SpeedRacer 1 #1 March 7, 2005 I was flipping by the Food Channel recently & Emeril was on. He kept referring to the refrigerator as "the ice box". I thought that was weird, because I've never heard anyone but very old people call it that, & from the looks of him I'd say Emeril is only about 50 ish, so is he even old enough to remember ice boxes?? Do you know anyone that age or younger who still calls it an "ice box"? I guess its just one of those old leftover anachronisms, like when you hear people refer to aluminum foil as "tin foil". anyway there's not much to do at work today.... Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stumpy 284 #2 March 7, 2005 Ice box?! Luxury!!! My gran still had a larder!Never try to eat more than you can lift Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #3 March 7, 2005 Isn't Emiril from Louisiana? They only have electricity in the "Big" cities. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca 0 #4 March 7, 2005 He's from Louisiana, isn't he? "Ice box" is pretty common in the south, so it's probably just a regional thing... Plus, his mom's definitely old enough to have started calling it an ice box when it was still just that, so it's not surprising he'd say it too. you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #5 March 7, 2005 Nope, listen to his accent. Does that sound like a southern or cajun accent to you? It's a New England accent. He grew up in Fall River, Massachusetts & first started working in a Portuguese bakery. (there's actually a fair number of Portuguese Americans in Rhode Island & Connecticut. See the movie Mystic Pizza) Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racer42 0 #6 March 7, 2005 QuoteIce box?! Luxury!!! My gran still had a larder! Larder!?!?! Why when we were kids we had to bury our food in a hole in the middle of the road!.L.A.S.T. #24 Co-Founder Biscuit Brothers Freefly Team Electric Toaster #3 Co-Founder Team Non Sequitor Co-Founder Team Happy Sock Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #7 March 7, 2005 Ice Box is pretty southern still and it's used pretty frequently around my gf's family. Emeril is from the north, but he's studied, lived and started businesses in New Orleans. When you relocate you pick up on the vernacular of the area you live. So I'm sure it just picked it up. I normally can it the "fridge" "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #8 March 7, 2005 QuoteIce box?! Luxury!!! My gran still had a larder! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Larder!?!?! Why when we were kids we had to bury our food in a hole in the middle of the road!. well, we had it tough! we had to get up at 4:30 AM, work at the mill for 30 hrs a day for two pence a month, and when we got home, our Dad would thrash us to sleep with his belt!! Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #9 March 7, 2005 Shoot, My grand-parents, parents and I still call a referigerator an ice-box. It's just where you were raised. A lot of folks call it a 'fridge'... Frigidaire... Don't forget... 'cook-stove'! Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racer42 0 #10 March 7, 2005 QuoteQuoteIce box?! Luxury!!! My gran still had a larder! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Larder!?!?! Why when we were kids we had to bury our food in a hole in the middle of the road!. well, we had it tough! we had to get up at 4:30 AM, work at the mill for 30 hrs a day for two pence a month, and when we got home, our Dad would thrash us to sleep with his belt!! Now thats living....why we had to get up a half hour before we went to bed eat a bowl of hot gravel.... work in the mill for 3 month for a single penny and we got home our dad would cut our heads off!!!!L.A.S.T. #24 Co-Founder Biscuit Brothers Freefly Team Electric Toaster #3 Co-Founder Team Non Sequitor Co-Founder Team Happy Sock Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #11 March 7, 2005 My family calls it an ice box. Its a southern thing.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #12 March 7, 2005 QuoteMy family calls it an ice box. Its a southern thing. I'm starting to remember now, when I was little, my step-father (who grew up in Memphis TN) would call it the "ice-box". I thought that meant the freezer, because that's where the ice cube trays are. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #13 March 7, 2005 (insert wisecrack about backwards Southerners here) but I should talk. Old people in Massachusetts still sometimes refer to soda pop as "tonic". (evidently in the early 20th century, Coca Cola & similar drinks were sold as tonics & said to have medicinal qualities) Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #14 March 7, 2005 Exactly! Originally, Coca Cola contained 'coke'. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #15 March 7, 2005 And all carbonated sryup based beverages are called "coke" no matter what they really are. But we've been through that discussion a few times before.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Buried 0 #16 March 7, 2005 Quote like when you hear people refer to aluminum foil as "tin foil". easier to say the latter Where is my fizzy-lifting drink? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #17 March 7, 2005 Sometimes my 90 year old Grandmother still refers to a sofa as a davenport. My mom calls pantyhose "nylons". She will also say she went to the show, instead of movies. I guess that goes back to the ol' picture show days.She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #18 March 7, 2005 How about calling a "recliner chair" the "Barker Lounger" "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca 0 #19 March 7, 2005 Only when the dog's lying in it, otherwise it's a Barcalounger. you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #20 March 7, 2005 Aluminum is much too long of a word . . . hence, "tin foil". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #21 March 7, 2005 QuoteOnly when the dog's lying in it, otherwise it's a Barcalounger. Okies smarty pants I didn't know how to spell it. "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca 0 #22 March 7, 2005 QuoteQuoteOnly when the dog's lying in it, otherwise it's a Barcalounger. Okies smarty pants I didn't know how to spell it. I couldn't resist! Is it time to go home yet? you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #23 March 7, 2005 QuoteQuoteQuoteOnly when the dog's lying in it, otherwise it's a Barcalounger. Okies smarty pants I didn't know how to spell it. I couldn't resist! Is it time to go home yet? I am home, have been all day "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca 0 #24 March 7, 2005 Yeah. I know. We all know all about your little nap. Damn you. I love naps. OK, NOW can I go? you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #25 March 7, 2005 I lost the key Becca, I can't unlock you from your desk. "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
