How did somersault become tumblesauce?

normama

Tue, Aug 23 2011, 3:44 pm

DH and I both grew up more modern out of town with somersault.
all the frummie types in school and in NY camps called it a "tumblesauce"
it word grates on my nerves so bad. it's like AAHH-rhenge for orange.
of course now my kids come home from school saying tumblesauce.
best guess it's a NY thing that frum people picked up.

Barbara

Tue, Aug 23 2011, 4:27 pm

I've heard somersault and tumblesault used interchangably, although the former is the correct term.

Tumblesauce sounds like a 3 year old mispronoucning tunblesault.

nylon

Tue, Aug 23 2011, 4:44 pm

Kumphort wrote:

If anything we called it a tumblesault, and FYI your not the only one having this debate.

http://www.lifamilies.com/chat.....72773

Ha - I was going to post that I grew up in a secular Jewish home on Long Island, and we called it a tumblesault. I think it may be a NY Jewish thing, not just frum.

↑ teachby ↓

Tue, Aug 23 2011, 5:04 pm

normama wrote:

it word grates on my nerves so bad. it's like AAHH-rhenge for orange.

Oh, do I hear you on this one. Drives me crazy!!! Sometimes I just feel like telling these people, "If you want to talk like NY, go back to NY."

But I don't, because I'm a nice person... Wink

bigprincess

Tue, Aug 23 2011, 8:45 pm

I grew up knowing both, however tumblesauce was used primarily between my friends. Btw tumblesauce is not in the dictionary (at least when I checked).

beckster

Tue, Aug 23 2011, 9:26 pm

In the same vein,
When did a handbag become a pocketbook?

↑ kitov

Tue, Aug 23 2011, 9:47 pm

beckster wrote:

In the same vein,
When did a handbag become a pocketbook?

at least pocketbook is a word....http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pocketbook

nicole81

Tue, Aug 23 2011, 10:02 pm

nylon wrote:

Kumphort wrote:

If anything we called it a tumblesault, and FYI your not the only one having this debate.

http://www.lifamilies.com/chat.....72773

Ha - I was going to post that I grew up in a secular Jewish home on Long Island, and we called it a tumblesault. I think it may be a NY Jewish thing, not just frum.

I agree that it just may be a NY thing. I also grew up in a secular home (in Brooklyn) and my mother called it a tumblesauce.

jaysmom ↓

Tue, Aug 23 2011, 10:13 pm

I first heard the term 'tumblesauce' about 18 years ago when I went to Monsey. I just figured it was a NY thing.

↑ jaysmom

Tue, Aug 23 2011, 10:15 pm

spinoff..... nap sack or backpack?

I am not from NY. I say backpack.

NativeMom

Tue, Aug 23 2011, 10:34 pm

gila-rina wrote:

I always thought somersault was when one does the "tumblesauce" in the air, while plain tumble sauce is the floor type. Confused

Thats what my DH says! I always called it a somersault growing up but everyone here says "tumblesauce". I still say somersault Wink

may2010

Tue, Aug 23 2011, 10:58 pm

hahaha I always called it tumblesalt!!!!! I guess I was really confused!

↑ teachby ↓

Wed, Aug 24 2011, 1:25 am

LA: somersault, purse, backpack, and by the way, we say "dinner" not "supper" just in case that controversy comes up somewhere in this thread.

FranticFrummie

Wed, Aug 24 2011, 1:37 am

I grew up in California, in a secular home. I always said, and spelled it "summer-salt"! Never heard of tumblesauce before, but I think it's adorable.

So, couch, sofa or davenport? Pants or trousers? Wink

intrigued

Wed, Aug 24 2011, 2:04 am

Growing up we called it a tumble-over, has anyone else also heard of that? I also knew somersault but didn't use it.

chavamom

Wed, Aug 24 2011, 2:17 am

beckster wrote:

In the same vein,
When did a handbag become a pocketbook?

That is so funny. In my world, only old ladies call it a pocketbook and have been calling it that since the 30's and 40's.

dmum

Wed, Aug 24 2011, 6:09 am

I call it a somersault. My kids (growing up in London) call it a roly poly. You have to say it roh-ly poh-ly or it doesn't have quite the same effect Wink

invisiblecircus

Sun, Sep 18 2011, 9:36 pm

I've from the UK and have never heard tumblesauce! I've never heard of a davenport either.

Oh, and I say both pants and trousers but not for the same item!

Sidewalk or pavement? Drainpipe or downspout? Icing or frosting? Brass knuckles or knuckleduster? shock

Back to tumblesauce, does anyone know what the Yiddish word for that it? It is funny how people are saying that only yeshivish people say tumblesauce. I can't imagine when a yeshivish person would need that word LOL