Just for Fun

[neversleeps]

Is that guy in the white shirt carrying a case of pop?

LOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!

It must be pop. After all, what kind of idiot would carry around a case of soda?

[neversleeps]

And carbonated beverages of all types are called "COKE".

So, what if you really want a Sprite? Do you say, "I'll have a Coke," then they bring you a Coke, and you say, "No, I wanted a different Coke?"

It could take hours before you finally get the right pop.

[WAFlowers]

So what do you say they call it in Canada? Soda? Did I hear you correctly? Just checking one last time...(ahem)

Ummm ... sody pop?

[dankazoo]

70% General American English
15% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
5% Midwestern
0% Dixie

Pop, soda, Coke. . . . .who cares?? Being raised in Michigan, I'm gonna go get a Vernors and make the other Michiganders go AAAAAHHHHH!

Dan

[Sleepless on LI]

So what do you say they call it in Canada? Soda? Did I hear you correctly? Just checking one last time...(ahem)

Ummm ... sody pop?

Well, just call Bill "Mr. Diplomatic." What a solution, soda pop!!!

And Uncle Bob's post had me hysterical. That was just the perfect comment!

Dankazoo, you don't even want to start with this again, do you? Trust me, you don't. Ah, what the heck. What is a Vernors???

[SLEEPYCD]

Neversleeps,
Thanks for the picture!!!! Where in Minn??? I don't think its a CASE OF POP OR SODA, MAYBE A CASE OF BEER!!!!!!! As far as the weather, I went biking last week (temp around 38 degrees), froze my BUNS OFF!!! Do you think I ought to outfit my bike with skies instead of tires??? Maybe I could get a heated bike seat to keep my buns warm!!!
CD (Carolyn)

[SLEEPYCD]

Jan from Colo,
Where do you live in Colorado??? Did you say your husband is an ENT??? My brother (Dr. Bob) lives in Pueblo. Have spent alot of time in Colorado, beautiful out there. Noticed from previous posts you are doing alot better, nice to have some energy again, isn't it? You're right nobody speaks Midwestern!!!! To heck with the POP or SODA, HOW ABOUT A COORS BEER????
CD (Carolyn)

[sleepy in uk]

This is interesting as I am English

40% General American English
30% Yankee
15% Dixie
5% Mid Western
0% Upper Midwestern

[mommaw]

Your Linguistic Profile:

40% General American English
25% Dixie
25% Yankee
5% Midwestern
5% Upper Midwestern

Born and raised in Kentucky, I find this an interesting mix!


We call them all COKE


Gilda

[dankazoo]

LoRi-

Vernors is a regional version of ginger ale. People like me use cases of it to gain entry to homes of people who have moved away and have become desperate to satisfy their addiction. It can induce hugs, kisses, and even free meals or alcohol! (Gender specific on some of those!)

Dan

[Guest]

Back where I started (see post above) I think I recall most of us, especially old timers, in the region/neighborhood calling it soda pop. Unless it was "The Real Thing", Coke. The other colas, Pepsi and Royal Crown, were also rans.

Lori,

Permission granted. Actually, I had forgotten I had that poster with me on it until I looked up and it was staring me in the face. It was taken last year at an event in Las Vegas.

Hope everybody had a good night's sleep.javascript:emoticon(':)')
Smile

Clif

[cvansant]

Oops. Did it again. Last guest was me. Pretty obvious tho'.

Clif

[snowdog]

80% General American English
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Yankee
0% Dixie
0% Midwestern

Upper midwestern? I wonder what answer I gave makes me sound like a Yooper... ?

Born in Chicago, have spent my life within 40 miles of the city. For the record, when I was a kid I called it "pop". Somewhere along the line it just started sounding dumb to me so it's been "soda" ever since.

Oh, and on the tennis shoes vs sneakers question; everyone I know calls them gym shoes.

Speaking of regional accents, I live about 20 miles from the Wisconsin border. I had a job for a few years where half the people I worked with were from the other side of the "Cheddar Curtain". One difference I noticed was that Wisconsin folks seem to pronounce a long A in words that I wouldn't. For example, the word "back" would be pronounced more like "bake". Somewhere along the way I noticed that I had picked that up in my own speaking. I still catch myself at it, especially since my company has three plants up in Packer Country that I have to occasionally travel to.

[snowdog]

I also took the "What kind of rocker are you" quiz. The quiz says that I'm a "Chick Rocker".

15 years of playing bass in a heavy metal band playing Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, WASP, etc. and my answers point to chick music? I don't think so.

[Sleepless on LI]

Oops. Did it again. Last guest was me. Pretty obvious tho'.

Clif

Clif,

Your name was at the bottom of the "guest" post anyway, so I figured it out, the sleuth that I am...thanks!