I skipped jumped my General Americain up to 70% still not 100%.