July 21, 200816 yr 70% General American English 10% Upper Midwestern 5% Dixie 5% Midwestern 5% Yankee
July 21, 200816 yr yay, i'm fit for national news media: 60% General American English 15% Yankee 10% Dixie 10% Upper Midwestern 5% Midwestern me: 60% General American English 15% Upper Midwestern 10% Yankee 5% Dixie 5% Midwestern And that, my friends, is the difference between Ferndale and Birmingham. why you gotta drag ferndale into this?
July 21, 200816 yr 65% General American English 15% Yankee 10% Dixie 5% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern Hmm. Interesting.
July 21, 200816 yr 75% General American English 20% Dixie 0% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern 0% Yankee The effects of my Southern grandparents coming through I suppose. 0% midwestern despite being born and raised in Ohio...wonder what happen to the other 5%...maybe I'm 5% illiterate?
July 21, 200816 yr 65% General American English 10% Dixie 10% Yankee 5% Midwestern 5% Upper Midwestern
July 21, 200816 yr 75% General American English 10% Dixie 5% Midwestern 5% Upper Midwestern 0% Yankee
July 21, 200816 yr I can't believe i'm 20 percent southern. I was called a "yankee" when I stayed in a northern Atlanta suburb.
July 21, 200816 yr I can't believe i'm 20 percent southern. I was called a "yankee" when I stayed in a northern Atlanta suburb. We'll you could have been called worse...would you like to know what I was called?
July 21, 200816 yr What's that? I don't take southerners seriously. They all hate people from the north until they need someone to read a sign for 'em.
July 21, 200816 yr 75% General American English 10% Dixie 5% Midwestern 5% Upper Midwestern 0% Yankee At least I don't speak Pittsburghese http://www.pittsburghese.com/ https://www.instagram.com/cle_and_beyond/https://www.instagram.com/jbkaufer/
July 21, 200816 yr I've never understood why "soda"-speakers get so violently angry when somebody uses the word "pop". I used to encounter these types of reactions from the Philadelphians on Penn State's campus. "Pop"-speakers never seem to react similarly to the use of "soda", in my experience... I think we regard it as a quaint variant.
July 22, 200816 yr I can't believe i'm 20 percent southern. I was called a "yankee" when I stayed in a northern Atlanta suburb. We'll you could have been called worse...would you like to know what I was called? I'm guessing a Nas album. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 22, 200816 yr I've never understood why "soda"-speakers get so violently angry when somebody uses the word "pop". I used to encounter these types of reactions from the Philadelphians on Penn State's campus. "Pop"-speakers never seem to react similarly to the use of "soda", in my experience... I think we regard it as a quaint variant. Bingo. They are just weak. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 22, 200816 yr You would get that reaction if you encountered me. I was at Great American Ballpark this weekend watching my Mets play the Reds and the pin on the ladies shirt (selling soda) said, "Soda" yet people were requesting "Pop". It is like wanting a "Beer" and saying, "I would like to have a Sock", it makes no sense. Local places like LaRosa's Pizza, Skyline Chili, Penn Station Subs and countless other places have "soda" written on the menu yet people still say, "Pop".
July 22, 200816 yr oompa The bee-yack phenomenon is not limited to Cleveland. It is the northern cities vowel shift, also happening in Chicago, Detroit, Buffalo. Sometimes I have a hard time differentiating between the names Ann and Ian, and I'm a Clevelander (and talk this way). I didn't realize Cleveland had an accent until out of area folks at Case pointed it out to me. The last couple of times I was on the East Coast people would imitate my accent mockingly. They couldn't believe I actually talk the way I do.
July 22, 200816 yr You would get that reaction if you encountered me. The word is soda and amusingly, it is all over the midwest, including Cincinnati. For example, I was at Great American Ballpark this weekend watching my Mets play the Reds and the pin on the ladies, shirt says, "Soda" yet people were saying "Pop". It is like wanting a "Beer" and saying, "I would like to have a Sock", it makes no sense. Local places like LaRosa's Pizza, Skyline Chili, Penn Station Subs and countless other places have "soda" written on the menu yet people still say, "Pop". "Soda" is a St. Louis word.
