Soda, Pop or Coke? Or something else?

[zeitzeuge]

Ok, you all want to debate?

Here in Texas they call it Coke. No matter what kind it is. You go to the restaurant, you'll hear people saying, "What kind of coke do you want?" They say, "Oh, Dr. Pepper is fine". What the heck?

I'm from Nebraska, where everything is called Pop. Not Soda, not coke, not even Soda Pop. Just POP.

POP!

Now, I can understand calling it Soda, but these people in the south that call all of it Coke, I want to strangle.

In a nice, non threatening, full of love sort of way.....

[mykidsintow]

We call it
Pop
:banana:

[PghLybrt]

it is POP!!!!! :banana:

[jenn&nelsonrego]

soda

[zeitzeuge]

Seems like a few people were raised right. :)

[wallyb]

Well some people say Tonic. :eek:

I say soda

[PghLybrt]

Seems like a few people were raised right. :)

Well I was raised CORRECTly and i suppose right, but then I went left. : )

(crap I guess that is political too, I am going to stink at all of this)

[torsie24]

Us brits say "fizzy drink", although I do know some who say "pop" (mainly grandparents)

[zeitzeuge]

I have heard of Tonic before, but mainly in the East Coast. Now Fizzy Drink is a new one on me.

Just like I heard that people in Minnesota call a drinking fountain a Bubbler.....don't even get me started on THAT.

[wallyb]

Us brits say "fizzy drink", although I do know some who say "pop" (mainly grandparents)

Cool :thumbsup2
Like "fizzy lifting drinks" from Willy Wonka

[rpmdfw]

This is very interesting to me.

My dad was in the soft drink industry for pretty much my whole life until he retired two years ago. He worked for Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Seven-Up, and then Dr.Pepper.

Growing up, my dad was "the pop man" to all of my friends. In Southern Colorado, when I was really small it was "pop".

In our house though, it was none of the above. Growing up in the industry made us VERY conscious of brands and product names. If dad referred to "product" he usually meant what they had out at the Pepsi plant. On a day to day basis, everything was called by it's brand name. Would you like a "Pepsi, or a Bubble up? Or I think we might have a can of DrWells in the other fridge . . ."

I'm still that way now. Each is a separate entity called by it's prduct name. Though I will sometimes refer to a "carbonated caffinated beverage".

Interstingly enough. I'm still bitter enough about how badly Pepsi treated my dad that in restaurants I'll ask for a coke. When they ask "is a Pepsi okay", I'll order an iced tea.

And don't EVEN get me started on the atrocity that is Mr. Pibb" :headache:

[zeitzeuge]

Just how I think that Mello Yello is an atrosity. How can you EVER top the lucious goodness that is Mountain Dew???!!!

[rpmdfw]

Just how I think that Mello Yello is an atrosity. How can you EVER top the lucious goodness that is Mountain Dew???!!!

Frankly, I've always thought that BOTH of them were vile!:rotfl2:

[zeitzeuge]

Frankly, I've always thought that BOTH of them were vile!:rotfl2:

I'm............at a loss for words..............

[wallyb]

Just how I think that Mello Yello is an atrosity. How can you EVER top the lucious goodness that is Mountain Dew???!!!

Ooooo I do the dew! :banana:
I love the radioactive chartreuse glow of it!

[rpmdfw]

I'm............at a loss for words..............

Would you like me to make some up for you?

I'd be really good at it, and make you sound VERY witty.

Like Bruce Vilanch only more svelt! ::yes::

[TinkerChelle]

In my area the term pop is mostly used but by bff is from new york and uses soda and i always use that term now, too. SODA is fun to say.

[PghLybrt]

I call my nephews in jersey just to get them to use correct terms!! LOL


Speaking of POP anyone try the new "natural" Pepsi? I give it that it does not have HFCS in it but....yuck!! I iwll stick with my Jones soda.....er, POP!!!

[SFBayDon]

I seem to call everything a coke.
Then again I call it a Kleenex and not a tissue.
Guess marketing has worked well on me..

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

DH has lived his ENTIRE life in TX. His mom was from Arkansas, I think his dad was from TX.

DH calls it "Cold drink", but he says it like it is one word "Coldrink". This word applies to all brands and varieties. He will tell me he is going to the store to buy coldrinks. That means Coke, Pepsi, or Dr. Pepper,whichever one is on sale.

I call it soda, or I say the actual brand name.

My cousins in Kansas all call it pop.

[PghLybrt]

I seem to call everything a coke. T
hen again I call it a Kleenex and not a tissue.
Guess marketing has worked well on me..
many people! We have so many customers asking if we have any jacuzzi's

- Also a name brand, otherwise thay are just spas.

[kitsch4]

Then again I call it a Kleenex and not a tissue.
Guess marketing has worked well on me..

And then, of course, there are bandaids.

[wallyb]

and q-tip.

[torsie24]

and hoover

[rpmdfw]

and hoover

That may be a British thing.

We usually say "vacuum" or "sweeper" in the states.

[Kaler131]

Pop here as well!:thumbsup2

[kitsch4]

We call it "pop", too. Regional vocab is really interesting. I know this is really random, but what do you guys call the grass that is between the sidewalk and street? Here, we call it a devil strip.

[rpmdfw]

We call it "pop", too. Regional vocab is really interesting. I know this is really random, but what do you guys call the grass that is between the sidewalk and street? Here, we call it a devil strip.

