Saw this on the news today....we are a diverse group, what do you think?
Mapping How Americans Talk - Soda vs. Pop vs. Coke - YouTube
Mapping How Americans Talk - Soda vs. Pop vs. Coke - YouTube
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I like it and we are a diverse group. It keeps outsiders guessing what we are saying. 
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I think Sub was included.....I did notice that I'm a bit anomylous, I've always called soda a soda, most folks around here say pop.....
When I was in college, there was some crazy graduate student in speech pathology following me around writing down how I talked. He seemed to get a big kick out of it.
I was told that I speak with what is clinically known as a "Western Nasal Drawl," or "Western Nasal Twang." I figured the guy was nuts.
I was told that I speak with what is clinically known as a "Western Nasal Drawl," or "Western Nasal Twang." I figured the guy was nuts.
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Closer to home, look at how owners of different gun makes communicate. On Gl*@k Talk at least once on every page someone starts a thread with "LEARN ME BOUT......." That is a term that is noticeably absent with S&W owners.
Being from the Ark-La-Tex, I have a slight drawl, and maybe a little more twang. Right in the middle of Southeast and Southwest.
Around here, coke can be a generic term, like kleenex. We call long sandwiches, subs, which is short for submarine, not subway. I think all the terms for them originate up north. Most likely the sandwich does, too.
Around here, coke can be a generic term, like kleenex. We call long sandwiches, subs, which is short for submarine, not subway. I think all the terms for them originate up north. Most likely the sandwich does, too.
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Coke IS a generic term. If you want The Real Thing, that's co-cola. If you just say coke, it's any soda pop EXCEPT co-cola.
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Born and raised south of I-10 in Louisiana, we seemed to speak our own language that most outsiders wouldn't get. No matter where I have traveled to I always get the, "where are you from" question. The number two question I get is, "do you really eat crayfish?" We called them crawfish, with a long draw on the craw part. I can say that it has been a learning experience, more people should travel. You will meet people and learn a great many things not taught in books!
I left Louisiana when I was 17 and spent 20 years in the Army. Traveled all over the US to different "Forts" and "Bases" and learned a lot about this great country we live in. Spent my fair share of time out of the US as well, and that was indeed educational.
Edit: my grandparents called it pop and my parents called it soda.
Edit: we call it a Po' boy.
Happy Thanksgiving Day!
I can say that it has been a learning experience, more people should travel. You will meet people and learn a great many things not taught in books!I left Louisiana when I was 17 and spent 20 years in the Army. Traveled all over the US to different "Forts" and "Bases" and learned a lot about this great country we live in. Spent my fair share of time out of the US as well, and that was indeed educational.
Edit: my grandparents called it pop and my parents called it soda.
Edit: we call it a Po' boy.
Happy Thanksgiving Day!
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Years ago while visiting Florida I was accused of having a drawl. I was then living in California.
speedyquad
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the one that got me when i was in college...when i say it's a quarter to...meaning 15 minutes to, others from the eastern PA, say it's a quarter of...
it's pop, not soda here...subs or hoagie...yinz all understand that...lol
it's pop, not soda here...subs or hoagie...yinz all understand that...lol
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I'm from Joisey, we don't have an accent.
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Sometimes you need an interpreter to understand what is being said. My brother has lived north of Chicago for thirty or more years and knows he's home when he walks into a south philly bar and hears, "Yo Antny, yus gonna watch da Igles or what?". Translation...hey Anthony, are you going to watch the Eagles play on sunday? The regional dialect is hard to lose. I was in Florida a few years ago and walked into a samich shop and ordered a hoagie with the works. The owner asked me what part of Philly I lived in.
Born and raised south of I-10 in Louisiana, we seemed to speak our own language that most outsiders wouldn't get. No matter where I have traveled to I always get the, "where are you from" question. The number two question I get is, "do you really eat crayfish?" We called them crawfish, with a long draw on the craw part.
I left Louisiana when I was 17 and spent 20 years in the Army. Traveled all over the US to different "Forts" and "Bases" and learned a lot about this great country we live in. Spent my fair share of time out of the US as well, and that was indeed educational.
Edit: my grandparents called it pop and my parents called it soda.
Edit: we call it a Po' boy.
Happy Thanksgiving Day!
We had a gal from Louisiana move up here to Seattle with her folks when I was in high school. She called it a Po' boy, corrected my pronunciation from Loo-eee-zee-anna to Loo-zee-anna, and turned my one syllable first name (Brent) into two syllables (BRAY-uhnt).
Lived on the west coast my whole life; well, since I was 18 months old so I don't think I had a speech pattern formed yet. I call a carbonated beverage soda, and a foot-long sandwich a sub.
My mother, born in New Jersey and raised in New York City, still has a couple of words that, even after living out west for over 70 years, still sound like New York.
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The 3rd man , the "Maineah". Not so much, that is a "downeast" main accent. It is only spoken in a good 30% of the state. Very rare actually, places like rockland, friendship, warren, millinocket. Use that accent.
Most Mainers are a mix of that accent and Massachusetts
Instead of "tawlks like ah Mainah!" we say "talks like a Mainah" haha. We change our R's to A's a lot but not nearly as much as the guy in the video :-D
Most Mainers are a mix of that accent and Massachusetts
Instead of "tawlks like ah Mainah!" we say "talks like a Mainah" haha. We change our R's to A's a lot but not nearly as much as the guy in the video :-D
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Ya po boy is either dressed of plain. Dressed means lettuce tomato and mayonaise. If you want mustard you have to ask for it as it isn't included in the definition of dressed.example
Gimme a roast beef dressed and a red drink = Please prepare for me a roast beef sandwich on french bread with tomato, lettuce and mayo and also a cold bottle of red creme soda with with to wash it down.
asking for a coke with get you the response "What kind?" and if you're like my hunting pard Preston the answer will be "Dr. Pepper."
I learned at Wrigley field that wit or wit'out means do you want your sausage with onions and peppers or plain. trust me "wit" is better
On the boat one askes for a "cold drink" which means eithe a diet coke or a beer. If one wants water one specifically asks for a bottle of wata-or is gator aide is requested it is requested by color-ie "give me a purple drank" if one wishes a grape gatoraide.
Gimme a roast beef dressed and a red drink = Please prepare for me a roast beef sandwich on french bread with tomato, lettuce and mayo and also a cold bottle of red creme soda with with to wash it down.
asking for a coke with get you the response "What kind?" and if you're like my hunting pard Preston the answer will be "Dr. Pepper."
I learned at Wrigley field that wit or wit'out means do you want your sausage with onions and peppers or plain. trust me "wit" is better
On the boat one askes for a "cold drink" which means eithe a diet coke or a beer. If one wants water one specifically asks for a bottle of wata-or is gator aide is requested it is requested by color-ie "give me a purple drank" if one wishes a grape gatoraide.
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Its kind of like Mass.
Kahpahk. mean "car park".
Kaffee is Coffee lol
wicked means good.
Retahded means bad.
cuffed up means knocked out.
suppah. means super or dinner...depending on if its pronounced sup-pah or soupah lol
Kahpahk. mean "car park".
Kaffee is Coffee lol
wicked means good.
Retahded means bad.
cuffed up means knocked out.
suppah. means super or dinner...depending on if its pronounced sup-pah or soupah lol
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Southern Accents (By Tim Wilson) - YouTube
I don't know about the rest of the country, but I think Mr. Wilson explains southern accents very well here.
Caution: Some crude language.
I don't know about the rest of the country, but I think Mr. Wilson explains southern accents very well here.
Caution: Some crude language.
speedyquad
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just to be clear, it's dialects we are talking about, not accents...
