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Pop vs soda vs coke and other regional differences.
You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return...Tags: None -
But I had to get used to whole new terminology when I moved from New England to Ohio.
A funny story associated with it-in the circle of my family and friends of the family growing up in New England, if someone asked you if you wanted a pop-they were asking you if you wanted an alcoholic drink, usually a cocktail or shot rather than beer or wine. When I mt and started dating the woman who I would eventually marry, I came to Ohio to meet her family for the first time for Thanksgiving. She warned me that side of her family were teetotalers, so not to expect or ask for alcohol of any kind at the meal, which was fine. So I get there, and the first thing my wife's aunt asks me is if I want a pop or something to drink. Now having never called soda pop before, and having my background, I thought she was asking me if I wanted an alcoholic drink and I was a little anxious thinking they were testing me to see if I was a lush or some such until my future wife elbowed me and said, she's asking if you want a Coke or something, we call soda pop here, to which I could only blush and stammer no thanks after sweating bullets for a moment.
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You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return...Comment
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-M"Opinion is the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding." -PlatoComment
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It was hard to get used to that.
A big culture shock for me, in the south, was people with really thick accents always had trouble understanding me. I'm from southern Wisconsin and we barely have an accent at all if any. Seriously, you don't get into the thick "Fargo" accent until you get way into Northern Wisconsin.You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return...Comment
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Soda.
Coke Zero addict here, lol.
However...on that rare occasion, when I treat myself to an ice cream float...I use the real thing, the sugary Coca Cola, preferably, Mexican Coke (sugar cane). I like it with vanilla ice cream. Sorry, not into root beer floats.
And no...I don’t wanna hear any preaching on how soda is bad for you...zip it...
P.S. Best soda for tequila...Squirt.sigpicComment
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Never heard that before. I've only called them briefs and panties.
That is the good stuff. Only thing that can really put a dent in my migraines.You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return...Comment
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Terms I use are soda, buggy and float. So what do you call shoes? Sneakers, tennis shoes or other? Fun thread!Comment
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Soft drinks and tennis shoes. Southern Indiana (Evansville)
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