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Original poster

To ask how you pronounce ice cream?

60 replies

Palmface · 16/02/2023 05:56

ICE cream?

Or

Ice CREAM?

My dh pronounces it the second way, is it regional or just a him thing? He's from the East Midlands. Or does everyone say it that way and I'm the odd one?

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tinselandjoy · 16/02/2023 07:21

I say ice CREAM.

It sounds weird to me in Love Actually when Emma Thompson says 'too much ICE cream' before she listens to Joni Mitchell.

UnctuousUnicorns · 16/02/2023 07:23

Ice CREAM here. Lived in my native NW England for my first 26 years, then the past 26 in central belt Scotland.

Zanatdy · 16/02/2023 07:24

Equal I think, but I have said it a few different ways when testing! Sometimes emphasising ICE - never the cream though

Riverlee · 16/02/2023 07:24

Never thought about it before.

Fairly even, maybe slight emphasis on Ice. (SE England)

UnctuousUnicorns · 16/02/2023 07:26

That said, thinking more on it... I say e.g. "I'd like some ice CREAM"... but, "Would you like an ICE CREAM?"

So, umm, not sure! 🤔

Figmentof · 16/02/2023 07:27

Equal emphasis, I am struggling to put emphasis on one word or the other even when trying. From the north, husband from east midlands and also says equal emphasis.

smileladiesplease · 16/02/2023 07:28

Oy scream

Brummie :)

Gooseysgirl · 16/02/2023 07:33

I say ICE cream, DH says ice CREEEAM. I'm Irish, he's English. It drives me nuts 😂

PurpleFlower1983 · 16/02/2023 07:41

ICE cream for me, Northern
ice CREAM for DH, Southern

Allschoolsareartschools · 16/02/2023 07:41

Emphasis on 'cream' (Midlands)
Apparently it's an old fashioned way of saying it!!!!

WaltzingWaters · 16/02/2023 07:43

Hillrunning · 16/02/2023 06:09

Even emphasis on both

Same

DinosApple · 16/02/2023 07:45

I think I put more emphasis on the ice part.

DH always pronounces it so it sounds more like Arse Cream... (He's mucking about.)

Fairislefandango · 16/02/2023 07:45

Those saying they use even emphasis are probably just not hearing the emphasis correctly.

All english words with 2+ syllables have emphasis on one or the other syllable. It would sound very strange to say a word with even emphasis on both syllables.

Ice cream is two words though.

DinosApple · 16/02/2023 07:46

Sorry, we're both from the east of England.

Bellesboy1218 · 16/02/2023 07:56

I scream 😂

Original poster
Palmface · 16/02/2023 08:12

Ah ha! So interesting! Thanks for all your replies. Looks like my dh is being both regionally authentic and old fashioned!

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Palmface · 16/02/2023 08:13

JaninaDuszejko · 16/02/2023 06:20

Does it matter if he and you pronounce it slightly differently?

Not at all, this is a very very light hearted thread, in case it wasn't obvious..?

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newtowelsplease · 16/02/2023 08:15

GeorgiaGirl52 · 16/02/2023 06:30

I scream

Like this

Tessisme · 16/02/2023 08:20

Depends.

'There's the ice CREAM van'
'Oooh look, ICE cream!'

I'm fickle like that!

CatAssTrophic · 16/02/2023 08:30

JaninaDuszejko · 16/02/2023 06:20

Does it matter if he and you pronounce it slightly differently?

Only if you are goady and argumentative and have time on your hands until school goes back.

Lougle · 16/02/2023 08:34

Iscream.

RisingSunn · 16/02/2023 08:36

I scream over here

BeingATwatItsABingThing · 16/02/2023 08:38

ICE cream. Ice CREAM sounds weird. I’m from the South.

Yugi · 16/02/2023 08:44

But do you say ice lolly or lolly ice? Apparently the second is only said in my home city 😝

PlinkPlonkFizz · 16/02/2023 09:08

Emphasis on the ICE - I'm Lancashire.

I've noticed the CREAM emphasis in the South, or in the Middle Class Northerner's occasionally too.