My whole life it was always "Gimmie a pop"...
Then when I was in the Marines I live in California for a while and it's been "may I have a soda" ever since.
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Soda, ever since my Lost Year in Connecticut... Sometimes sodie, sodapop. or sodiepop.
Do you carry groceries in a bag or a sack, drink water from a fountain, a cooler, or a bubbler?
Were you beaten on the knuckles with a ruler when you called it "pop?"
Old Tom said:61 years in Chicago; baptized at Lady of Sorrows and went to school at Resurrection, Iggys and after they bounced me Austin. I call it soda. I also call an empty lot a "prairie".
Let's see, the rest of the related info .. .
Everyplace but Chicago if you ask someone if they want to "come with" they think it sounds wierd.
Well . . . the part about the time he used a common kitchen appliance to dry his kitten is still true, isn't it?
mike w. said:Regarding "Mikey" :
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/poprocks.asp
H3N3 said:Let's see, the rest of the related info .. .
Oh yeah, and you know that "Mikey" kid from the Life commercials in the 70s?
You'll never guess how he died . . .
Is 'bubbler' common anywhere except Wisconsin? I thought there was some regional marketing campaign back in the day that started the whole thing.
When I moved to NYC for college I was roundly mocked for my Midwestern accent until I learned to tone it down. I refused to call pop 'soda,' though. Partly out of what was left of my midwest pride, partly because it just sounds so wrong.
I did pick up saying 'on line' instead of 'in line,' as when you're queued up. I can't seem to drop it at this point, even though it confuses everyone I come across here, who think I am referring to being on the Internet.
mike w. said:Soda, ever since my Lost Year in Connecticut... Sometimes sodie, sodapop. or sodiepop.
Do you carry groceries in a bag or a sack, drink water from a fountain, a cooler, or a bubbler?
Do you say "by accident" or "on accident?"
Do you say "by accident" or "on accident?"
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mike w. said:Do you say "by accident" or "on accident?"
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