"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

5K Qs said:
My daughter just moved to Minneapolis, and she thinks there's definitely a MN accent. ;) (Her impression of a MN accent sounds just like her impression of a Canadian accent, though.)

Barrett, when I saw your quiz map, I noticed that Minnesota was a chilly blue region for you, language-wise. Are you adapting OK? Can you and the natives communicate?

(I remember years ago traveling to Florida one spring break as an "assistant coach" to my friend who coached The Purdue women's softball team. We drove all night and stopped for breakfast at a McDonald's somewhere in Georgia, and the girl at the counter and I had some significant challenges understanding each other's accents! :rolleyes:)

- GT
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So far so good, GT. But don’t expect me to start using the word “pop” when I want a coke anytime soon. :D
 
Well there is that “Fargo” accent, which can be mistaken for Canadian or Yooper.

As for my boy, he went to New Orleans for school and came back saying “soda”, which leaves him in a tough spot: without “pop”, “barley pop” is meaningless.
 
Here’s another map, showing (by county) the word people use for coke/soda/pop.

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We always called them a pop, but both counties I grew up in, well that entire end of Virginia is blue on that last map, oddly enough the word that keeps putting me in Greensboro nc and that area is "yard sale" people on this end of North Carolina refer to a cars trunk as the boot weird:confused:
 
Henry Beige said:
Well there is that “Fargo” accent, which can be mistaken for Canadian or Yooper.

As for my boy, he went to New Orleans for school and came back saying “soda”, which leaves him in a tough spot: without “pop”, “barley pop” is meaningless.
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aka "grain soda"
 
btb01 said:
Here’s another map, showing (by county) the word people use for coke/soda/pop.

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Interesting... but I think that map is pretty outdated. I grew up in a small, rural town in Washington state and everyone there called it "pop". I moved to larger city in Washington (and many others since then) and everyone looked at me like I was stupid when I asked for a "pop"... I'd say the VAST majority of people in Washington call it "soda".
 
I have it on the best authority that in the later 1600s one Jock McTeagle of Scotland lost a pound note from his sporran whilst walking along a beach. It blew into the sea and across the waves. He immediately took a 50 poond note from his sporran and flung it into the foaming waters. When he emerged naked on the shores of America proudly clutching his 51 pounds he proudly told the horrified onlookers..
"Ye didnae think ah'd gae in yon freezin wahta fay ornly a poon did ye?"
My theory is that the Scottish term Peenie wallie came to the Americas from that....A small grey woodlouse like creature...
Jack Black said:
That confused me a little, wasn't sure what was being referred to at first :confused: What was the Peenie Wallie thing? Peely Wally is a Scottish phrase :thumbsup:
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We call a Coke a Coke, and other soft drinks by name. Of course it has a lot to do with Coca-Cola to be a Georgia invention. Kids were given Coke even when in diapers. With the proliferation of soft drink brands and varieties nowadays, I very seldom hear the word Coke used as a universal term for a soft drink. I don't think I had a Pepsi until I was in my teens, but my grandfather loved Dr Peppers and I did too as a kid.
 
JB in SC said:
We call a Coke a Coke, and other soft drinks by name. Of course it has a lot to do with Coca-Cola to be a Georgia invention. Kids were given Coke even when in diapers. With the proliferation of soft drink brands and varieties nowadays, I very seldom hear the word Coke used as a universal term for a soft drink. I don't think I had a Pepsi until I was in my teens, but my grandfather loved Dr Peppers and I did too as a kid.
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I've known many people around here (south Texas) use "Coke" to refer to any soda. Never done it myself. When I say "Coke" I mean Coke. It's probably the best. Love Dr Pepper and Big Red too (both Texas inventions--I like to brag!). I always buy the ones with real sugar, like Mexican Coke. In a glass bottle! Wish we'd go back to cane sugar for all soft drinks.
 
I grew up in a "pop" area and now live in a "soda" area... I just call them by actual name now to avoid the confused looks.