In our yard it's "the part where we need to replace the sod":rotfl2:

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

We call it "pop", too. Regional vocab is really interesting. I know this is really random, but what do you guys call the grass that is between the sidewalk and street? Here, we call it a devil strip.

I don't call it anything. I don't think I have ever had a conversation about it, so I have never needed a term for it. :rotfl2:

[rpmdfw]

Yeah. "Devil Strip" makes me thing that Wally is about to take off his clothes.:rotfl2:


(and that I'll need to avert my eyes to avoid going blind) :lmao:

[kitsch4]

Yeah. "Devil Strip" makes me thing that Wally is about to take off his clothes.:rotfl2:


(and that I'll need to avert my eyes to avoid going blind) :lmao:

And I will never think of a devil strip the same way again. :rotfl2:

[zulemara]

when you open a can, it goes "POP" not "ssssooooddaa" Therefore it is POP

[rpmdfw]

when you open a can, it goes "POP" not "ssssooooddaa" Therefore it is POP

Is that why there's a beer named "Pabst"?

[Geeg]

I'd call it a fizzy drink, but traditionally in Glasgow it is referred to as a "bottle of ginger" - even if it is not ginger ale. As in the conversation might go "could you get me a bottle of ginger please?" "what kind" "coke".

That's a bit old fashioned now - mainly the more generic "fizzy drink" now.

[torsie24]

I'd call it a fizzy drink, but traditionally in Glasgow it is referred to as a "bottle of ginger" - even if it is not ginger ale. As in the conversation might go "could you get me a bottle of ginger please?" "what kind" "coke".

That's a bit old fashioned now - mainly the more generic "fizzy drink" now.
Yay for another fizzy drink friend!!

[OrlandoMike]

I grew up in Ohio....Pop.

Lived in Boston....Tonic.

And now live in Florida....Soda.


Personally......I call them "Mixers"! :cool1:

[NHdisneylover]

Funny thread. We moved to Colorado from Texas when I was 7. I ordered a "coke" the first time we ate out adn the waitress walked off without asking me what kind and came back with a Coca-Cola--I think I broke into tears (I wanted a Dr. Pepper:lmao:). In Colorado it is "pop," but that never sounded right to me so I said Soda (which at least they understood;)) Living in New Hamshire is the one place I have been where I called soda/pop/coke/cold drinks/etc by the commonly used name:thumbsup2

I cannot stand Mtn Dew or any of the knock offs myself and I do not like Pepsi. If I get "is Pepsi okay (Coke is now my beverage:upsidedow) I am totally obnoxious and ask if the iced tea is fresh brewed (if not I go for water).

Now we are in Germany where soda comes with no refills and no ice:sad2:but it is made with REAL sugar still and you can indeed taste the difference (sugar is better:love:)

[jjjmranch]

We call it "pop", too. Regional vocab is really interesting. I know this is really random, but what do you guys call the grass that is between the sidewalk and street? Here, we call it a devil strip.

We call it the parkway in Chicago. Or that can be just in the neighborhood I grew up in. Who knows what it's called on the south side?? :confused3

[NHdisneylover]

We call it "pop", too. Regional vocab is really interesting. I know this is really random, but what do you guys call the grass that is between the sidewalk and street? Here, we call it a devil strip.

We call that the easement.

I am curious when you all go grocery shopping do you place that soda/pop/whatever in a cart (as I do), buggy, basket, carraige (these are the 4 I have heard living various palces) or something else????

[OrlandoMike]

What about when the road comes to a circle leading to a few other roads?

Traffic circle, or Rotary? :rotfl2:

[Vijoge]

We call it "pop", too. Regional vocab is really interesting. I know this is really random, but what do you guys call the grass that is between the sidewalk and street? Here, we call it a devil strip.


Here it's called the parkway.

[torsie24]

We call that the easement.

I am curious when you all go grocery shopping do you place that soda/pop/whatever in a cart (as I do), buggy, basket, carraige (these are the 4 I have heard living various palces) or something else????

Into the trolley...

What about when the road comes to a circle leading to a few other roads?

Traffic circle, or Rotary? :rotfl2:

It's a roundabout. :)

[Geeg]

Into the trolley...



It's a roundabout. :)

Snap

Trolly and roundabout

[SeattleRedBear]

In Seattle:

Parking strip

Traffic circle

Pop

shopping cart (shopping basket is what you carry)

Long time ago, I was reading through an encyclopedia of regional dialects and they identified Rochester NY as the dividing line between soda and pop.

[TheBeadPirate]

... we "make groceries" by pushing our "buggy" through the store while filing it with "soda"... :confused3

translation for our midwest friends (my native home)... buying groceries, pushing a shopping cart, and pop of course!

[jenn&nelsonrego]

We call that the easement.

I am curious when you all go grocery shopping do you place that soda/pop/whatever in a cart (as I do), buggy, basket, carraige (these are the 4 I have heard living various palces) or something else????

soda in the carriage...

What about when the road comes to a circle leading to a few other roads?

Traffic circle, or Rotary? :rotfl2:

rotary... although I do really like the term roundabout and will use that just to confuse people ;)

[2GirlsMama]

We put pop in the cart and drive around a traffic circle.

[Cdn Friends of Pooh]

Here in the central/northern part of Alberta, Canada we call it a traffic circle and push our shopping carts in the grocery store where we pick up some pop ...

[DVCajun]

Coke. :surfweb: nuff said.

