trouble: Poll of Curiosity:

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@ 2010-08-05 08:41 pm UTC

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Poll of Curiosity:

It never occurred to me that "Sally Anne" might be a Canadian thing. Huh.

Poll #4030 Curiosity

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Sally Anne is

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a person's name.
40 (52.6%)

the Salvation Army nickname.
28 (36.8%)

a doll's name.
7 (9.2%)

something else, that's for sure.
1 (1.3%)

I am from/grew up in

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a commonwealth country or the UK.
36 (48.0%)

the US.
35 (46.7%)

somewhere else.
4 (5.3%)

Obligatory Melle question

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Green
20 (31.2%)

Yellow
8 (12.5%)

White
9 (14.1%)

Camel
21 (32.8%)

Cow
24 (37.5%)

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	no subject jackandahat 2010-08-05 11:47 pm UTC (link)
	I figured what you meant from context, but yeah, to me it's a name. (Reply to this)

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jesse_the_k
2010-08-05 11:57 pm UTC (link)

Just checked the Authority on All Things Random, who/which/that says:

begin quote It is sometimes referred to as the "Sally Anne" in Canada and the "Sally Army" or "Sally Bash" in the United Kingdom. In Australia, the full name is rarely used, with the slang abbreviation "The Salvos" displayed even on shop fronts, while in New Zealand they are referred to as "The Sallies". quote ends

Notice this Wikipedia article is part of an extensive series, which smacks of horror! original research. And the URL actually redirects from ...wikipedia/Sally_ann

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	no subject lilacsigil 2010-08-06 12:17 am UTC (link)
	The Australian part is correct, anyway - they're always called the Salvos. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 8 comments) (Show 8 comments)

	no subject trouble 2010-08-06 12:19 am UTC (link)
	One of the random things I love about Australia is how every is just shorter there. Mackers! Mozzies! Salvos! :) (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 6 comments) (Show 6 comments)

	no subject ironed_orchid 2010-08-06 09:32 am UTC (link)
	It's mostly great, until people invariably try to shorten my name, which doesn't work for me. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

	no subject trouble 2010-08-06 06:02 pm UTC (link)
	That would be frustrating. I'm very firm on what my name is, and it is not to be shortened. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject challyzatb 2010-08-07 10:22 am UTC (link)
	People can't say my name, so I have to shorten it. :( (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject ironed_orchid 2010-08-08 02:13 am UTC (link)
	That sucks. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject challyzatb 2010-08-07 10:17 am UTC (link)
	Arvo! Ambo! Physio! Servo!... Mackers?! (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject ironed_orchid 2010-08-08 02:16 am UTC (link)
	Maccas (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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shehasathree
2010-08-07 04:36 am UTC (link)

I agree!
When I thought about it, I could remember hearing Sally Ann in the context of The Salvation Army ("The Salvos!") before, but I'm not sure where. Also, I think of Sally Ann as potentially a person's name, but it also pings me really strongly as a doll's name, so I picked that. Maybe just because of Raggedy Ann & Andy, though. Who knows; my brain is strange...

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	no subject spiralsheep 2010-08-06 08:38 am UTC (link)
	I'm a Brit and I've heard Sally Army and Sally Ann(e) but never Sally Bash. We still have many regional linguistic vatiants over here though so I'd actually expect to encounter terms I've never heard before. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject spiralsheep 2010-08-06 08:39 am UTC (link)
	* variants (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject killing_rose 2010-08-05 11:58 pm UTC (link)
	I'm guessing that it's a nickname for Salvation Army (from context), but yeah. Never heard that one before. (Reply to this)

	no subject flourish 2010-08-05 11:58 pm UTC (link)
	Despite being a veteran thrift store picker, I've never heard that in the US (though I gathered it from context). (Reply to this)

	no subject owlectomy 2010-08-06 12:22 am UTC (link)
	Now I'm left wondering where on earth I learned that, because I'm pretty sure I didn't have it in my vocabulary during my first round of living in Canada, but I know I don't hear it in the States... (Reply to this)

	no subject gamerchick 2010-08-06 12:52 am UTC (link)
	Like others, I guessed it from context but my first instinct is a person's name. I've certainly never heard it in the US. In my mind I always say "the Salvos" because a good friend of mine is Australian and once attended a Salvation Army church and so talked about them a lot. (Reply to this)

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amadi
2010-08-06 12:59 am UTC (link)

A friend of mine was on the squad that drove a Salvation Army truck to fire scenes, to provide gatorade and water to the firefighters, coffee and blankets for the folks affected by the fire, and the squad members and the firefighters referred to it as "the Sally Wagon." When I questioned the name, they told me it derived from the Sally Ann nickname.

