Hi Mike Thanks for putting me right on that one. I don't remember any ice cream with honeycomb in those days, just after the war, but I expect it came in later - and must have been available earlier for the word to be used. Jan from across the ditch - waiting for the predicted daily BIG STORM in this area! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Wells" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 1:26 PM Subject: Re: [LEI] Okie > Hello from New Zealand > > In New Zealand Hokie Pokey ice-cream is just vanilla ice-cream with lots > (should be) of honeycomb in it. It isn't a brand. > > Mike > > Hi Olwyn > > NOW I know the origin of the Okie term! My husband was in Oadby, so not > far > from North Evington. I've never seen Hokie Pokie icecream; we had some > other > brand. > > Ayup, to me, was always just a greeting, followed by me duck. I've seen it > as a start to emails on this list, in fact - for fun, of course. > > Jan in NSW, Australia > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2112/4805 - Release Date: 02/12/12 >