[MemoToMe]

In our yard it's "the part where we need to replace the sod":rotfl2:

Honey, I told you I would take care of that as soon as I finished my drinking my soda while driving through the roundabout.

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

We call that the easement.

I am curious when you all go grocery shopping do you place that soda/pop/whatever in a cart (as I do), buggy, basket, carraige (these are the 4 I have heard living various palces) or something else????

I call it a cart. DH (who you will remember has lived his whole life in TX, and worked in grocery retail for 17 years) calls it a buggy.

I call the circular thing in the street "Those damn ring-around-the-rosy things" because they are so fricking confusing. We don't have those here. They have them in Kansas. When my mom had her cancer surgery last summer I was often stuck driving in completely unfamiliar territory and had to navigate those damn circle things. The people who designed those are in the same category as the people who messed up the ADR window. Really.

[rpmdfw]

I call the circular thing in the street "Those damn ring-around-the-rosy things" because they are so fricking confusing.

:rotfl2::lmao::rotfl::rotfl2::lmao::rotfl:

That's awesome!

[DVC~OKW~96]

Well, my Grandfather used to call soda, "soft stuff" as opposed to "hard stuff" (whiskey). ::yes::

I say soda, unless I want a tonic.

Cousins in Worcestershire said "bubbler" for water fountain too. I'll still say it myself from time to time.

Let's see? Roundabout mostly, but have been known to say "stupid rotary." ::yes::

Shopping cart. Buggy is something pulled by a horse! :teeth:

That strip of grass thing? That strip of grass thing over there. ::yes::

[kitsch4]

We put pop in the cart and drive around a traffic circle.

Me, too. If I don't have to get too many groceries, I carry a basket. My husband calls a cart a buggy. He also calls a pen an inkpen.

[MonorailMan]

I call it......
Refreshing.

And "pop".......even though most of the people here in Columbus that I know refer to it as "soda". I grew up 200 miles north of here, which has apparently made a difference.

[NHdisneylover]

What about when the road comes to a circle leading to a few other roads?

Traffic circle, or Rotary? :rotfl2:
Roundabout:thumbsup2(yes, even as an American that is what I learned)



Long time ago, I was reading through an encyclopedia of regional dialects and they identified Rochester NY as the dividing line between soda and pop.

Oooooh--now I have t o email my friend in Rochester and ask him what he calls it (better yet his husband who was born and raised in Rochester--that is who I need to hear from;)). They are so gonna wonder where such a random question came from:rotfl2:

I call the circular thing in the street "Those damn ring-around-the-rosy things" because they are so fricking confusing. .

:lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao:

[PghLybrt]

OK the round thing in the road we call "look kids, big ben , parliament.". Although I think that is just in our house.............


At the grocery store we push a shopping/grocery cart although older people around here call it a buggy.

[jenn&nelsonrego]

The people who designed those are in the same category as the people who messed up the ADR window. Really.

:thumbsup2

[MonorailMan]

OK the round thing in the road we call "look kids, big ben , parliament.". Although I think that is just in our house.............


At the grocery store we push a shopping/grocery cart although older people around here call it a buggy.

I've noticed older people tend to pronounce the word "restaurant" as "res-trint". Some southern states seem to do the same thing. (Even Paula Deen does it.) I've never quite understood this.

[NHdisneylover]

I've noticed older people tend to pronounce the word "restaurant" as "res-trint". Some southern states seem to do the same thing. (Even Paula Deen does it.) I've never quite understood this.

:rotfl2:I lived in East Texas the first 8 years of my life. Other than when I am on the phone with my aunt (who sounds just like Dolly Parton) I have compltely dropped the accent EXCEPT for pronouncing restaurant as you noted adn pronouncing pen and pin the same and tin and ten the same (both with the "i" sound)--I cannot do that without a very concious effort:lmao:

[insoin]

Well since Pepsi pays the bills, I say Pepsi LOL. :rotfl2: But till they started paying my bills I would say Soda. However; here in the good ole Louisville KY area, you hear Coke all the time from folks. Yes I had to say folks, it is KY after all. :rotfl:

[MonorailMan]

:rotfl2:I lived in East Texas the first 8 years of my life. Other than when I am on the phone with my aunt (who sounds just like Dolly Parton) I have compltely dropped the accent EXCEPT for pronouncing restaurant as you noted adn pronouncing pen and pin the same and tin and ten the same (both with the "i" sound)--I cannot do that without a very concious effort:lmao:

That drives me nuts. (I'm a pronunciation freak.) I can understand a deep southern accent, but "pen" would be pronounced "peh-yun", not "pin". And over the past decade, especially in pop music, the word "feel" has become "fill". And I can't begin to tell you how many local commercials here have people saying the word "especially" as "ex-peh-shully". Grrrrrrrrr! There is no "X" in that word! :mad:

:lmao:

[PghLybrt]

That drives me nuts. (I'm a pronunciation freak.) :

I would drive you nuts! When in my element i have a full on yinzer accent!

(Thats Pittsburghese)

[MonorailMan]

I would drive you nuts! When in my element i have a full on yinzer accent!

