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Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 2:08 pm
by TXKajun
No problem or hurt feelings at all, Teri.
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 2:57 pm
by elliejose
As if you couldn't tell from reading my posts, here are my results:
45% Dixie
45% General American English
5% Upper Midwestern
5% Yankee
0% Midwestern
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 5:12 pm
by NOzsnAZ
70% General American English
15% Yankee
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern
Interesting....
What the heck is:
"The devil is beating his wife" all about????
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 5:28 pm
by neversleeps
My Linguistic Profile:
65% General American English
20% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
5% Midwestern
0% Dixie
And what's the deal with Coke/soda/pop? If you ask for a Coke, you're asking for a particular brand of cola; if you ask for soda, you're asking for that bubbly water that goes great with scotch; if you ask for pop, then the response is, "Do you want, Coke, Sprite, Mountain Dew or Dr. Pepper?" So, OF COURSE, 'pop' is the correct answer.
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 5:41 pm
by Sleepless on LI
neversleeps wrote:"Do you want, Coke, Sprite, Mountain Dew or Dr. Pepper?" So, OF COURSE, 'pop' is the correct answer.
NO, IT'S NOT!!! Soda is!!! Pop is something some people call their fathers. Pop is the noise a balloon makes. Pop goes the weasel. But that carbonated sweet drink that goes by those names is called S O D A ! ! ! !
And that part about the test? I just chose one because it didn't give me a choice to say "None of the above." But I never heard of any of those choices. I would say I "aced" a test if it was really easy.
Now that I've cleared those up...
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 5:49 pm
by neversleeps
POP!
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 5:58 pm
by Sleepless on LI
neversleeps wrote:POP!
S O D A ! ! ! ! Let's call the whole thing off...
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 6:00 pm
by neversleeps
POP!!!!!!!!
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 6:15 pm
by MissAmethyst2U
65% General American English
25% Dixie
10% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
And Lori, it's funny you should call it soda, cause my ex's friend from NY I think he was even from Long Island, if I remember correctly he called it pop...but I agree it's SODA! the first time I heard it called pop was on vacation at my mom's sisters house up north and OMG I was like HUH!?!? lol....
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 6:41 pm
by neversleeps
MissAmethyst2U wrote:I agree it's SODA! the first time I heard it called pop was on vacation at my mom's sisters house up north and OMG I was like HUH!?!? lol....
I guess I'll have to take the high road and be the mature adult to put a stop to this little debate.
It's pop, pop, pop!!! End of discussion!
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 6:46 pm
by SLEEPYCD
Enjoyed this one!!!!! HARD TO BELIEVE I'M FROM THE MIDWEST!!!! SPENT 6 MONTHS IN NEW JERSEY, LEARNED REAL FAST THAT POP IS SODA ON THE EAST COAST!!!!!!!!
80% General American English
10% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
0% Dixie
0% Midwestern
Have also spent alot of time down south, have a brother in LA, and understand the "CAJUN THING"!!!! We all may speak a little differently, use different phrases, but we ALL TALK THE SAME LANGUAGE ON THIS SITE!!!!! LOL
Carolyn
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 6:50 pm
by Sleepless on LI
neversleeps wrote:It's pop, pop, pop!!! End of discussion!
Two can play that game, missy.
SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA! SODA!
By the way, in case you didn't get the message, SODA!
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 6:53 pm
by Guest
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 6:55 pm
by neversleeps
Oops! Forgot to login.....
Wait, on second thought.... Oh look. What an incredibly wise and wonderful 'guest'!!!!!!!
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 7:00 pm
by SLEEPYCD
NEVERSLEEPS,
OK IF YOU ARE FROM THE MIDWEST, LIKE US, IT'S POP!!!!! HEY, I WANT TO SEE SOME MORE PICTURES FROM MINNESOTA. WHERE YOU BEEN???
CAROLYN