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Post by TheOtherMe on Jan 30, 2012 18:35:10 GMT -5
I would like to know about the one county in Iowa that calls it soda. I grew up in Iowa and used the word "pop". I moved to Colorado, which the map also shows as "pop" and got corrected so much that I now call it "soda" which gets strange looks now that I've moved back to Iowa. People in Iowa also have breakfast, dinner and supper, but I have breakfast, lunch and dinner. My family and I have to talk about the time of day if we are discussing dinner.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jan 30, 2012 18:41:50 GMT -5
The 1950s/60s sisters/nuns who taught in my schools called it tonic. We thought it an odd word as we called it soda pop. Aaaahhh, you're one of my peeps. Do your knuckles still bear the scars from the whacks of the pointer? The grammar school nuns had this six or seven inch wooden 'clicker' type of thing. It was used to get our attention by clicking it. The end of the 'clicker' was about the size of a walnut on steroids. Our knuckles bore the brunt of it. The high school nuns simply booted the students up the butt.
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Post by Cheesy FL-Vol on Jan 30, 2012 19:06:35 GMT -5
Probably better for polite company. Up here we just call them "underwater farts". Honest, but blunt. "Bubbler" is exclusive Wisconsinese for a drinking fountain.
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Post by chiver78 on Jan 30, 2012 19:16:43 GMT -5
yay, another person that calls the beverage by its rightful name - tonic! Want some Moxie? no thank you. I'll stick to my raspberry-lime rickey, thanks
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Post by chiver78 on Jan 30, 2012 19:17:53 GMT -5
Probably better for polite company. Up here we just call them "underwater farts". Honest, but blunt. "Bubbler" is exclusive Wisconsinese for a drinking fountain. not too exclusive - I grew up calling it a "bubblah" myself. well, I had to add the appropriate accent for clarity.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2012 19:18:50 GMT -5
And when I hear the word Tonic I think medicine when I hear Tonic I think Gin.
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Post by Artemis Windsong on Jan 30, 2012 19:26:04 GMT -5
I'm a pop. DH is a coke.
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Post by rovo on Jan 30, 2012 19:33:33 GMT -5
A little off topic but still dealing with regionalisms. I was raised near NYC, went to college in Mississippi, lived in Phoenix for a number of years, and traveled throughout the USA and Europe for work.
When it comes to soda, pop, or coke I am quite at home with any of the names. Depending where I'm at I'll just use the local colloquialism for the soft drink.
More interesting is that I despise the vocal accent of both NYC and Philadelphia even though I was taught to speak in the NYC area. Some of you know what I mean when I say wudder instead of water. Anyway, over the years I dumped the NYC accent and acquired a southern accent and then a non-accent California voice. The end result is I switch accents within minutes of arriving in one of those areas. It drives DW crazy but the locals swear I'm from their area. ;D
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Post by kgb18 on Jan 30, 2012 19:35:34 GMT -5
I fit the map. It's pop!
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Post by moon/Laura on Jan 30, 2012 19:37:02 GMT -5
And when I hear the word Tonic I think medicine when I hear Tonic I think Gin. AMEN, Sistah! extra lime!
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Post by chiver78 on Jan 30, 2012 19:49:37 GMT -5
A little off topic but still dealing with regionalisms. I was raised near NYC, went to college in Mississippi, lived in Phoenix for a number of years, and traveled throughout the USA and Europe for work. When it comes to soda, pop, or coke I am quite at home with any of the names. Depending where I'm at I'll just use the local colloquialism for the soft drink. More interesting is that I despise the vocal accent of both NYC and Philadelphia even though I was taught to speak in the NYC area. Some of you know what I mean when I say wudder instead of water. Anyway, over the years I dumped the NYC accent and acquired a southern accent and then a non-accent California voice. The end result is I switch accents within minutes of arriving in one of those areas. It drives DW crazy but the locals swear I'm from their area. ;D off-topic, but totally interesting. at least, to me! I grew up listening to Acadian French, Southern Italian, and Brazilian Portuguese....with all the accented English you'd expect with the native speakers of the other languages. I managed to pick up all of the above, but have lost most of it as time's gone on. I still speak and understand the Acadian French only. when I'm around that side of the family longer than a couple hours, it can take me almost a week to completely rid myself of their accent while speaking English. the same holds true for my dear Southern friends. hell, I've been trying to get rid of the Dallas-area "oo" sound since I was there in November!
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Post by lurkyberk on Jan 30, 2012 20:32:47 GMT -5
rovo: no, it's more like "Wauda". New York accent: everything that ends in "er", like weather, ends in "a" for us. Born and raised here and I think it's the most ridiculous accent ever! (or should I say eva) ;D
It's always been soda for me.
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Post by Cookies Galore on Jan 30, 2012 20:53:28 GMT -5
100% soda.
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Post by gavinsnana on Jan 30, 2012 21:17:14 GMT -5
Coke here.
Everything in Texas is called coke, whether its a Sprite, DP, Coke, Pepsi.. ;D
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Post by Cookies Galore on Jan 30, 2012 21:32:31 GMT -5
More interesting is that I despise the vocal accent of both NYC and Philadelphia even though I was taught to speak in the NYC area. Some of you know what I mean when I say wudder instead of water. Anyway, over the years I dumped the NYC accent and acquired a southern accent and then a non-accent California voice. The end result is I switch accents within minutes of arriving in one of those areas. It drives DW crazy but the locals swear I'm from their area. ;D What's wrong with the way I speak!?!?
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Post by commuter on Feb 1, 2012 21:34:19 GMT -5
Moved from a pop area to a soda area. I now call it soda. When I'm visiting the pop area...like TheOtherMe said when you say soda they look at you strange.
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