(Thats Pittsburghese)

Accents are fine. It's when people mispronounce words or add letters that were never there. :lmao:

For example....Bobby Flay pronounces "chipotle" as "chih-poh-tuh-lay". Where'd the 4th syllable come from? :confused3

[PghLybrt]

Accents are fine. It's when people mispronounce words or add letters that were never there. :lmao:

For example....Bobby Flay pronounces "chipotle" as "chih-poh-tuh-lay". Where'd the 4th syllable come from? :confused3

We tend to drop instead of add. :confused3

instead of "and that" it is more "n-at"

[MonorailMan]

We tend to drop instead of add. :confused3

instead of "and that" it is more "n-at"

:lmao: That seems to be more slang, though. Slang is fine. :thumbsup2

[torsie24]

Monorail man - you crack me up!! This is THE most entertaining thread I have come across in a long time! :rotfl:

Here's one for you all, which as a brit I never understand....

We get the American Herbal Essences ads over here. Do you all not pronounce the 'h' in 'herbal'? Or is it just the advert?

[rpmdfw]

Accents are fine. It's when people mispronounce words or add letters that were never there. :lmao:

For example....Bobby Flay pronounces "chipotle" as "chih-poh-tuh-lay". Where'd the 4th syllable come from? :confused3

Mexico :rotfl2:

[MonorailMan]

Monorail man - you crack me up!! This is THE most entertaining thread I have come across in a long time! :rotfl:

Here's one for you all, which as a brit I never understand....

We get the American Herbal Essences ads over here. Do you all not pronounce the 'h' in 'herbal'? Or is it just the advert?

Oh boy. That's a big ball of complexity. :lmao: I know the British tend to pronounce the "h"........and oddly enough a fairly large percentage of Americans do as well. I personally don't. That confuses me as well. :confused3 I think the word "herb" or herbal" is one of those free-for-all words that people just pronounce however they want. It's a wild card, if you will.

Mexico :rotfl2:
:rotfl2:

[DVC~OKW~96]

No aitch in herb/al is the French influence. I grew up saying erb/al...

Innit funny? The cat ran acrost the street. Those are two from my old 'hood (Maine and parts northeast). :teeth:

[PghLybrt]

:lmao: That seems to be more slang, though. Slang is fine. :thumbsup2

We will take it as slang, outside of PGH that is!:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ln9wtnaQG8&feature=related

Here is a little video that demonstrates what I am talking about. I am sorry that it is a bit older and not updated with this years Steeler songs. :eek:

[OrlandoMike]

How do you pronounce roof? (As in over your head?)

In Northwest Ohio you make the dog barking sound! :lmao:

And how about a 12 inch sandwich?

Sub? Hogie? Grinder? Or as they say in Dorchester....Spukie! :sad2:

[MonorailMan]

No aitch in herb/al is the French influence. I grew up saying erb/al...

Innit funny? The cat ran acrost the street. Those are two from my old 'hood (Maine and parts northeast). :teeth:

I've heard so many people use the term "acrost" over the years that it doesn't even register on my anger meter any more. :hippie:

We will take it as slang, outside of PGH that is!:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ln9wtnaQG8&feature=related

Here is a little video that demonstrates what I am talking about. I am sorry that it is a bit older and not updated with this years Steeler songs. :eek:

Is the accent really that strong in Pittsburgh? :scared1: It almost sounds a bit like "Chicagoian". All I know about Pittsburgh is that it's hard to navigate when trying to find IKEA. :rolleyes:

How do you pronounce roof? (As in over your head?)

In Northwest Ohio you make the dog barking sound! :lmao:

And how about a 12 inch sandwich?

Sub? Hogie? Grinder? Or as they say in Dorchester....Spukie! :sad2:

I grew up saying "roof"....but down here they tend to say "ruff". :rolleyes:

As for the sandwiches, it depends on where I'm going. If a restaurant advertises "hoagies", I'll say "hoagies", and the same goes for "subs" and "grinders". We have places that specialize in all three, so it's hard to choose. If I were sitting at home and thought about calling someone to go out to get one........I'd probably be tempted to call them "subs". :scratchin

[zulemara]

i grew up in ohio....pop.

Lived in boston....tonic.

And now live in florida....soda.


Personally......i call them "mixers"! :cool1:

win

[NHdisneylover]

That drives me nuts. (I'm a pronunciation freak.) I can understand a deep southern accent, but "pen" would be pronounced "peh-yun", not "pin". And over the past decade, especially in pop music, the word "feel" has become "fill". And I can't begin to tell you how many local commercials here have people saying the word "especially" as "ex-peh-shully". Grrrrrrrrr! There is no "X" in that word! :mad:

:lmao:

Sorry--I would drive you bonkers then. I disagree with you though--it IS an accent and not just a mispronounciation. The south has many different accents (easily idenifiable to those who hear them a lot) and this quirk is how it is done in East Texas while many other parts of the south do strech it into pe-yen as you point out(personally I grew up wishing I had a Gergian accent which I thought was so much prettier:rotfl:)

Accents are fine. It's when people mispronounce words or add letters that were never there. :lmao:

For example....Bobby Flay pronounces "chipotle" as "chih-poh-tuh-lay". Where'd the 4th syllable come from? :confused3

Okay, I have a simple name to pronounce: Hadley Had and Lee. 2 basic syllables that anyone who grew up speaking English should be able to handle. I am forever meeting people who are convinced that my name has three syllables and rhymes with Natallie:confused3My third grade teacher never did get it right once (I didn't care much for my third grade teacher:lmao:).

Personally the northeastern accent of droppong Rs from the ends of words (that thing in the night sky is a "stah") and then for good measure adding them to the ends of other words (you have a good "idear") cracks me up.

Monorail man - you crack me up!! This is THE most entertaining thread I have come across in a long time! :rotfl:

Here's one for you all, which as a brit I never understand....

