Regional Dialects/Odd Sayings - Page 52

gabriel · 08-29-2005, 08:42 PM

Well up north here in Milwaukee, WI we buy soda and go stand next to the bubbler (water fountain) hahahaha.

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CantGetNuf · 08-30-2005, 12:16 AM

When I was a teenager in the 80's if we said "Thats tight." It meant that it was bad or mean. Now my kids say "Thats tight." and it means cool.

Growing up in CA we always called our sodas Coke.

AntmSTarTa · 08-30-2005, 01:20 AM

Thanks hepcat! That site really shows what's what!

I live an hour north from NYC and I've always called it Soda. I've never heard someone refer to it as 'pop' or 'coke'.

lildago · 08-30-2005, 10:15 AM

I grew up in Louisiana with my mom's side of the family but now live in Texas. We have always called everything "coke". All of my family on my dad's side is in California( originally from Michigan) and they all say "pop".

Marleybone · 08-30-2005, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by hepcat

Why not participate in the national survey on this issue?

http://www.popvssoda.com/

Thanks hepcat - that was interesting and fun. It's pop here in Nebraska.

GlitterxGold · 08-31-2005, 02:32 AM

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Originally Posted by lildago

I grew up in Louisiana with my mom's side of the family but now live in Texas. We have always called everything "coke". All of my family on my dad's side is in California( originally from Michigan) and they all say "pop".

It's hard not to giggle when I hear someone say "pop".

It just seems.....unnatural. I have heard older folks say "sodey water" too.

bhanson · 08-31-2005, 03:35 AM

Where I live in Vancouver, BC, almost everyone refers to it as pop, except old fogeys, who still call it soda.

I had no idea that people actually used "coke" to reffer to all different varieties of pop. That seems so strange to me

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joeguy · 08-31-2005, 09:28 AM

i worked with a guy who live in minnisota, when he wanted to borrow $5 he'd ask " can you borrow me $5" took me a bit to get the gist of that.

queenb · 09-01-2005, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by bhanson

I had no idea that people actually used "coke" to reffer to all different varieties of pop. That seems so strange to me

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Us country/hillbilly type Southerners still do use 'coke' for one and all, but you hear less of it as people move in from other places. I remember giggling as a kid when we went to a motel, and there were kids from Illinois in the swimming pool, wishing they could get "pop".
About the only other thing I ever heard it called as a kid was "a cold drink". That didn't mean iced tea, water or juice, just carbonated beverages.

Country Gal.."Kin I git yew a coke?
Farmer John..."Yes m'aam, thank yew.
Country Gal..."What kind?"
Farmer John..."Mountain Dew, please"

DreamerFish · 09-02-2005, 09:20 PM

queenb Cool accent!

Growing up we called it "soda". When I lived in the midwest they called it "pop". In New England they call it "tonic" and a "soda" was like a milkshake but the type of milkshake I was used to they call a "frappe" -- at least they did years ago.

08-30-2005, 10:15 AM	#514
lildago gypsy soul Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 10,868	I grew up in Louisiana with my mom's side of the family but now live in Texas. We have always called everything "coke". All of my family on my dad's side is in California( originally from Michigan) and they all say "pop". __________________ "I would wear him like a scrunchie."

08-29-2005, 08:42 PM	#511
gabriel Dorito, Nacho flavor Dad. Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: At home Age: 52 Posts: 8,234	Well up north here in Milwaukee, WI we buy soda and go stand next to the bubbler (water fountain) hahahaha.

08-30-2005, 12:16 AM	#512
CantGetNuf FORT Fogey Join Date: Apr 2003 Age: 40 Posts: 1,070	When I was a teenager in the 80's if we said "Thats tight." It meant that it was bad or mean. Now my kids say "Thats tight." and it means cool. Growing up in CA we always called our sodas Coke.

08-30-2005, 01:20 AM	#513
AntmSTarTa JESSICA: #1 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: New York, USA Posts: 1,232	Thanks hepcat! That site really shows what's what! I live an hour north from NYC and I've always called it Soda. I've never heard someone refer to it as 'pop' or 'coke'.

08-31-2005, 03:35 AM	#517
bhanson Nik.Nicole.Bre.Lisa Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Vancouver Posts: 1,229	Where I live in Vancouver, BC, almost everyone refers to it as pop, except old fogeys, who still call it soda. I had no idea that people actually used "coke" to reffer to all different varieties of pop. That seems so strange to me .

08-31-2005, 09:28 AM	#518
joeguy FORT Fogey Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: just above the horizon, but below the ozone Posts: 3,748	i worked with a guy who live in minnisota, when he wanted to borrow $5 he'd ask " can you borrow me $5" took me a bit to get the gist of that.

09-02-2005, 09:20 PM	#520
DreamerFish FORT Regular Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 111	queenb Cool accent! Growing up we called it "soda". When I lived in the midwest they called it "pop". In New England they call it "tonic" and a "soda" was like a milkshake but the type of milkshake I was used to they call a "frappe" -- at least they did years ago.