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  • From: "Tony Spencer" <tony AT tonyspencer.com>
  • To: "'Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/'" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [internetworkers] What type of English do you speak?
  • Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 13:50:38 -0400

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.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chad Ingham [mailto:wap AT visi.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 1:43 PM
> To: Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/
> Subject: Re: [internetworkers] What type of English do you speak?
>
> It's "pop" in MN and, hence, the term I grew up using.
> The whole "Coke" thing threw me off while visiting Texas once. My
> obvious question was, "What if you want a Pepsi?". The
> answer: ask for
> a Pepsi Coke. The poor Pepsi marketing dept. obviously has an uphill
> battle in the grand 'ol state of Texas.
> Years later, while visiting Orlando I stopped by a fast-food
> restaurant. Not knowing the proper Floridian terminology to use when
> ordering my beverage I went with the ambiguous "Coke" term,
> instead of
> my default "pop". I asked her which word they use since a) I was
> curious and b) the girl behind the counter was really cute
> and wanted to
> start a conversation. I was informed that "most people
> called it soda,
> sometimes Coke, and then occassionally we get the 'real
> hicks' in here
> who call it pop". That cute little fast food girl caused me to never
> use the term "pop" again. :)
>
> - Chad
>
> 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".
> >
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