We get the American Herbal Essences ads over here. Do you all not pronounce the 'h' in 'herbal'? Or is it just the advert?

I do jnot say the "h"--I think it is regional right along with coke/soda/pop/etc.

How do you pronounce roof? (As in over your head?)

In Northwest Ohio you make the dog barking sound! :lmao:

And how about a 12 inch sandwich?

Sub? Hogie? Grinder? Or as they say in Dorchester....Spukie! :sad2:

I eat a sub, hogie or grinder depending on where I am going or living. They are all slightly different. A roof has the same oo vowel sound as the word booth.

[DVC~OKW~96]

How about creek? Do you say crEEk, or crick?

Is a grinder something you eat or something you muster on? How about those vending machines that dispense food and candy items? Are they vending machines or gedunk machines? :teeth:

Is it Gawd or Gahhhd? Fawg or Fahhhg? My brother still says hutdog for hot dog. :confused3 Frawg for frog (frahhg). :teeth:

Is it a chimney or a smokestack? Aluminum or al loo minnie um?

Regional accents are many in this vast country. Same as with Europe if you think about it. We don't necessarily change languages but we do have very distinctive accents and colloquialisms by which people can be identified. ::yes::

I grew up saying, "ayuh." Don't much say it now, but do write it once in a while. (My Grandmother used to say oncet in a while...).

[zeitzeuge]

Accents are fine. It's when people mispronounce words or add letters that were never there. :lmao:

For example....Bobby Flay pronounces "chipotle" as "chih-poh-tuh-lay". Where'd the 4th syllable come from? :confused3

When it comes to the word Chipotle, I just pronounce it like the Jack in the Box commercial. Chipoodle.

Accents huh? I grew up in Nebraska so I had more of a midwestern accent which is close to Minnesota and the Dakotas. Pronouncing hard R's and O's. Met this guy once a while back during my work travel days, in Minnesota. SO cute. Then he opened his mouth and he sounded like he came straight off the movie Fargo. I couldn't get past the high pitched whiney accent. You betcha!

Now that I've been in Texas for 17 years and raised with parents from the South, I have noticed a slight twang. You can't help from picking it up.

It only took me a couple of months before I was fixin' to go here or fixin' to do that. Partner on the other hand was born and raised here. He's as twangy as they get.

[rpmdfw]

When it comes to the word Chipotle, I just pronounce it like the Jack in the Box commercial. Chipoodle.

Accents huh? I grew up in Nebraska so I had more of a midwestern accent which is close to Minnesota and the Dakotas. Pronouncing hard R's and O's. Met this guy once a while back during my work travel days, in Minnesota. SO cute. Then he opened his mouth and he sounded like he came straight off the movie Fargo. I couldn't get past the high pitched whiney accent. You betcha!

Now that I've been in Texas for 17 years and raised with parents from the South, I have noticed a slight twang. You can't help from picking it up.

It only took me a couple of months before I was fixin' to go here or fixin' to do that. Partner on the other hand was born and raised here. He's as twangy as they get.


Oh yeah. After a week of living in Texas I'd picked up "howdy" and "y'all". I managed to avoid the "fixin to" thing, though. Not sure why.

I always got a kick out of people saying "I'm fixin to get ready" :rotfl2:

[PghLybrt]

Is the accent really that strong in Pittsburgh? :scared1: It almost sounds a bit like "Chicagoian". All I know about Pittsburgh is that it's hard to navigate when trying to find IKEA. :rolleyes:





It can be in the city. Not so much in the burbs.

What do you mean Pgh is hard to navigate to Ikea!!!! ;) 3 turns and I am there! :thumbsup2

[jenn&nelsonrego]

How do you pronounce roof? (As in over your head?)

In Northwest Ohio you make the dog barking sound! :lmao:

And how about a 12 inch sandwich?

Sub? Hogie? Grinder? Or as they say in Dorchester....Spukie! :sad2:

I prounounce it Roof... no dogs...

Sandwich? Grinder...

How about creek? Do you say crEEk, or crick?

Is a grinder something you eat or something you muster on? How about those vending machines that dispense food and candy items? Are they vending machines or gedunk machines? :teeth:

Is it Gawd or Gahhhd? Fawg or Fahhhg? My brother still says hutdog for hot dog. :confused3 Frawg for frog (frahhg). :teeth:

Is it a chimney or a smokestack? Aluminum or al loo minnie um?

Regional accents are many in this vast country. Same as with Europe if you think about it. We don't necessarily change languages but we do have very distinctive accents and colloquialisms by which people can be identified. ::yes::

I grew up saying, "ayuh." Don't much say it now, but do write it once in a while. (My Grandmother used to say oncet in a while...).

creek
a grinder is something i eat...
vending machines...
Gaahhhddd, and Fahhhg, yet it is frog... weird that I do pronounce that frawg...
chimney
aluminum

I am guilty of dropping my R's on some words and adding them, arbitrarily, to others... Chowder, nope Chowdah... My city: Fall River, nope Fall Rivah... But I do have idears, instead of ideas... and back to the soda, pop, coke thing... sometimes it is soder.... :confused3

[MonorailMan]

Sorry--I would drive you bonkers then. I disagree with you though--it IS an accent and not just a mispronounciation. The south has many different accents (easily idenifiable to those who hear them a lot) and this quirk is how it is done in East Texas while many other parts of the south do strech it into pe-yen as you point out(personally I grew up wishing I had a Gergian accent which I thought was so much prettier:rotfl:)



Okay, I have a simple name to pronounce: Hadley Had and Lee. 2 basic syllables that anyone who grew up speaking English should be able to handle. I am forever meeting people who are convinced that my name has three syllables and rhymes with Natallie:confused3My third grade teacher never did get it right once (I didn't care much for my third grade teacher:lmao:).

