In your neck of the woods...What do you say?
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west Texas - 1. Every carbonated drink is coke...you then get asked your preference...2. Sub... 3. fireflies? Lightning bugs? I have to go with the girl above who said all they have is mosquitos....because that is all that is around here as well.
Pallets are made on the floor for babies/toddlers to sleep, and the "ice box" is still used around here as well.
Y'all is a word - please don't argue - it just is around here.
Fixin' to - unfortunately, I have been guilty of this one - and it drives me nuts when I catch myself.0 -
Ontario.
Soda, Subs, Fireflies.0 -
South Jersey (near Philly)
Soda
Hoagies
Lightning Bugs
when taking a trip to the shore/beach we call it "going down the shore"0 -
South Jersey (near Philly)
Soda
Hoagies
Lightning Bugs
when taking a trip to the shore/beach we call it "going down the shore"
LoL - going to the shore or beach here is called a vacation - 9 hours travel!0 -
Texas...it's a coke here no matter what flavor it is (the exception would maybe be a Dr. Pepper, but I still call it a coke.)
And it's subs and lightning bugs.0 -
Spent most my life in northern VA/outside DC.
Soda. Hoagie. Fireflies.0 -
Do you say Pop or Soda? COKE
Hoagies or Subs? SUBWAY
Lightening bugs or fireflies? neither, we don't have those
I'm from Ohio but now in PA and I say Pop, subs, and lightening bugs.
Tell me what you say and where you are from and add in new words too!
I'm from LA:
"Do you want a coke?"..."yeah what kind you got?" ...."diet, regular or orange"..."is the orange diet?"...."no"..."okay then diet coke".
"I feel like eating Subway"...get in car start driving..."Togo's is closer you want that?"...."no, actually you know what, I gotta go to Von's anyways for milk we'll just get one there."...."Ok."
"What are those lit up firey things flying around?"..."BULLETS! DUCK!"0 -
soda
sub
lightnin bugs
nc
down yonder ways from yall lol0 -
We say "cola" here.
Here being Germany.
Can you send me a Spezi though?! I haven't had one in 25 years. :drinker:0 -
Here's one for you, Bologna is called Jumbo in SW Pennsylvania where my husband is from. My first visit they had to have thought I was a complete idiot. My SIL asked if I wanted a fried jumbo sandwich, I said no just a regular sized one would be great. I'm from California. I say soda, sub and firefly, he says pop, hoagie and lightening bug.0
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In BC Canada - Pop, Sub, Firefly
Growing up in Ireland - Fizzy Drinks, Buttie, and I don't really remember using either lightening bug or firefly.0 -
G'day mate....0
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In Northeast Ohio we say:
Pop (sorry, anything else is commie.)
Sub
and firefly and lightning bug are interchangeable, we have no preference.
I've never heard of a "jumbo" sandwich before this post. I don't really know of anyone who is a fan of fried bologna.0 -
Do you say Pop or Soda?
Hoagies or Subs?
Lightening bugs or fireflies?
I'm from Ohio but now in PA and I say Pop, subs, and lightening bugs.
Tell me what you say and where you are from and add in new words too!
In the NW .. the left coast. lol
We call them pop. Sub's and fireflies.0 -
Do you say Pop or Soda? Where i grew up...Soda...where i live now its all "coke"
Hoagies or Subs? Where I grew up...hoagies...where i live now...subs
Lightening bugs or fireflies? fireflies for both0 -
As a New Yorker:
Soda, Subs, Lightening bugs0 -
Haa love this. We say pop, subs and moths ha!0
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Haa love this. We say pop, subs and moths ha!
why would u call a firefly/lightening bug a moth? thats a completely diff thing.0 -
I'm from northern Minnesota. I say Soda, sub, and lightning bug.0
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Im from NY. I say soda but a lot of people up north say pop, Subs, and Lightning Bugs0
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