Editing Sprinkles (section)

==Names==
In the [[United Kingdom|UK]] and other [[English-speaking world|Anglophonic]] [[Commonwealth countries]] sprinkles are denoted by different signifiers. For example, '''hundreds and thousands''' is the most popular denotation used in [[United Kingdom]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]] and [[South Africa]] to refer to [[nonpareils]], a type of sprinkles. Another UK variant of the term is '''[[vermicelli]]''', especially when said of chocolate sprinkles.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mackley|first1=Lesley|title=The Chocolate Book|last2=Handslip|first2=Carole|date=1996|publisher=Salamander|location=Wigston|pages=14|quote=Chocolate vermicelli (sprinkles) are available in milk and semisweet chocolate.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite dictionary |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/vermicelli |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322182700/https://www.lexico.com/definition/vermicelli |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-03-22 |title=vermicelli |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref> This name can be seen borrowed into spoken Egyptian Arabic as ''faːrmasil''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-10|title=طريقة عمل الدونات مثل الجاهز|trans-title=Recipe for store-bought donuts|url=https://www.masralyoum.net/man-and-woman/2216937/%D8%B7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B2|access-date=2020-10-11|website=مصر اليوم|language=ar|quote=Ingredients: ... - powdered sugar - vermicelli - chocolate chips ...}}</ref>

'''Jimmies''' is the most popular term for chocolate sprinkles in the [[Boston]], [[Philadelphia]], and New England regions.<ref name="Jimmies">{{cite web|url=https://icecreamjournal.turkeyhill.com/index.php/2008/07/03/whats-the-difference-between-sprinkles-and-jimmies/|title=WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SPRINKLES AND JIMMIES?|access-date=12 December 2016|archive-date=21 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221182122/https://icecreamjournal.turkeyhill.com/index.php/2008/07/03/whats-the-difference-between-sprinkles-and-jimmies/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The origin of the name ''jimmies'' is uncertain, but it was first documented in 1930, as a topping for cake.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YkwbAAAAIBAJ&pg=5344,3661009&dq=chocolate-jimmies Advertisement for McCann's food store], ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', December 4, 1930, p. 6.</ref> The [[Just Born|Just Born Candy Company]] of [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania]], claims to have invented jimmies and named them after an employee.<ref>[http://www.justborn.com/just-for-fun/fun-facts Just Born Fun Facts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140128153913/http://www.justborn.com/just-for-fun/fun-facts |date=2014-01-28 }}; see also their [http://www.justborn.com/resource/corporate/image/galleries/c5ca4871-4d9e-404d-9736-243eb209d5a4.jpg photograph] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821130154/http://www.justborn.com/resource/corporate/image/galleries/c5ca4871-4d9e-404d-9736-243eb209d5a4.jpg |date=2018-08-21 }} of a package of jimmies (on page 4 of their [http://www.justborn.com/get-to-know-us/photo-gallery photo gallery]: {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129021457/http://www.justborn.com/get-to-know-us/photo-gallery |date=January 29, 2010 }}), claimed to be from "circa 1930" and showing a trademark symbol.</ref><ref name="wilton">David Wilton, Ivan Brunetti, ''Word myths: debunking linguistic urban legends'', p. 162. {{ISBN|0-19-517284-1}}</ref><ref>Ben Zimmer, "[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/magazine/02FOB-onlanguage-t.html?ref=magazine Corporate Etymologies]",[http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2011/03/13/the_jimmies_story/ The Jimmies Story]", ''The Boston Globe'',  March 13, 2011</ref>

An unlikely claim on the name ''jimmies'' originates from Dr. Sidney Farber and Edward Brigham. Dr. Farber co-founded the [[Dana–Farber Cancer Institute]] in Boston, as well as a charity, [[The Jimmy Fund]], named after one of his child patients. Brigham opened an ice cream restaurant called [[Brigham's Ice Cream|Brigham's]] and charged an extra penny for chocolate sprinkles on a cone, which benefited The Jimmy Fund. The fund however, was started in 1948, well after the first historical reference.<ref name="auto">"[http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2011/03/13/the_jimmies_story/ The Jimmies Story]", ''The Boston Globe'',  March 13, 2011</ref>

In Connecticut and other places in the U.S., as indicated by including the sense in the official [[Merriam-Webster]], '''shots''' is a specific term for sprinkles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newengland.com/today/living/new-england-nostalgia/jimmies-lexicon/#:~:text=Some%20think%20there%20ARE%20sprinkles,small%20round%20and%20different%20colors.&text=As%20a%20New%20Englander%2C%20everyone,called%20them%20sprinkles%20or%20shots.|title = Jimmies &#124; New England Lexicon|date = 6 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://athletikaty.com/2016/06/28/5-faves-a-dud-sprinkles-shots-or-jimmies/|title = 5 Faves & a Dud: Sprinkles, Shots or Jimmies?|date = 29 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.epicurious.com/archive/blogs/editor/2014/01/what-is-this-called-where-youre-from.html |title=What Is This Called Where You're From? {{!}} Epicurious.com {{!}} Epicurious.com |access-date=2020-10-11 |archive-date=2021-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125033535/https://www.epicurious.com/archive/blogs/editor/2014/01/what-is-this-called-where-youre-from.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|shots}}</ref>