Personally the northeastern accent of droppong Rs from the ends of words (that thing in the night sky is a "stah") and then for good measure adding them to the ends of other words (you have a good "idear") cracks me up.



I do jnot say the "h"--I think it is regional right along with coke/soda/pop/etc.



I eat a sub, hogie or grinder depending on where I am going or living. They are all slightly different. A roof has the same oo vowel sound as the word booth.

Gotcha, Had-uh-lie. :lmao: Sorry.....I couldn't resist.

I just think the fact that there are no real set-in-stone rules about "Americanized English" is what drives me so nuts.....because it seems to continue to change on a yearly basis. Who knows--By the year 2020 we may all sound like seals when we talk. :rolleyes:

When it comes to the word Chipotle, I just pronounce it like the Jack in the Box commercial. Chipoodle.

Accents huh? I grew up in Nebraska so I had more of a midwestern accent which is close to Minnesota and the Dakotas. Pronouncing hard R's and O's. Met this guy once a while back during my work travel days, in Minnesota. SO cute. Then he opened his mouth and he sounded like he came straight off the movie Fargo. I couldn't get past the high pitched whiney accent. You betcha!

Now that I've been in Texas for 17 years and raised with parents from the South, I have noticed a slight twang. You can't help from picking it up.

It only took me a couple of months before I was fixin' to go here or fixin' to do that. Partner on the other hand was born and raised here. He's as twangy as they get.

"Chipoodle"? :lmao: Well.....that is a much more fun way to say it. :thumbsup2

I think, depending on who's talking, the southern accent can be sexy.

I guess my accent is a mixture of east coast and midwestern.......although some of the Ohioan accent has started rubbing off on me. :sad2:

It can be in the city. Not so much in the burbs.

What do you mean Pgh is hard to navigate to Ikea!!!! ;) 3 turns and I am there! :thumbsup2

YEAH....probably because you live next door to it! :lmao: I had to make about 3 U-turns and drive over 27 bridges after seeing the building from across the street in order to get in the lousy parking lot.

[PghLybrt]

YEAH....probably because you live next door to it! :lmao: I had to make about 3 U-turns and drive over 27 bridges after seeing the building from across the street in order to get in the lousy parking lot.

What! Only 27 ;) We do have 446 bridges in the city of PGH! LOL
Now I am not big on chain resturaunts but ..... next time your are at ikea and get hungry ,there is a Bahama Breeze near by. You can almost feel like you are on vacation.... with Yuengling !:laughing:

[NHdisneylover]

How about creek? Do you say crEEk, or crick?

Is it Gawd or Gahhhd? Fawg or Fahhhg? My brother still says hutdog for hot dog. :confused3 Frawg for frog (frahhg). :teeth:

Is it a chimney or a smokestack? Aluminum or al loo minnie um?

I grew up saying, "ayuh." Don't much say it now, but do write it once in a while. (My Grandmother used to say oncet in a while...).

crEEk
gahhhd
fawg
chimney
aluminum

and, oh yea I said ayuh (and fixin' too--takes all of a half hour in the south for me pick that right back up:rotfl2:)

Oh yeah. After a week of living in Texas I'd picked up "howdy" and "y'all". I managed to avoid the "fixin to" thing, though. Not sure why.

I remember in Jr High Spanish calss everyone (in Colorado) not "getting" what "you plural" (ustedes and vosotros) was and me saying "Duh, it's ya'll!":confused3

[QUOTE=MonorailMan;31006271]Gotcha, Had-uh-lie. :lmao: Sorry.....I couldn't resist.
QUOTE]

There needs to be a sticking out your tongue smiley:rolleyes1

[rpmdfw]

I remember in Jr High Spanish calss everyone (in Colorado) not "getting" what "you plural" (ustedes and vosotros) was and me saying "Duh, it's ya'll!":confused3

Where in Colorado?

I'm a Colorado boy myself!

[torsie24]

How about creek? Do you say crEEk, or crick?

Is a grinder something you eat or something you muster on? How about those vending machines that dispense food and candy items? Are they vending machines or gedunk machines? :teeth:

Is it Gawd or Gahhhd? Fawg or Fahhhg? My brother still says hutdog for hot dog. :confused3 Frawg for frog (frahhg). :teeth:

Is it a chimney or a smokestack? Aluminum or al loo minnie um?

Regional accents are many in this vast country. Same as with Europe if you think about it. We don't necessarily change languages but we do have very distinctive accents and colloquialisms by which people can be identified. ::yes::

I grew up saying, "ayuh." Don't much say it now, but do write it once in a while. (My Grandmother used to say oncet in a while...).

Ready for a crazy foreigners input:

Creek.
A grinder is something that you use to grind something (I don't know what 'muster on' means. :confused3)
Vending Machine (but I've never ever seen one in the UK thats does sandwiches and stuff, just chocolate and crisps)
Ghodd, Fhogg, Frhogg (very short 'o's)
Chimney
Alu-min-i-um (that's how we spell it too)

There are some crazy crazy british accents.

Welsh accents are my favourite!!! And Newcastle!

