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[Diana Duncan <dianaduncan AT contentdb.net>]

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