July 22, 200816 yr I say pop and everyone I know says pop but sometimes I'll say soda just because pop is the dumbest sounding name for a carbonated beverage.
July 22, 200816 yr "Soda" is a St. Louis word. It isn't their word but it is one of the few things the locals do right. "Hoosier" is a St. Louis word and I still use it when describing a certain segment of the population.
July 22, 200816 yr "Soda" is a St. Louis word. It isn't their word but it is one of the few things the locals do right. "Hoosier" is a St. Louis word and I still use it when describing a certain segment of the population. Hoosier is used outside of STL. I've been using it for years to describe a midwestern redneck before I found out they lay claim to the term for this meaning.
July 22, 200816 yr "I didn't realize Cleveland had an accent until out of area folks at Case pointed it out to me." I'm from south of Youngstown and I've always thought most native Clevelanders have that accent. My friends from my hometown have told me I've started to pick it up :| clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
July 22, 200816 yr Hoosier is used outside of STL. I've been using it for years to describe a midwestern redneck before I found out they lay claim to the term for this meaning. LOL, the St. Louis definition is above the Indiana definition: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hoosier
July 22, 200816 yr 75% General American English 10% Upper Midwestern 5% Dixie 5% Midwestern 0% Yankee
July 22, 200816 yr Has anyone notice there is a clerical error? Not one persons score has added up to 100% :wtf:
July 22, 200816 yr Hoosier is used outside of STL. I've been using it for years to describe a midwestern redneck before I found out they lay claim to the term for this meaning. LOL, the St. Louis definition is above the Indiana definition: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hoosier Urban Dictionary > Merriam-Webster ;)
July 22, 200816 yr I say pop and everyone I know says pop but sometimes I'll say soda just because pop is the dumbest sounding name for a carbonated beverage. I was in Maine last week and one of my hosts, who is from Boston, said she grew up ordering neither soda nor pop, but instead asking for "tonic." I'd never heard that one before. Speaking of Maine, I saw a Red Sox fan's license plate that read: GO SAWX. And I heard a mechanic talk about a "devil ride" in the same way I would have said "joyride." In Ohio, we have Wooster, which we pronounce the way it's spelled. In Massachusetts, they have Worcester, which they pronounce "Wusta."
July 22, 200816 yr 55% General American English 30% Dixie 10% Yankee 0% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern I think it was the "yall" question that did me in!
July 22, 200816 yr I have a friend from Boston who also says tonic. The thing I always get made fun of for is that in St. Louis, people call white trash "hoosiers". Absolutely nothing to do with the state of Indiana.... That word has migrated out of my vocabulary over the past few years here in C-Town as no one understands what I'm talking about when I use it....
July 22, 200816 yr The amusing thing about the word, "Hoosier" in St. Louis is that it is used to describe the lowest form of white trash. It's usage in St. Louis is more powerful then similar words describing this segment of people. So as a test, if you are ever driving through St. Louis, I suggest you try using it while interacting with the population and comment back on the reaction you receive. :D
July 22, 200816 yr I say pop and everyone I know says pop but sometimes I'll say soda just because pop is the dumbest sounding name for a carbonated beverage. I was in Maine last week and one of my hosts, who is from Boston, said she grew up ordering neither soda nor pop, but instead asking for "tonic." I'd never heard that one before. Speaking of Maine, I saw a Red Sox fan's license plate that read: GO SAWX. And I heard a mechanic talk about a "devil ride" in the same way I would have said "joyride." In Ohio, we have Wooster, which we pronounce the way it's spelled. In Massachusetts, they have Worcester, which they pronounce "Wusta." I wouldn't use soda or tonic. Soda is just soda water, tonic is soda water with quinine. Pop, as uncultured as it may sound to eastern ears, avoids that overlap of meaning. What ever happpened to sodee-pop, anyway? Wooster was spelled Worcester. They changed the spelling to jive with the pronounciation.