[zeitzeuge]

What about the plural possesive, "All Y'alls"? :)

[Timon-n-Pumbaa Fan]

What's y'all's problem with y'all? :)

[dfchelbay]

We call it fizzy water and fizzy drink.

[xPrincessArielx]

:)

[xPrincessArielx]

Us brits say "fizzy drink", although I do know some who say "pop" (mainly grandparents)

I'm a brit & ive never said fizzy drink in my lifeeeeeeeeeeee.
I say pop, or soda. Depends what mood i'm in, ha.

[TuckandStuiesMom]

co-cola!:goodvibes

[SeattleRedBear]

For example....Bobby Flay pronounces "chipotle" as "chih-poh-tuh-lay". Where'd the 4th syllable come from? :confused3

All I can say is thank the goddess that we no longer have a president that says "new-cue-lur" I don't care whether he's Republic or Democratic (well, I do actually) but heaven help us and all the saints on the cross, just pronounce the word correctly!!!!!

[SeattleRedBear]

How do you pronounce roof? (As in over your head?)
Roof....rhymes with hoof!

Oh. That didn't help any, did it?

Ruff isn't exactly it either as the way I say roof doesn't rhyme with cuff. Dang. Someone help me. What other words rhyme with roof and hoof?

[SeattleRedBear]

Ruff isn't exactly it either as the way I say roof doesn't rhyme with cuff. Dang. Someone help me. What other words rhyme with roof and hoof?
And if anyone uses that aussie slang term, it's out with the wet noodles for a beating!

[SeattleRedBear]

How about creek? Do you say crEEk, or crick?

Read my tag

[NHdisneylover]

Where in Colorado?

I'm a Colorado boy myself!

Sorry for the delayed respones--I was out of town and there was no internet at the hotel:sad2:

I grew up in Boulder (lots of hippies:rotfl2:) and in Nederland (all hippies:lmao:). They were great places to grow up (I hardly recognize them now) and went to college in Ft. Collins. What part of Colorful Colorado are you from?


What's y'all's problem with y'all? :)


I love ya'll--it is a more specific term than the rest of the country gets (well, in Jersey I have heard lots of "yous guys" which I guess is also a you plural:rotfl:)

[rpmdfw]

Sorry for the delayed respones--I was out of town and there was no internet at the hotel:sad2:

I grew up in Boulder (lots of hippies:rotfl2:) and in Nederland (all hippies:lmao:). They were great places to grow up (I hardly recognize them now) and went to college in Ft. Collins. What part of Colorful Colorado are you from?

I was born in Denver, but lived in Pueblo (until I was like 7) and grew up in Trinidad, Colorado (very small town, but at least bigger than Aguilar, CO where my grandparents lived)

It was nice to go back a year and a half ago. I don't realize how much I miss the mountains until I go back, and it just fills up my soul to be in the Rockies again.

[NHdisneylover]

I was born in Denver, but lived in Pueblo (until I was like 70) and grew up in Trinidad, Colorado (very small town, but at least bigger than Aguilar, CO where my grandparents lived)

It was nice to go back a year and a half ago. I don't realize how much I miss the mountains until I go back, and it just fills up my soul to be in the Rockies again.

Rob I had no idea you were a senoir citizen, you wear your age so well:lmao::lmao:

[rpmdfw]

Rob I had no idea you were a senoir citizen, you wear your age so well:lmao::lmao:

:rotfl2:


Oops! Make that SEVEN not Seventy.

I'm happy at 40 for now.

[mykidsintow]

Well since Pepsi pays the bills, I say Pepsi LOL. :rotfl2: But till they started paying my bills I would say Soda. However; here in the good ole Louisville KY area, you hear Coke all the time from folks. Yes I had to say folks, it is KY after all. :rotfl:


I am in KY... and its "pop"...

We are in central Ky.... my friend in Louisville calls it "Coke"....

[mykidsintow]

We are at Applebees last week. The waiter said "I'll be back to check on ew-uns"

I asked "where are you from?"
He said "where do you think I am from?"
I said "Well, you said ew-uns. That means you are from south eastern KY, eastern TN or the south west area of VA. I guess Clay county."
He said, "you are one county off!"

My degree is in Interpreting for Deaf Individuals. I loved my socio-linguistics classes. I loved all linguistics classes actually. The main rule is "You talk like those that you relate to and communicate with" Regional dialects are great :).

Studies show that a child that has been raised in an abusive home, but watch a lot of tv, will learn to enunciate like the tv casters, completely eliminating the local dialect. Very interesting stuff....

Stepping off my nerd-box ;)

[NHdisneylover]

Beth--please step back on your box. I find that stuff fascinatingpopcorn:: I had never heard the item about kids from abusive homes picking up the TV dialects. Really interesting.

[DVCajun]

We are at Applebees last week. The waiter said "I'll be back to check on ew-uns"

I asked "where are you from?"
He said "where do you think I am from?"
I said "Well, you said ew-uns. That means you are from south eastern KY, eastern TN or the south west area of VA. I guess Clay county."
He said, "you are one county off!"

My degree is in Interpreting for Deaf Individuals. I loved my socio-linguistics classes. I loved all linguistics classes actually. The main rule is "You talk like those that you relate to and communicate with" Regional dialects are great :).

Studies show that a child that has been raised in an abusive home, but watch a lot of tv, will learn to enunciate like the tv casters, completely eliminating the local dialect. Very interesting stuff....

Stepping off my nerd-box ;)

Very interesting!

