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  • From: "Larry Van Alstyne" <namnav AT unc.edu>
  • To: "'Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/'" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [internetworkers] What type of English do you speak?
  • Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 13:51:58 -0400

Soda in CT. :)

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[mailto:internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Edward
Wesolowski
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 11:22 AM
To: Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/
Subject: Re: [internetworkers] What type of English do you speak?

In MI when I visited as a youngster (circa 1962). my cousins used to laugh
when we said "soda." To the Northern MI cousins it was clearly & rightly
"pop.."
Ed W.

At 11:09 AM 5/3/2005 -0400, you wrote:

>On Apr 28, 2005, at 2:17 PM, Sil Greene wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>Tony Spencer said:
>>>
>>>Interesting. I never really heard a hick use that term.
>>>
>>>I have heard some good ole' boys refer to it as 'sody pop' although I
think
>>>you'll only hear that from older folks these days.
>>
>>Yeah, I mostly hear 'sody pop' at family reunions from my dad's
>>generation... the ones that stayed in the mountains instead of moving
>>to the cities. Hey.... Tony, have you been hitting on my cousin
>>again? I done told you she's mine.
>
>Ah...that explains it. I grew up in the foothills of the Appalachians (SE
>Ohio), so that must be where I picked up "sodapop".
>
>Diana
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