se-alum;706266 wrote:Does anyone outside of Ohio use the term "pop"?
That surprises me. I guess though when I travel it's usually South and I always hear either soda or coke. I have spent a fair amount of time in Michigan, and have heard it called soda more often than not.Con_Alma;706276 wrote:Holy crap! Apparently so.
I say it sometimes just to annoy people. I actually say Coke a lot but that's just because it's my favorite and if I am drinking a soda pop it's almost always an actual Coke.justincredible;706278 wrote:I say soda almost 100% of the time. That makes me hweird since I'm from Ohio.
thavoice;706296 wrote:Good ole RC Cola...not bad stuff!
Other, lesser-used terms include ‘dope’ in the Carolinas and ‘tonic’ in and around Boston, both fading in popularity. Other generic terms for soft drinks outside the US include ‘thavoice;706290 wrote:I always say pop......so, according to that map......there are some places they dont say pop, soda or coke and just say 'other'?
That is odd...I will have a cherry flavored other please
op’ (Canada), ‘mineral’ (Ireland), ‘soft drink’ (New Zealand and Australia). The term ‘soft drink’, finally, arose to contrast said beverages with hard (i.e. alcoholic) drinks.
You know whats funny is sometimes I say Sody Pop just because it pisses one of my friends off and is just fun to say. When I moved to Ohio I normally called it Soda Pop and she hated it haha. Now I mostly just say pop though because its what everyone else says.thavoice;706302 wrote:Had the same thought when i said it myself!
and yeah..i was jokin when I said that about other!
How about some that say Sody Pop?
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september63;706329 wrote:I lived in Atlanta for 10 years and every type of soda/"pop" was called Cola. Another common regional term from the South............Fixin
Con_Alma;706364 wrote:That's surprising. I would think in Atlanta everything would be called Coke.
bigkahuna;706127 wrote:Something that my wife and I had about a 15min discussion on the other day
cot vs. caught
Do you pronounce these differently because I don't.
That reason is probably you pronouncing one of the names wrong.FatHobbit;706418 wrote:I do not pronounce them differently.
I also pronounce Dawn and Don the same. I work with people that have both names and it is always confusing when I have to work with both of them, for some reason.
Fab4Runner;706137 wrote:Wildcats makes fun of me for this one. I lived in Toledo for 6 years and I guess it rubbed off on me.
sportswizuhrd;706453 wrote:I've lived here for 5 and still don't sound like that because that's how the woman talks and I make fun of her for it. Everyone at work still makes fun of me for my southern accent. It's still there. When I first moved up here, I remember waitresses having trouble making out what I was saying. They acted like I was speaking a different language.
Oh btw, while you lived up here....Ore-gin(like Ted Ginn) or Ore-gone?
The one near Toledo...Ore-gone. I just say it the way people in Toledo say it. The state...I say Ore-gin.sportswizuhrd;706453 wrote:I've lived here for 5 and still don't sound like that because that's how the woman talks and I make fun of her for it. Everyone at work still makes fun of me for my southern accent. It's still there. When I first moved up here, I remember waitresses having trouble making out what I was saying. They acted like I was speaking a different language.
Oh btw, while you lived up here....Ore-gin(like Ted Ginn) or Ore-gone?