Maybe you can answer a question I've long had: what's the accent of the television actors and announcers from the 50s? You don't hear it anymore, and I've always wondered wth it was! Is that the way they talked in California in the 50s? Or did *everyone* talk like that then??

[DisJase]

Grew up in the Midwest and have always called it Pop. Most of the Chicago restaurants I've been to have had either "Pop" on the menu or "Drinks." I have family down South who call it Soda and Coke. I don't care what you call it just get me a Dr. Pepper :thumbsup2]

Edit: Actually now that I think about it, I've heard several people just call it a beverage here as well.

[rpmdfw]

I don't care what you call it just get me a Dr. Pepper :thumbsup2]

I'll drink to that!

I like the way you think! :yay:

[wallyb]

Love Dr Pepper.

I heard it tastes different in the south. :confused:

[OrlandoMike]

The gas station near my house sells Coke from Mexico!

Talk about a buzz! :thumbsup2

[wallyb]

The gas station near my house sells Coke from Mexico!

Talk about a buzz! :thumbsup2

Coke is gross in Lisbon. :guilty:

[rpmdfw]

Love Dr Pepper.

I heard it tastes different in the south. :confused:

Not that I'm aware of.

Unless you get the Dr. Pepper that's bottled in Dublin, TX.

They still use sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup.

MUCH better tasting! ::yes::

[rpmdfw]

The gas station near my house sells Coke from Mexico!

Talk about a buzz! :thumbsup2

Because they use sugar not HFCS. :worship:

Where would that gas station be, exactly? :rotfl2:

[OrlandoMike]

You dont want to schlepp all the way over here, but you know where the Big Lots on OBT is? Just south of the Florida Mall? Well there is a Mexican Grocery store/restaurant in that plaza that sells it too!

The restaurant has great Mexican food also!

[rpmdfw]

You dont want to schlepp all the way over here, but you know where the Big Lots on OBT is? Just south of the Florida Mall? Well there is a Mexican Grocery store/restaurant in that plaza that sells it too!

The restaurant has great Mexican food also!

I was thinking of a friend who loves real sugar Coca-Cola. She lives in Hunters Creek. That's not as far for her as it would be for me.:thumbsup2

[OrlandoMike]

Pretty sure they have "Mexican" pepsi too! And other flavors!

[wallyb]

Because they use sugar not HFCS. :worship:

Where would that gas station be, exactly? :rotfl2:

My friend who told me that -
lived in Houston - so maybe that was her point.

[rpmdfw]

Pretty sure they have "Mexican" pepsi too! And other flavors!

Oh. Well, I won't ever recommend that anyone buy any Pepsi product ever, but that's my personal bias getting in the way.

:rolleyes1

[OrlandoMike]

Oh. Well, I won't ever recommend that anyone buy any Pepsi product ever, but that's my personal bias getting in the way.

:rolleyes1

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd268/Orlandomike4/1039467024_d9b825a560.jpg :rotfl2:

[Timon-n-Pumbaa Fan]

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd268/Orlandomike4/1039467024_d9b825a560.jpg :rotfl2:

That has got to be the best :lmao: of the day. Great reference! :thumbsup2

[TuckandStuiesMom]

Luv, Luv, LUV me real mexican coke w/ all the sugar...all the caffeine!

As far as Pepsi goes...

http://www.talesofmikkimoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/mommiedearest.jpg

[wallyb]

Crown Cola.

yum. :cloud9:

[rpmdfw]

Crown Cola.

yum. :cloud9:

Crown Royal & Cola! Yumm-O!

[rpmdfw]

Luv, Luv, LUV me real mexican coke w/ all the sugar...all the caffeine!

As far as Pepsi goes...

http://www.talesofmikkimoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/mommiedearest.jpg

:rotfl2:

Now THAT is friggin funny!

You rock R&S Mom! :thumbsup2

[OrlandoMike]

Crown Royal & Cola! Yumm-O!

Hey look! It's 5:00! :thumbsup2

[rpmdfw]

Hey look! It's 5:00! :thumbsup2

We should meet for drinks!

[wallyb]

:rolleyes:
I think this may take more than 12 steps.

[DVCajun]

Oh. Well, I won't ever recommend that anyone buy any Pepsi product ever, but that's my personal bias getting in the way.

:rolleyes1

ME TOO!!!! :thumbsup2

[MonorailMan]

Remember New York Seltzer? Whatever happened to that stuff? I haven't seen it in years.

[61292cna]

Around here if you ask for soda, you'll get a glass of water & baking soda. I love my husband dearly, bu he is always telling me to get some earl(oil) forthe car & warsnin up in the zink(sink).

[NikkiPants]

I call it soda.
When I was growing up, some of my family would ask if we wanted tonic, though. Silly Bostonians

[wallyb]

I call it soda.
When I was growing up, some of my family would ask if we wanted tonic, though. Silly Bostonians

Hey! :mad:

[TuckandStuiesMom]

Hey! :mad:

Don't blame the crocodile... :rotfl2:

[MonorailMan]

Is this considered weird?:

I drink Diet Pepsi at home. I can drink it in any form--bottle, can or even from a restaurant fountain. However, when it comes to fountain drinks I prefer Diet Coke......but I can't stand the way it tastes in a can or bottle.

:confused3

[rpmdfw]

Don't blame the crocodile... :rotfl2:

Oooh, SNAP!

:worship:

:lmao:

[wallyb]

Don't blame the crocodile... :rotfl2:

Why I odddaaaa! :mad: