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  • From: Diana Duncan <dianaduncan AT contentdb.net>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] What type of English do you speak?
  • Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 11:06:14 -0400


On Apr 28, 2005, at 1:04 PM, Michael Czeiszperger wrote:


On Apr 28, 2005, at 12:51 PM, Lyman Green wrote:

I dunno. I never heard the term pop used until I came south. It was
exclusively soda in New England where I grew up. Which I'm pretty
sure is as Yankee as you get.

I never heard the term "soda" until I moved out of Ohio, which its exclusively "pop". "Soda" to mean means "baking soda".



Hey! Don't you paint Ohio with that big brush! I grew up saying "sodapop", which wasn't one of the choices...

Anyway, it looks as if the South has yet to really rub off on me.

65% General American English
20% Upper Midwestern (OHIO!!!) :)
10% Yankee
5% Midwestern
0% Dixie

Diana





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