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Little Danny

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May 24, 2010 9:06 PM
Actually, having grown up a military brat, you'd be amazed by how serious of an issue this is for people from different parts of the country. There are other regional differences, but it seems that how you say "soda" or "pop" grates on people.

I've also met people who have called it sodie, sodie pop and soda water.
May 24, 2010 9:06pm
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tk421

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May 24, 2010 9:31 PM
Soda pop just sounds so weird to me, what is this the 1950s with soda jerks still around?
May 24, 2010 9:31pm
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LJ

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May 24, 2010 9:44 PM
justincredible wrote: Soda. Anyone who says anything else deserves a punch to the throat.
GTFO
May 24, 2010 9:44pm
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May 24, 2010 9:46 PM
LJ wrote:
justincredible wrote: Soda. Anyone who says anything else deserves a punch to the throat.
GTFO
GFY.
May 24, 2010 9:46pm
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BigAppleBuckeye

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May 24, 2010 9:46 PM
Soda, but obviously I am in the minority as I grew up and currently live on the East coast.

Other differences I noticed when I went to OSU:

*I say sneakers, you say tennis shoes
*I would call pizza places and ask for a large pie, and would get confused silence or baffled questions
*The guys I hung out with from Newark, OH coined "banging a girl" as fingering her, and not having sex with her, which is what I mean when I say that
May 24, 2010 9:46pm
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THE4RINGZ

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May 24, 2010 9:47 PM
Soda around other people. Pop around my kids.

My kids will punch Justin in the mouth guarnfuckingteed.
May 24, 2010 9:47pm
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LJ

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May 24, 2010 9:48 PM
justincredible wrote:
LJ wrote:
justincredible wrote: Soda. Anyone who says anything else deserves a punch to the throat.
GTFO
GFY.
CSMDYLALMBL
May 24, 2010 9:48pm
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Glory Days

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May 24, 2010 9:49 PM
BigAppleBuckeye wrote: Soda, but obviously I am in the minority as I grew up and currently live on the East coast.

Other differences I noticed when I went to OSU:

*I say sneakers, you say tennis shoes
*I would call pizza places and ask for a large pie, and would get confused silence or baffled questions
*The guys I hung out with from Newark, OH coined "banging a girl" as fingering her, and not having sex with her, which is what I mean when I say that
haha never heard of banging meaning anything other than sex.
May 24, 2010 9:49pm
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May 24, 2010 9:50 PM
tk421 wrote: Soda pop just sounds so weird to me, what is this the 1950s with soda jerks still around?
Well you can get an egg cream as well.

My favorite is "pizza pie", no one unless they live northeast of DC or in south Florida (i.e., the further south in Florida you are, the further north you really are) says pizza pie. Chocolate pie is pie. Strawberry pie is pie. A pizza is a pizza.
May 24, 2010 9:50pm
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May 24, 2010 9:52 PM
Manhattan Buckeye wrote:
tk421 wrote: Soda pop just sounds so weird to me, what is this the 1950s with soda jerks still around?
Well you can get an egg cream as well.

My favorite is "pizza pie", no one unless they live northeast of DC or in south Florida (i.e., the further south in Florida you are, the further north you really are) says pizza pie. Chocolate pie is pie. Strawberry pie is pie. A pizza is a pizza.
That's not the weirdest one, in jersey, any sauce without meat is called "gravy"

"The pizza gravy done yet?"
"Pass me the gravy for my spaghetti"
May 24, 2010 9:52pm
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May 24, 2010 9:53 PM
BigAppleBuckeye wrote: Soda, but obviously I am in the minority as I grew up and currently live on the East coast.