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	no subject jesse_the_k 2010-08-06 02:51 am UTC (link)
	Huh, in our parts of the woods, that job always goes to the American Red Cross, who are well known for first-responder support, disaster relief, and clumsy cruel handling of blood products during the beginning years of the AIDS epidemic, and so on. (Part of the ICRC, of course.) (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject amadi 2010-08-06 03:38 am UTC (link)
	Around here, the ARC gets all the attention, they provide hotel room vouchers for 3 nights, and some limited cash assistance for toiletries and immediate clothes, but their people never come to a fire site, you have to call them (business hours only) if you need help. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject geeksdoitbetter 2010-08-06 06:02 pm UTC (link)
	"and clumsy cruel handling" they haven't stopped http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37599992/ns/health-aids/ (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject meloukhia 2010-08-06 01:31 am UTC (link)
	I Googled the answer because I wanted to look slick, but then I felt guilty, hence, my need to confess. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject challyzatb 2010-08-07 10:18 am UTC (link)
	You amuse me so much, melly. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject rainbow 2010-08-06 01:53 am UTC (link)
	Hmm. Neve rheard that in Calif, although I always lived with a SA in town and shopped there often. (But if someone mentions the SA, my first thought is this, always) (Reply to this)

	no subject deird1 2010-08-06 03:39 am UTC (link)
	Over here (Australia), they're "the Salvos". Never heard any other nickname for them. (Reply to this)

	no subject kaz 2010-08-06 03:41 am UTC (link)
	I would answer this poll but my childhood is too complicated for it. :( (I'd say it's a name, and I grew up partially in the US and mostly in Germany and then lived in Britain for all of my adulthood so far. ETA: should add, never ever heard of it as a nickname for the Salvation Army.) Last edited 2010-08-06 03:41 am UTC (Reply to this)

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automaticdoor
2010-08-06 05:02 am UTC (link)

Got it from context, but yes, I knew it as a name before. In the American South, it's very common to name people with two names and/or use first and middle in conversation, so my granny refers to my dad and his siblings as "Gene Earl," "Jackie Roy," and "Vicki Lynn." Thus, when I see two names, that's what I jump to. I also know "Suzanna Mae," "Mary Jo," "Sean Paul," "Ian James," and more. My parents call us by first and middle sometimes, especially my younger sisters because their names are shorter. Mine is a mouthful, though it does work together.

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	no subject automaticdoor 2010-08-06 05:08 am UTC (link)
	Also! I have News. Very good News. Chat me up when you can, or would you prefer an email? (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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kayloulee
2010-08-06 05:35 am UTC (link)

I'm Aussie, so I and everyone else I know always call them the Salvos (I second

jesse_the_k's quote of Wikipedia - they even call themselves the Salvos). But I said that Sally Anne is the nickname for them because my mum's family are all Canadian, and they all call the Salvos the Sally Annes. It's one of the things I have to incorporate into my Australian-to-Canadian codeswitching, actually, otherwise no one will know what I'm talking about.

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	no subject fairestcat 2010-08-06 05:49 am UTC (link)
	I'm wracking my brain, but I honestly cannot remember if I'd ever heard the Salvation Army referred to as Sally Anne before I met Marna/moved up here. I am completely unsure. (Reply to this)

	no subject metonymy 2010-08-06 06:03 am UTC (link)
	Like others I gathered it from context, but we refer to it as Salvy's around here (northeast US). This might just be my family, though. (Reply to this)

	no subject kaninchen 2010-08-06 06:57 am UTC (link)
	I cheated and lived in Victoria four years. ;) (Reply to this)

	no subject oursin 2010-08-06 07:46 am UTC (link)
	I've heard that usage, though I can't recall the context. It's also a girl's name (in a song recorded by Joe Brown). (Reply to this)

	no subject wordweaverlynn 2010-08-06 08:28 am UTC (link)
	From the US -- I've heard it referred to sometimes as Aunt Sally's. Also, what is Melle? (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 4 comments) (Show 4 comments)

	no subject trouble 2010-08-06 03:27 pm UTC (link)
	bubosquared is a Melle! She used to pout when I didn't include a ticky box question. :) (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

	no subject polemista 2010-08-06 08:49 pm UTC (link)
	Oh I just wanted to ask that, too! But why are you supposed to tick a colour? (ETA: or "Cow") Or is it a joke/totally random? Last edited 2010-08-06 09:01 pm UTC (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject trouble 2010-08-06 09:08 pm UTC (link)
	It's just whatever comes to hand when I need to come up with something. When I did this poll it was the colours of things I was looking at, and then the knick-knacks on my desk. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject scruloose 2010-08-08 02:38 pm UTC (link)
	I had wondered that, too. I kept not wanting to ask if you were misspelling melee (or, yes, mêlée for the purists)... (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject qem_chibati 2010-08-06 09:54 am UTC (link)
	Doll and a person's name! .... (Reply to this)

	no subject ginny_t 2010-08-06 11:53 am UTC (link)
	Where is the "llama" option? (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject trouble 2010-08-06 03:26 pm UTC (link)
	I don't have a llama on my desk, so no llamas came to mind this time. :) (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject challyzatb 2010-08-07 10:20 am UTC (link)
	WHAT ABOUT THE GUINEA PIGS, ANNA, WHAT ABOUT THE GUINEA PIGS? (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject damned_colonial 2010-08-06 12:51 pm UTC (link)
	Australian but used to live in Canada. I'd heard "Sally Ann" in .ca and "Salvos" as everyone else said in Australia. (Reply to this)

	no subject polemista 2010-08-06 08:57 pm UTC (link)
	Never heard of Sally Anne, either. There's a Sade song called "Sally" though, which is about the Salvation Army (if my memory serves me right). (Reply to this)

	no subject ginny-t.livejournal.com 2010-08-06 11:47 am UTC (link)
	Sally Anne with an E is probably an Anna thing. :-p Valancy wouldn't waste an extra letter on a nickname like that. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject troubleinchina.livejournal.com 2010-08-06 03:28 pm UTC (link)
	I've actually never seen it written down, so I went with Anne-with-an-e because, well. Anne. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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