July 22, 200816 yr Wooster was spelled Worcester. They changed the spelling to jive with the pronounciation. Actually, I think it was named after someone named "Wooster". People from New England may laugh, but people from NJ familiar with the Wooster School don't. UPDATE: Wikipedia confirms: Wooster, OH named after Revolutionary War hero David Wooster.
July 22, 200816 yr As for pop v. soda, etc., have you guys not all seen the survey map? From: http://popvssoda.com:2998/
July 22, 200816 yr As for pop v. soda, etc., have you guys not all seen the survey map? From: http://popvssoda.com:2998/ that link doesn't work
July 22, 200816 yr Good god, somebody had too much time on their hands. I never realized that St. Louis was the only area in the midwest that uses the word soda almost exclusively.... No wonder people in Ohio think I'm weird then they find out I'm a midwesterner that says soda....
July 22, 200816 yr I say "soda" and "pop". Atleast we dont say "coke" like folks in Ga. Coke could mean anything to those nitwits!
July 22, 200816 yr My mom's from MA so we were brought up to say "soda". "Pop" just doesn't feel right. 65% General American English 15% Yankee 5% Dixie 5% Upper Midwestern 0% Midwestern
July 22, 200816 yr I say "soda" and "pop". Atleast we dont say "coke" like folks in Ga. Coke could mean anything to those nitwits! Easy, now. Being raised in Texas, I too grew up with "Coke", and it's not much different from referring to other genericized trademarks such as "Kleenex" or "Jello". It's fairly simple, actually. You have an icebox full of "cokes", but will choose to drink a Dr. Pepper.
July 22, 200816 yr As a child in Ohio of course I said pop, but after moving to New York I soon started using the local soda. It's stereotypically insulting enough to be asked by provincial, ignorant (and arrogant!), geographically-challenged New Yorkers if you "grew up on a farm" when you inform them you're from Ohio, so why give them additional ammunition by using regional phrases outside their limited sphere of cultural understanding! (I think I've even occasionally used the grammatically dubious "standing on line") http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
July 22, 200816 yr ^ Ugh.. I HATE when they say standing on line here.. I wanna punch them. Just like I hate when they take 2 words and make it 1. Ex: Long Island = Longiland
July 22, 200816 yr Icebox? Icebox (my grandpa says that) or "Frigidaire" are commonly known as the refrigerator.
July 22, 200816 yr ^ Ugh.. I HATE when they say standing on line here.. I wanna punch them. Just like I hate when they take 2 words and make it 1. Ex: Long Island = Longiland or Lawn Guyland! http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
July 22, 200816 yr no...this is the worst. You ask someone a question and they respond, "what happened?".
July 22, 200816 yr As for pop v. soda, etc., have you guys not all seen the survey map? Yes I posted it on page two, over two years ago. Good god, somebody had too much time on their hands. I never realized that St. Louis was the only area in the midwest that uses the word soda almost exclusively.... No, Milwaukee also says soda and when I am done with Cincinnati, they will also be saying soda. At least those east of I-75. Just like I hate when they take 2 words and make it 1. Ex: Long Island = Longiland As someone from Long Island, I can tell you the pronunciation is, "Lon-GUY-land"
July 23, 200816 yr Good god, somebody had too much time on their hands. I never realized that St. Louis was the only area in the midwest that uses the word soda almost exclusively.... No wonder people in Ohio think I'm weird then they find out I'm a midwesterner that says soda.... Notice Milwaukee also uses "soda." "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 23, 200816 yr If you were born in Ohio, its pop. I dated a girl who lived in texas and everytime she asked for a pop it was "ill have a coke sprite" or "ill have a coke dr pepper". She threw coke in before every different type of pop, drove me absolutely f'in mental. But heres my results: 80% General American English 5% Midwestern 5% Upper Midwestern 5% Yankee 0% Dixie
July 23, 200816 yr Where does calling a grocery cart a buggy come from? I'm from Trumbull County. I call it a buggy. My girlfriend is from Fremont and thinks I'm crazy. Everyone I know in Cincy thinks I'm crazy. People I know from Cleveland think I'm crazy. Am I crazy? lol Where does that come from though?
July 23, 200816 yr You're crazy. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
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