Other differences I noticed when I went to OSU:

*I say sneakers, you say tennis shoes
*I would call pizza places and ask for a large pie, and would get confused silence or baffled questions
*The guys I hung out with from Newark, OH coined "banging a girl" as fingering her, and not having sex with her, which is what I mean when I say that
I say sneakers as well. I'm also from Newark and have never used that phrase to describe that action. Those guys must be real ratards.
May 24, 2010 9:53pm
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BigAppleBuckeye

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May 24, 2010 9:54 PM
LJ wrote:
Manhattan Buckeye wrote:
tk421 wrote: Soda pop just sounds so weird to me, what is this the 1950s with soda jerks still around?
Well you can get an egg cream as well.

My favorite is "pizza pie", no one unless they live northeast of DC or in south Florida (i.e., the further south in Florida you are, the further north you really are) says pizza pie. Chocolate pie is pie. Strawberry pie is pie. A pizza is a pizza.
That's not the weirdest one, in jersey, any sauce without meat is called "gravy"

"The pizza gravy done yet?"
"Pass me the gravy for my spaghetti"
Really? That is new to me. Spaghetti gets sauce, at least in every Jersey town that I have been. Maybe its a South Jersey thing?
May 24, 2010 9:54pm
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May 24, 2010 9:54 PM
Manhattan Buckeye wrote:
tk421 wrote: Soda pop just sounds so weird to me, what is this the 1950s with soda jerks still around?
Well you can get an egg cream as well.

My favorite is "pizza pie", no one unless they live northeast of DC or in south Florida (i.e., the further south in Florida you are, the further north you really are) says pizza pie. Chocolate pie is pie. Strawberry pie is pie. A pizza is a pizza.
Reminds me of the Brian Regan bit that was on Comedy Central awhile back.
May 24, 2010 9:54pm
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May 24, 2010 9:54 PM
justincredible wrote:
BigAppleBuckeye wrote: Soda, but obviously I am in the minority as I grew up and currently live on the East coast.

Other differences I noticed when I went to OSU:

*I say sneakers, you say tennis shoes
*I would call pizza places and ask for a large pie, and would get confused silence or baffled questions
*The guys I hung out with from Newark, OH coined "banging a girl" as fingering her, and not having sex with her, which is what I mean when I say that
I say sneakers as well. I'm also from Newark and have never used that phrase to describe that action. Those guys must be real ratards.
Oh yes, they are. I have posted about them before: they set back my maturity a good decade haha
May 24, 2010 9:54pm
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May 24, 2010 9:55 PM
BigAppleBuckeye wrote:
LJ wrote:
Manhattan Buckeye wrote:
tk421 wrote: Soda pop just sounds so weird to me, what is this the 1950s with soda jerks still around?
Well you can get an egg cream as well.

My favorite is "pizza pie", no one unless they live northeast of DC or in south Florida (i.e., the further south in Florida you are, the further north you really are) says pizza pie. Chocolate pie is pie. Strawberry pie is pie. A pizza is a pizza.
That's not the weirdest one, in jersey, any sauce without meat is called "gravy"

"The pizza gravy done yet?"
"Pass me the gravy for my spaghetti"
Really? That is new to me. Spaghetti gets sauce, at least in every Jersey town that I have been. Maybe its a South Jersey thing?
Bingo, my cousin's husband and his family are from Buena, which is like 30 minutes from Atlantic City.
May 24, 2010 9:55pm
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May 24, 2010 9:55 PM
justincredible wrote:
BigAppleBuckeye wrote: Soda, but obviously I am in the minority as I grew up and currently live on the East coast.

Other differences I noticed when I went to OSU:

*I say sneakers, you say tennis shoes
*I would call pizza places and ask for a large pie, and would get confused silence or baffled questions
*The guys I hung out with from Newark, OH coined "banging a girl" as fingering her, and not having sex with her, which is what I mean when I say that
I say sneakers as well. I'm also from Newark and have never used that phrase to describe that action. Those guys must be real ratards.
well then you are all kinds of fucked up. sneakers and pop? why are you in ohio?
May 24, 2010 9:55pm
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BigAppleBuckeye

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May 24, 2010 9:56 PM
LJ wrote:
BigAppleBuckeye wrote:
LJ wrote:
Manhattan Buckeye wrote:
tk421 wrote: Soda pop just sounds so weird to me, what is this the 1950s with soda jerks still around?
Well you can get an egg cream as well.

