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[Chad Ingham <wap AT visi.com>]

BTW, to clarify, I never meant to imply that people who call carbonated 
sugar water are "hicks".  So no offense meant to any of you "pop"ers out 
there.  That little Floridian girl in my story did have that opinion and 
just happend to switch my vocabulary because of it due to her cute 
factor.  Which I think is hilarious looking back on it.  But my whole 
family would be hicks, too, if using the term "pop" was the sole criteria.

Personally, I don't mind being called a Yankee.  I think it's funny.  
Even if someone meant it offensively, which I've never heard in that 
context, I'd still think it's funny.  Long live the Union, Johhny Reb. ;)

- Chad

Scott G. Hall wrote:

> 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
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