when the posh children in Enid Blyton have an "ice", I always thought it meant "ice lolly"...

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...but I was reading "Five Go To Billycock Hill" last night, and they talked about having an "ice" in a tub with a little wooden spoon...surely that's an ice cream?!

Yes, I have too much time on my hands. I should be doing stuff

I only have one very very posh friend - a contact through work - and we were out for a walk on warm day and he asked me if I would like an ice?

I never knew people actually said that!! he also says "rarely" when he means "really" , and "rum" instead of "room".

Did he mean an ice lolly, or any frozen treat? Would a Cornetto count? Did he give details?

Maybe it’s a sorbet type thing, or just ice flavoured with fruit juice like a a Slush Puppy?

Hmmmm, blue Slush Puppies......

Meet you at drinks.

Means just before a meal in lounge. Presumably for people with many choices of reception rooms!

I remember reading that as a kid - a story about the King wanting an ice. It’s not an ice- it’s ice cream!

I thought ice would have been a lolly

It was always an ice cream to me, but then I had posh rellies who would use the same term. I don’t think they ever did lollies on sticks, as you can’t eat one with a spoon.

A lolly in a bowl would be a sorbet or a granita I expect. Did granitas exist on Kirrin Island in the 50s I wonder? Now it would all be slush puppies I imagine.

I'm so glad I'm not the only adult who reads famous five books 😄

There is no better feeling than going to bed knowing you've got an Enid Blyton adventure to read ❤️

It’s now an ice cream and nowadays we say that even if there’s no cream involved.
The early snacks were made from a block of ice saved/transported to the customers where it was kept covered. When the customer ordered, some was shaved off the block. and some flavouring put on top. No cream. The posh kids are using the old language.

Ices means ice creams. I’m not sure when it went out of use. Lots of other countries still call it the word for ice.

Sorry but the idea of Slush Puppies (or Slush Puppy type things) in the era of Enid Blyton really made me chuckle!

Ice = ice cream. Now v posh, used to be MC and above.

That sounds like kakigori! (shaved ice thing we eat in Japan. And the Koreans and Taiwanese also have their own versions).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaved_ice

It's an old term for ice cream, you'll notice old times ice cream shops called "_ ices"

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I'm so glad I'm not the only adult who reads famous five books 😄

There is no better feeling than going to bed knowing you've got an Enid Blyton adventure to read ❤️

Yes, and Swallows and Amazons as well!

Oooh! Grape slush puppies!

I always thought it was ice creams.

Oh and I have all 21 of them on audiobook for when I’m in the bath.

Yes, an ice is ice cream. We always used to say, "An ice", as children. Don't forget, Enid Blyton books are old stuff, I'm 70 and she was a popular children's writer when I was under eleven so she writes in the way people conversed in those days. I must say I never read anything of hers; the books were discouraged at our school because of her 'poor use of the English language', but I know about them. I think I might have enjoyed them too.

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I only have one very very posh friend - a contact through work - and we were out for a walk on warm day and he asked me if I would like an ice?

I never knew people actually said that!! he also says "rarely" when he means "really" , and "rum" instead of "room".

Does he also say tuthbrush for toothbrush? - If you don't know, find out!

People might not refer to an ice-cream as ice, but you see it quite often on menus and shop advertisements as 'a selection of ices'.

@dementedma

I only have one very very posh friend - a contact through work - and we were out for a walk on warm day and he asked me if I would like an ice?

I never knew people actually said that!! he also says "rarely" when he means "really" , and "rum" instead of "room".

What's the definition of a crêche?

A car accident in Chelsea.

Trip down memory lane

People up to no good were always 'plotters' in kids books from that era.

@FelicityPike

Oh and I have all 21 of them on audiobook for when I’m in the bath.

I feel I need this in my life