In your neck of the woods...What do you say?

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  • Im_NotPerfect
    Im_NotPerfect Posts: 2,181 Member
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    I'm in NE Wisconsin.

    I say Soda (I'm not a native to the area however)....but a lot of people around here say Pop or the all inclusive "Soda Pop".

    Sub.

    Lightening Bug

    Also around here, drinking fountains are Bubblers.
  • mandi_spicer
    mandi_spicer Posts: 37 Member
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    Omaha, NE.

    Soda
    Subs
    Lightening bugs

    I think soda is leftover from my childhood in Texas (moved to Nebraska when I was 9). Everyone else says pop.
  • MysteriousMerlin
    MysteriousMerlin Posts: 2,270 Member
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    Do you say Pop or Soda?
    Hoagies or Subs?
    Lightening bugs or fireflies?

    I'm from south-western Illinois. I say soda, subs & lightening bugs (ha, rhyhms!). And Vess Black Cherry is the bomb. :love:

    I also say MissourEEEEE, not MissourAAAAAH

    I can also correctly pronounce Hayti, Carondolet, LeMay & DesPeres :wink:
  • lobster888
    lobster888 Posts: 861 Member
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    I am fixin to tell ya'll that I always say coke no matter what softdrink it is. ;)

    I was hoping someone would say this to --

    I say Coke ...Po-boy-- and day fireflies.

    We say a lot of things differently but the main thing we say is "Who Dat" !!!

    New Orleans!!!
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,293 Member
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    Originally from southern IL, where it was Coke, Sub, Ligthnin' Bug.

    Now in Toronto, where it is Soda, Sub, Firefly.

    Toronto Ontario, Canada? I have never heard a Canadian call Pop, Soda! And I lived a few years in Toronto.
    In the Maritimes (east coast Canada) we typically say
    Pop, Sub, either lightning bug (when we were kids) or firefly.
  • canadjineh
    canadjineh Posts: 5,396 Member
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    Western Canada, where it is 'pop,' 'sub,' and 'firefly.' Although I haven't seen any fireflies in my area....
  • jferg70
    jferg70 Posts: 147 Member
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    Pop, subs, and lightning bugs in Illinois.
  • JustFindingMe
    JustFindingMe Posts: 390 Member
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    Manitoba Canada

    Pop- I have NEVER heard of calling every 'pop' coke :happy:

    Sub

    We don't have Fireflies - we have REALLY BIG mosquitos

    Bathroom

    Vendor or LC ( Liquor Commission )- Liquor Store Open til 11 every day of the week

    Couch

    Runners ( Tennis Shoes )
  • lobster888
    lobster888 Posts: 861 Member
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    Manitoba Canada

    Pop- I have NEVER heard of calling every 'pop' coke :happy:

    Sub

    We don't have Fireflies - we have REALLY BIG mosquitos

    Bathroom

    Vendor or LC ( Liquor Commission )- Liquor Store Open til 11 every day of the week


    Couch

    Runners ( Tennis Shoes )

    It has always been "coke" to me for any kind of soda or pop.

    We have Liquor stores that stay open 24/7

    New Orleans!!!
  • mariposa224
    mariposa224 Posts: 1,269 Member
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    Central Ohio

    I grew up saying "pop," but my CA-native husband has converted me to calling it "soda."
    Subs
    Both, though I think I mostly say "lightning bug."
    Cart
    Couch, usually, but sometimes sofa.
    The liquor store is either that (liquor store) or the state store. Growing up, I remember my parents referring to it as the state store and we had the weird hours here in Ohio too: ie closed on Sundays and had to be bought by, I think, 9PM on other days.
  • Steff46
    Steff46 Posts: 516 Member
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    Northeast Tennessee here!
    Soda, sub, lightning bug, couch, and buggy.
    Oh and my Dad still refers to his clothes closet as a 'wardrobe'.
  • NerdyTXChick
    NerdyTXChick Posts: 155 Member
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    Texas:
    Coke
    Sub or just sandwich
    Lightning Bug
    Couch
    Bathroom or Restroom

    Y'all (2 or more people)
    All Y'all (acknowledging everyone present)
    Fixin to (about to)
    Do what? (what did you just say?)
    Doodle Bug (pill bug, roly poly)
  • slomo22
    slomo22 Posts: 125 Member
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    I say potato, but there are other people who say potato
  • shutch2112
    shutch2112 Posts: 236 Member
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    I'm from northwestern WA (Seattle area) People here say soda or pop. I used to say pop more as a kid and now I say Soda more. We don't have Firefly/Lightning Bugs, but I would call them Fireflies, I guess. I say sub sandwiches, and couch for a long couch and sofa/loveseat for a short couch but maybe that's just me. Bathroom, but sometimes I throw "Restroom" in there for variety.

    I lived in West Virginia for a little while and picked up random stuff like 'buggy' for a shopping cart. Man, do I get strange looks. :laugh:
  • Karabobarra
    Karabobarra Posts: 782 Member
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    Washington state, with a little bit of Utah mixed in with a German mother.

    Soda
    Subs
    Fireflies or lightning bugs (depending where I"m at)
    Couch seats more than two, sofa seats two

    I also say "Oh my heck!"
    Capiche? Instead of "do you understand me?"

    And not sure where it comes from but "how come why for?" Instead of "why did you do that? "

    I think the strangest thing I heard was when I lived in Ohio for three years, some people would say hamburg instead of hamburger and jn Utah everyone referred to jeans as Levi's no matter what brand they were...

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