By mikeyc - Jan 12, 2006, 11:29 PM Post #1 of 46
I am on the Penn. / Ohio border right now. Could some one please explain why it is soooo weird for Bostonians to call "soda" tonic but calling it pop isn't strange? I usually try to tone the accent down when I'm on the road but still. This poor teenage girl looked at me like I had three heads. No clue. Right up there with the Texan who thought I was Australian when I was working down in Disney World. Oh another one from the upper midwest. Calling a shopping bag a sack.
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By Jodie - Jan 12, 2006, 11:51 PM Post #2 of 46 [In reply to]
Technically I'm not a Bostoinian, but I am a life-long Massachusetts resident, and I think "pop" is strange. When I was in high school there was a girl who joined our class junior year from Michigan. We all used to tease her mercilessly for the use of the term "pop." Other than that, we were all very nice to her.
By mikeyc - Jan 13, 2006, 12:00 AM Post #3 of 46 [In reply to]
It's funny because I have a "wicked" thick Boston accent. Grew up Charlestown. Moved all the way out Somerville (haha). I feel like a trained chimp when I go away. People are always like, "say this. Say that". I travel a lot so it always happens. EVERY place I go. Without fail. I didn't even know I had an accent until I went to FLA with my aunt when I like 16 yrs. How sad is that? I think they call bags sacks in Michigan too.
By mikeyc - Jan 13, 2006, 12:03 AM Post #4 of 46 [In reply to]
Also, here's another one. Apparently I don't say mine correctly. I say mayan. The guys that I work with from Maine and New Hampshire get all over for that one.
As someone who's pretty much a life-long Bay-Stater, I've heard both terms: tonic AND pop, although they're less frequently used. It also had to do with the fact that I've also come in contact with people who'ved moved up here from another part of the country.
By eeka - Jan 13, 2006, 9:20 AM Post #6 of 46 [In reply to]
No, REALLY? Where on earth do you find such people?
By LaDivina - Jan 13, 2006, 10:12 AM Post #7 of 46 [In reply to]
I've never called a shopping bag a sack, and I'm a Minnesotan. And it's weird for Bostonians (and nearby-ians) to call it "tonic", because you're the only -ians who do so. A lot of people call it "pop"! I'm speaking as one who doesn't anymore, though...the Somervillain (DRINK!) and I came to a compromise on that one. It's all "soda" at our house now. Freedom of speech is wonderful - right up there with the freedom not to listen.
By LaDivina - Jan 13, 2006, 10:14 AM Post #8 of 46 [In reply to]
"Burr-uh!" I always laugh at that one -- it makes me think of a kookaburra. Hmm...maybe you are Australian! LOL Freedom of speech is wonderful - right up there with the freedom not to listen.
By Ron Newman - Jan 13, 2006, 10:16 AM Post #9 of 46 [In reply to]
The Pop vs. Soda Page
By Spatch - Jan 13, 2006, 10:24 AM Post #10 of 46 [In reply to]
Water bubbler. Just sayin, is all.
By Mike in TX - Jan 13, 2006, 10:33 AM Post #11 of 46 [In reply to]
This is one of my favorites, it's so descriptive. When I first heard it referred to as a fountain, I'm thinking, damn, you might could get a little wet getting a drink from that. Sigs are overrated.
By eeka - Jan 13, 2006, 11:09 AM Post #12 of 46 [In reply to]
Right, most of the middle of the country calls it "pop." I think it's only "soda" on the coasts. In parts of the south, it's "a coke" for any flavor of soda.
By LaDivina - Jan 13, 2006, 11:18 AM Post #13 of 46 [In reply to]
Wouldn't that be a straw? Or someone's arse? Freedom of speech is wonderful - right up there with the freedom not to listen.
By adamg - Jan 13, 2006, 11:24 AM Post #14 of 46 [In reply to]
The weird thing about bubbla, bubbeleh, is that there is a part of Wisconsin that also uses that word (because a wata-bubbla manufacturer used to be located there, I think).
By LaDivina - Jan 13, 2006, 11:28 AM Post #15 of 46 [In reply to]
Yeah...that's why when I saw Spatch's post, it took me a minute to figure out if he was making fun of the Midwest again, or calling for Bostonian solidarity. Freedom of speech is wonderful - right up there with the freedom not to listen.
By eeka - Jan 13, 2006, 12:01 PM Post #16 of 46 [In reply to]
Yes.
By LaDivina - Jan 13, 2006, 12:19 PM Post #17 of 46 [In reply to]
BUH! Freedom of speech is wonderful - right up there with the freedom not to listen.
By eeka - Jan 13, 2006, 1:08 PM Post #18 of 46 [In reply to]
SFTHLNURRRR!
By Spatch - Jan 13, 2006, 4:57 PM Post #19 of 46 [In reply to]
Is this some crazy Midwestern expression I'm not familiar with?
By Jodie - Jan 13, 2006, 5:00 PM Post #20 of 46 [In reply to]
It's a crazy expression.
By mikeyc - Jan 13, 2006, 8:33 PM Post #21 of 46 [In reply to]
I just checked out that link that you posted and apparently we are the weird one's. Oops.
By Dave - Jan 13, 2006, 10:40 PM Post #22 of 46 [In reply to]
I grew up in the Boston area in the 60's and 70's, and "tonic", "coke" and "soda" were all synonymous. If you wanted a Coke and you requested a coke, you were asked what kind, and "Coke" would get you a Coca Cola, but "root beer", "orange", "grape", etc., were all under the "coke" category. Until no more than 15 years ago, some supermarkets in the area had "Tonic" aisles where the soda was found. "Soda pop" is OK, but calling it "pop" just sounds wrong. And WTF is with Minnesota? About 5 years ago I tried to get iced coffee at a few fast food joints that sold coffee and soft drinks and they had never heard of such a thing. Farking weirdos. They call parking garages "ramps". Not just the ramp part, but the entire building is a "ramp".
By Dave - Jan 13, 2006, 10:45 PM Post #23 of 46 [In reply to]
By Ron Newman - Jan 13, 2006, 10:59 PM Post #24 of 46 [In reply to]
That's not just Minnesota. In Los Angeles it's common to hear people refer to a "parking ramp" where we would say "parking garage".
"parking ramp"? .
Never heard it called "parking ramp" before. Sounds wierd.
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