My favorite is "pizza pie", no one unless they live northeast of DC or in south Florida (i.e., the further south in Florida you are, the further north you really are) says pizza pie. Chocolate pie is pie. Strawberry pie is pie. A pizza is a pizza.
That's not the weirdest one, in jersey, any sauce without meat is called "gravy"

"The pizza gravy done yet?"
"Pass me the gravy for my spaghetti"
Really? That is new to me. Spaghetti gets sauce, at least in every Jersey town that I have been. Maybe its a South Jersey thing?
Bingo, my cousin's husband and his family are from Buena, which is like 30 minutes from Atlantic City.
gotcha, that makes sense ... lots of Philly influence down there, and they practically have their own language haha
May 24, 2010 9:56pm
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LJ

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May 24, 2010 9:57 PM
BigAppleBuckeye wrote:
LJ wrote:
BigAppleBuckeye wrote:
LJ wrote:
Manhattan Buckeye wrote:
tk421 wrote: Soda pop just sounds so weird to me, what is this the 1950s with soda jerks still around?
Well you can get an egg cream as well.

My favorite is "pizza pie", no one unless they live northeast of DC or in south Florida (i.e., the further south in Florida you are, the further north you really are) says pizza pie. Chocolate pie is pie. Strawberry pie is pie. A pizza is a pizza.
That's not the weirdest one, in jersey, any sauce without meat is called "gravy"

"The pizza gravy done yet?"
"Pass me the gravy for my spaghetti"
Really? That is new to me. Spaghetti gets sauce, at least in every Jersey town that I have been. Maybe its a South Jersey thing?
Bingo, my cousin's husband and his family are from Buena, which is like 30 minutes from Atlantic City.
gotcha, that makes sense ... lots of Philly influence down there, and they practically have their own language haha
I googled it, and apparently it is a bigger Philly Italian thing than NJ
May 24, 2010 9:57pm
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darbypitcher22

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May 24, 2010 10:08 PM
I call it pop
May 24, 2010 10:08pm
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BuckeyeBlue

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May 24, 2010 10:15 PM
Called it pop until I started at college. My roomate there was from Massachusetts, and between him saying soda, and that being what was on the machines at work (waited tables and had to ring in sodas), I started using the term soda, and have ever since.
May 24, 2010 10:15pm
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May 24, 2010 10:53 PM
my friend from jersey said they dont have sizes of pizza up there, just one size you call and order a pie or 2 pies etc and you get them all the same size
May 24, 2010 10:53pm
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May 24, 2010 11:24 PM
^^^

Same way in NYC if you to Famous Original Ray's or whatever, they only make one size. You can buy it by the slice or order the whole thing, but they are all the same size.
May 24, 2010 11:24pm
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May 24, 2010 11:28 PM
I call it pop.

I had a friend at school from Tennessee who would order Coke every time we went to a restaurant. It was weird when he explained that down south, you go to a restaurant and order a Coke...and they would ask "what kind?" He would then respond "Mountain Dew."

I also got made fun of by my friend in New York for calling my shoes tennis shoes while I was staying with him.
May 24, 2010 11:28pm
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bigkahuna

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May 25, 2010 12:27 AM
^^I have a similar situation.

I call it pop, but I have a cousin from Louisville that does the same thing with coke.

I agree, of all of the things to argue about, this is one of the most heated discussions.
May 25, 2010 12:27am
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May 25, 2010 12:28 AM
The calling all sodas "Coke" thing really bugs me.

I could not care less if you call it "pop" or "soda" but unless you are ordering a "Coke" or just want whatever cola the place has you shouldn't say "coke".

That's like me going into a candy store and saying "can I have a Snickers" and expecting them to ask me what kind of candy bar I want.
May 25, 2010 12:28am