The one word I will not give in on though is "sauna"... everyone who was born and raised in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan pronounces it "sow-nah" and (as far as I know) everyone else in the United States pronounces it "sah-nah". It is a Finnish word and if you use the Finnish translator in Google to pronounce it you will hear "sow-nah". But if you use the English translator you will hear "sah-nah". I can't argue with people about it but I will always say "sow-nah".

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veitsi_poika said:
I grew up in a "pop" area and now live in a "soda" area... I just call them by actual name now to avoid the confused looks.

The one word I will not give in on though is "sauna"... everyone who was born and raised in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan pronounces it "sow-nah" and (as far as I know) everyone else in the United States pronounces it "sah-nah". It is a Finnish word and if you use the Finnish translator in Google to pronounce it you will hear "sow-nah". But if you use the English translator you will hear "sah-nah". I can't argue with people about it but I will always say "sow-nah".

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Am I a complete outlier because I pronounce it "saw-nah"?? :eek::confused:

- GT
 
Prester John said:
I've known many people around here (south Texas) use "Coke" to refer to any soda. Never done it myself. When I say "Coke" I mean Coke. It's probably the best. Love Dr Pepper and Big Red too (both Texas inventions--I like to brag!). I always buy the ones with real sugar, like Mexican Coke. In a glass bottle! Wish we'd go back to cane sugar for all soft drinks.
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Mmm Mexican glass bottle cokes. One of my favorites on a hot Florida day.
 
There are so many words I hear pronounced different among people from different areas as well as descriptive sayings.
Some examples of words and how I pronounce them. Maybe you folks can post some of yours.

quarter = core-der
potato = tate-er
eggs = aggs
your = yer
ain't = haint
hog = hawg

examples of descriptive sayings
"happy as a mule eating saw briars"
"grinning like a s**t eating possum"
"he's hotter (mad) than a firecracker on the 4th of July"
 
r redden said:
There are so many words I hear pronounced different among people from different areas as well as descriptive sayings.
Some examples of words and how I pronounce them. Maybe you folks can post some of yours.

quarter = core-der
potato = tate-er
eggs = aggs
your = yer
ain't = haint
hog = hawg

examples of descriptive sayings
"happy as a mule eating saw briars"
"grinning like a s**t eating possum"
"he's hotter (mad) than a firecracker on the 4th of July"
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I remember my grandmother using the phrase: "He doesn't know s**t from Shinola". I wonder if that was used much in a particular region, or if that was just her!
 
Prester John Prester John last time I was in Waco, I visited the Dr Pepper museum. That's been twenty years ago though. I don't have much use for Cokes or Dr Peppers with corn syrup. Anything other than cane sugar is blasphemy.

My wife is related to Robert Woodruff, his family bought Coca-Cola back in the '20's. He ran it until 1954 but remained on the board until his death in 1984. We didn't get any of his hundreds of millions though :D
 
JB in SC said:
Prester John Prester John last time I was in Waco, I visited the Dr Pepper museum. That's been twenty years ago though. I don't have much use for Cokes or Dr Peppers with corn syrup. Anything other than cane sugar is blasphemy.

My wife is related to Robert Woodruff, his family bought Coca-Cola back in the '20's. He ran it until 1954 but remained on the board until his death in 1984. We didn't get any of his hundreds of millions though :D
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Been to Atlanta twice. Both times saw a Braves game and visited the Coca-Cola museum. Love that museum.
I live in south Texas, and it's pretty easy to get the Mexican Cokes because they're everywhere. Cost a little more, but I don't buy corn syrup in plastic bottles, so it's worth it. Sometimes I find glass bottled cane sugar Big Red. Also, Pepsi, Sprite, maybe 7-Up. And the Dublin sodas (from Dublin, Texas) all have cane sugar. Favorites are Vanilla Cream Soda and Red Cream Soda. Can't find Dr Pepper with cane sugar here though. Went recently to San Marcos with my wife (she had a conference), and I drove to nearby Wimberly to the Ace Hardware store (to check out their knives, of course!), and found glass-bottled cane sugar Dr Pepper! Went there three days in a row.
 
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