Talk:Ice pop

message: The original article about this topic was popsicle. This article was created to avoid use of a US-centric, and brand-specific, term. - DavidWBrooks 00:22, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for your input, David: I greatly appreciate it :) EuroSong talk 22:47, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

text: What do you mean?  The title this article has had ever since its creation is a US-centric term.  In UK English, "ice pop" means the thing described at the Freezie article.  If you want a non-US-centric term, how about "ice lolly"?  This may need further discussion. — Smjg (talk) 00:08, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that ‘ice lolly’ would be a better name to avoid confusion. I’d also say that ‘Freezie’ should be moved to ‘Freeze Pop’ in fact, due to the fact that ‘ice pop’ is polysemous and ‘Freezie’ is a rare and regional term. The prize for worst title has to go to sleeveless shirt, which makes no mention of sleeveless buttoned outerwear for the upper body, rare though such garments are, or of what we call in Britain ‘string vests’, but has several sections on T-shirts and what I would describe in British English as vests! I can live with the freezie and ice pop articles as they are though. Overlordnat1 (talk) 07:27, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Popsicle

message: I have never heard of the term ice stick in New Zealand. Alan Liefting 04:57, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ice stick use in New Zealand? 

message: the title should be icy pole. that's not just the best name for a popsicle, IMO, it's the best name for anything! seriously though, who eats these things? aren't they mostly very unhealthy?  —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bennicotera (talk • contribs) .
: I eat them!  And mine aren't unhealthy as I make them without added sugars.  Icy pole?  I've never heard an ice lolly called that, and it sounds very awkward.  Who would anyone want to call something an icy pole?  It sounds ridiculous. Guv2006 (talk) 20:49, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the title's fine as Ice pop. Icy pole is a redirect here. Kamope·?·! Sign! 13:07, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  you're all wrong 

message: For some odd reason the sentence "In the United Kingdom, the term "ice lolly" tends to be used generically for any frozen dessert on a stick." is marked "citation needed".  How about the OED? (http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/icelolly?view=uk) Brunnian (talk) 18:30, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Pity you didn't quote it, since that link is now broken. Does their definition really allow for e.g. pure ice-cream on a stick (like Freaky Foot) to be called a lolly?! Equinox ◑ 20:43, 24 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Citation needed

message: I don't understand the line "This dessert-related article is a stub.".  Surely an ice lolly is more closely related to snack food than to dessert?  I know people often serve ice cream after a cooked meal, but it must be an odd sort of family that serves ice lollies in such a way.  In general, I believe the categorisation as a dessert to be erronious. Brunnian (talk) 21:13, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Nope, you're wrong; not odd in the slightest :) 82.43.182.51 (talk) 22:00, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

text: Well I can tell you my kids were occasionally given ice pops for dessert, just like they would be given ice cream. ww2censor (talk) 00:01, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Desert?

message: What type of wood is used? I am guessing it's poplar or white birch. Badagnani (talk) 07:22, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wood 

message: See Talk:Pop (frozen snack)#Ice pops (asian snack?), with a reference to this article. Dantman (talk) 19:08, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fw: Ice pops (asian snack?) 

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message: If anyone puts this stupid phrase back in the article, just revert it. It's not a word that's ever been used, it's just trolls putting it back in.TR Wolf (talk) 10:35, 2 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Cold on the Cob

message: If that is so then why is the title a uncommon name? Since Popsicle is the name of another article this article should be called Ice Lolly.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.71.110.241 (talk) 21:28, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Except the product originated in the US where it is never called an ice lolly...207.237.208.153 (talk) 04:33, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Less commonly Ice Pop 

message: Paddle Pop  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.156.197.29 (talk) 05:12, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: That is not water-based but I have added it to the "see also" section. ww2censor (talk) 10:12, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Additional Potential Reference 

message: When I was young in the UK, ice lolly sticks would generally be found to have jokes printed on them, which could be read once the ice itself had been eaten - this article talks about their history, disappearance, and possible limited reappearance. These were clearly a thing in other parts of the world, too - this photo of lolly sticks with jokes clearly doesn't originate in the UK, where children (especially during the era in which lolly stick jokes were popular) might struggle to understand terms like "rooster" (we tend to use "cockerel"), "root beer" (not a big thing over here), and the importance of cheerleaders (again, not a big thing over here).
I'd be very interested in anybody who's got enough sources to be able to expand this article with information on the popularity, regionality, history, rise and fall of "lolly stick jokes". Clearly in some countries (other than mine) they're still going - a stick in this picture features a joke about the Internet! - so when and where have they disappeared, and do we know why? Avapoet (talk) 19:11, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jokes on sticks 

message: Is there any value in including the failed snapple attempt?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Twl80 (talk • contribs) 17:54, 9 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  failed world record 

message: It has been requested that the title of Popsicle (brand) be changed to Popsicle. Please see the relevant discussion on the discussion page. Lexlex (talk) 17:15, 10 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Popsicle is in fact a generic trademark so should not be moved. I've added my comments there. ww2censor (talk) 16:33, 12 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposed popsicle move

message: It would be nice if someone could put together a brief section about what the sticks are called in each part of the English speaking world. They are called "paddle pop sticks" here in Australia (generically, to refer to the craft product as well as sticks from Paddle Pops). If you search amazon.com.au "paddle pop sticks" you can find two search results, for some reason the American amazon also has search results for paddle pop sticks. 121.45.204.69 (talk) 16:19, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Paddle pop stick" and terminology about the sticks