Pop, Soda, or Coke?

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[Betis70]

I was asking Aquinasfan whether he used the term Grinder or not--my grampa used "Tonic" for what I call soda, but I can't recall what he called a grinder. Outside of CT, I've not run into many people who know what the term means.

Sorry should have been more clear.

[maryz]

And my Grandparents from Lowell, MASS called a milkshake a frappe.

I'm in Boston, and here they're two different things: a milkshake is just milk and syrup frothed in a blender; a frappe has ice cream blended in. As opposed to a "soda," which here is syrup and carbonated water with a scoop of ice cream added!

[tj_2004]

Here in California, I think people say "you guys", at least the people I know here do. And this includes if you are talking to girls -- it makes no difference, they're still "you guys".

I have family in Pennsylvania (south central PA) and besides talking funny in general, they say "you'ens" or "yunes" or something like that.

It's "yous guys" in some parts of New York.

[Radix]

"....my Grandparents from Lowell, MASS called a milkshake a frappe."

That reminds me of a funny story. I was in New York once, and I ordered a Frappe. The person at the counter asked me "what do you want on it?" I gave a quizzical look, and said you know, vanilla syrup and ice cream.

What I ended up with was just plain strange, it was sickly sweet and I had to throw it away. Indeed a Frappe around here is a rich milk shake. A milk shake is a frappe but more of an economy version.

[petitfour]

dustbunnies? (I have not read further on this thread, so I don't know if you've told yet.)

[Radix]

Grinders, spuckies, subs ....Nobody here ever orders a "hero" however.

[LexBaird]

A "crick" is something that happens to your back.

So is a "creak". ;^)

[Fresh Wind]

What else is there? ;-)

This might help you answer that question:

Cheesesteak Veterans For Truth

[Dr._Joseph_Warren]

What about Sody-Pop? Or Co-Cola?

Exactly my question. The survey didn't reveal how border counties handle this.

In St. Louis they say 'soda'. In my hometown in northwest Illinois we say 'pop'. But I have friends who live just north of Quincy Illinois (border country) who always say 'soda-pop'!

[maryz]

Growing up we always used the term ice box.

Probably because your parents (or at least your grandparents) actually had iceboxes. When did refrigerators come in? The 20s? The 30s?

[ken5050]

and in NYC..an "egg cream" doesn't have eggs in it..

[Betis70]

>>(e.g. something good happens and everyone says "Dude!").

One of my friends is from Vietnam originally but since immigrating here has been in the Bay Area exclusively. He uses "Dude" all the time

"I was like--Dude! Can you follow me any closer on the Freeway?"

[ken5050]

Can we correlate this map with the one of RED and BLUE counties?..and where's DR Pepper?

[SShultz460]

Nice map

[LexBaird]

What do you call the accumulations of fluff and other debris that coagulate under the bed?

Cats. Sometimes they accumulate around the food dish, too.

[N8VTXNinWV]

Coke!

Interesting to see AZ in the "Soda" catagory. When I lived there we called everything Coke. I guess that was my daddy passing down his southern genes! lol :o)

[maryz]

I seem to remember that "chesterfield" refers to a fairly specific sort of couch/sofa, though.

I believe all the sofa/couch/davenport/divan terms are specific -- but I don't know the differences.

[Badray]

"Any Southerner worth his weight knows that it's "coke.""

And no self respectin' Southerner makes instant grits.

[Polyxene]

I am Ohioan and always called it pop. We lived in Maryland for a couple of years, and they called it soda. To me a soda was an ice cream concoction made with soda water!

[Chemist_Geek]

People, at least educated ones, used to be much more precise in their use of language than they are today.

Very true.