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["Scott G. Hall" <ScottGHall AT BellSouth.Net>]

I certainly don't consider myself a "hick".  My family and I are from
the Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan area, and all I ever heard it
called was "pop".  In fact, when I moved down here, I refused (and still
do) to call it "soda", and always ordered a pop from food places.  Most
of the time I get questioned "what is that?", and I reply "that stuff
you drink that has all the popping bubbles in it".

I also have to object to calling us Midwesterners "Yankees".  We are not!
And Upper Midwest (Canadian influenced) is considerably different from
the regular Midwest.

Oh, and a question I felt was missing:

When you are having "greens" with dinner, what are you eating?
a) A Salad   (midwest)
b) Collared  (south)
c) Vegetables: cucumber, broccoli, spinach, zucchini, etc. (California)

And then there is this question:

If you are eating a hot sandwich with deli meats and melted cheeze baked in
an oven with tomatoes and lettuse added after baking, you are eating a what?
a) Grinder  (midwest)
b) Hoagie   (yankee)
c) Hot Sub  (elsewhere)

Also I would have categorized a slightly different set of labels:

Dixie
Midwesterner
Upper Midwesterner
Californian
Texan (Texas, Okl., New Mex.)
Yankee
New Yorkian (New Jersey/New York speak;
              as opposed to high society "New Yorker")

You could label the last two:  Upper Yankee and Middle Yankee

I find distinct differences in both pronunciations and colloquialism
for all seven regions.  And I tend to only understand those from the
midwest.


On 28-Apr-2005 13:50 EDT, Tony Spencer wrote:

> 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.

{...}

>> 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


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Scott G. Hall
Raleigh, NC, USA
ScottGHall AT BellSouth.Net