Pop vs soda vs coke and other regional differences.

[palitoy]

Eh, I haven't had that in years, with the cheese curds? I could eat a dish right now.

I don't eat a lot of poutine, it's insanely high in calories and i'm also a bit finicky about how it's prepared. I just honestly just meant putting brown gravy on fries with a ton of white vinegar in my case.



And this is usually where you get that:



Every single one of my family adventures usually lands us at one of these.

[Mikey]

Only food trucks around these parts is the occasional Sabrett hot dog truck

[Marvelmania]

Ok so that clears that up.

[cjefferys]

I can't eat poutine, I think it's disgusting and horrific for your heath. But I do love getting fresh cut fries from a chip truck. That's usually the only time I use vinegar instead of ketchup on my fries, not sure why. Chip trucks are pretty big in Canada, I live in the sticks and even we have at least three of them locally.

Oh, and here it's definitely pop, not soda. I don't understand the places that call everything "coke". How do conversations like that work: "What do you want to drink?" "I'll have a coke". "What kind?" "Sprite". That's just odd.

[EmergencyIan]

I can't eat poutine, I think it's disgusting and horrific for your heath. But I do love getting fresh cut fries from a chip truck. That's usually the only time I use vinegar instead of ketchup on my fries, not sure why. Chip trucks are pretty big in Canada, I live in the sticks and even we have at least three of them locally.

Oh, and here it's definitely pop, not soda. I don't understand the places that call everything "coke". How do conversations like that work: "What do you want to drink?" "I'll have a coke". "What kind?" "Sprite". That's just odd.

Generally, where they call all soft drinks “Coke,” it’s already fairly backwards. So, I don’t think most give it a second thought.

- Ian

[Marvelmania]

Calling people and areas "Backwards" really? Why not attack people's accents too?

[Werewolf]

I don't think I've even lived in an area that had food trucks.

[PNGwynne]

That's Poutine, and it's a French Canadian dish. Throw in some gravy and you're good to go. My wife is from Montreal and that's a household favorite.

Yes, poutine. I've had it twice when I vacationed in Canada (Toronto and Quebec City). Brian just mentioned the gravy, and I got a little confused because I didn't know fries were sometimes served with only the gravy. I think the gravy is important, the one serving I had featured a light, well-seasoned gravy. The other was saltier and gloppy.

[Wee67]

The New York Times has a 25-question quiz asking you how you pronounce certain words or what you call certain things. At the end it tells where in the US you are likely from. (I'd be curious where it tells Candian members where they are from). It was able to tell me I'm from Philly even though it didn't ask the sub/grinder/hoagie questions. (It's a hoagie!)

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/dialect-quiz-map.html?register=facebook

[EmergencyIan]

Calling people and areas "Backwards" really? Why not attack people's accents too?

It may be harsh, but it’s true. I happen to come from the part of a the country (southern Indiana) where many people refer to soft drinks as “coke.” So, I have some inside knowledge about the community.

- Ian

[Marvelmania]

As do I living in eastern TN and there are so many stereo types from living in the south it's nuts. Just calling all soft drinks "Coke" is more of a slang for that area but it doesn't necessary make them "Backwards". That said I wouldn't call anyone "Backwards" for the way they were brought up or for their slang. I think "different" might be a better word to use. It can be funny and amusing but when I hear 'backwards" IMO it just referrers to people being ignorant or stupid.
I like you and your posts so this one caught me a little off-guard. It's nothing personal, just a difference of opinion.

[cjefferys]

The New York Times has a 25-question quiz asking you how you pronounce certain words or what you call certain things. At the end it tells where in the US you are likely from. (I'd be curious where it tells Candian members where they are from). It was able to tell me I'm from Philly even though it didn't ask the sub/grinder/hoagie questions. (It's a hoagie!)

In my part of Canada, our accent is considered "Standard Canadian English" which is very similar to "General American" aka "newscaster accent", with a touch of "Canadian raising" (the thing that makes Americans think we pronounce words like "about" differently, although we do not literally say "aboot", we're not Scottish).

I took the above test and the three US cities my accent is apparently closest to are Detroit, Grand Rapids and Minneapolis/St. Paul. It's funny, because the US city I'm closest to is Buffalo, NY but they definitely have a noticeable accent to me (many Buffalonians pronounce words like "map" and "mop" almost interchangeably).

BTW, the quiz did ask me the sub/grinder/hoagie question, and for me it's a sub. A couple of questions I didn't really have an answer to, like what do you call the strip of grass between the sidewalk and road. Um, nothing. And man, some regions have weird names for sun-showers!

[Werewolf]

Just calling all soft drinks "Coke" is more of a slang for that area but it doesn't necessary make them "Backwards".

No, but it still does make them wrong. It should be called "Pop" of course.

I do hope no one takes any of this seriously. It's meant all in good fun.

I mean there's an entire movie making fun of mid western accents.

You betcha!

[palitoy]

In my part of Canada, our accent is considered "Standard Canadian English" which is very similar to "General American" aka "newscaster accent", with a touch of "Canadian raising" (the thing that makes Americans think we pronounce words like "about" differently, although we do not literally say "aboot", we're not Scottish).

I worked with a guy from Belleville that said "hoose" and "aboot" all day long, I never brought it up but yeah, they do exist.

Slightly North of us, 2/3 of my wife's family speaks a language called "Frenglish" and there is a strong leaning to make every statement sound like a question.

ie "I went down to the store?"

[Werewolf]

Anyone remember SNL's Bill Swerski's Super Fans? "Da Bears! Da Bulls!" People find mid western accents hilarious. Uffdah.