In your neck of the woods...What do you say?
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MI, and I say pop, subs, and lightning bugs.0
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And chesterfield. Not couch or sofa0
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I grew up in the Chicago area.
I say:
Soda pop
hoagies
lightning bugs
sofa0 -
LOL! That's awesome! I've never met a person that said soda! I use it sometimes because I like the way it sounds better and pop doesn't sound like something you drink. But people around here look at me funny!Soda (never met a person in real life that said "pop", only seen that in the movies)
Subs
Fireflies
(from state of Maine, USA)0 -
Fizzy drink or soft drink, sandwiches and we don't have fireflies.
But we do have Glow-worms. Not sure if you do. They are a bug that live on the walls of caves and look like a sparkly night sky. Very pretty.
Oh and i'm in New Zealand
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I live in, and grew up in, Northern California.
We used to say "coke" for any sweet carbonated beverage. Or we used the specific name for the particular one we were discussing: ginger ale, 7-Up, Orange Crush. Never soda or pop. This might have changed now, as so many new people have come to California. That is one thing about California. People move here from all over, and they bring their baggage and idioms, etc.
It's a deli sandwich. Maybe a sub. We would understand that term. Hoagie? What the heck is that?
Fireflies? Don't have them.
It is a couch. Sofa? Eww!0 -
Soda, subs, lightening bugs
I'm from North Carolina.0 -
Originally from Florida, and it's "Coke". Drives the Pizza Hut waitresses crazy, because they have to tell ya that it's "Pepsi products"...I usually just order a water since I don't like Pepsi. The second is a "Sub". The third is "lightning bugs".
Couch not sofa.
Additional items - diagonally across the street is "catty-corner", and y'all is any 2 people who aren't me. And yes, the plural of y'all is "all y'all", meaning everyone. The possessive is "y'all's". And yeah, we're fixin' to make dinner.0 -
Grew up in California - now in North Idaho.
Soda
Subs
Lightning bugs
Couch0 -
pop, sub and lighnin' bugs0
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Soda, both, both.
Live in Queens, New York.0 -
Originally from Philly.
Soda
Hoagie
Lightening bugs
Sofa and couch (use them interchangeably)0 -
PA raised (born 15 minutes over the border in ohio)
Pop but now i use soda
lightning bugs or fireflies
sub
sofa or couch
rubber bands (not gumbands like in pittsburgh)
sprinkles (not jimmies like in Pittsburgh)
I am far enough south in the state to say y'all and yins.0 -
From Ohio, suburb of Cleveland. Living in the 440.
We say pop. In fact where I work there are customers that just HATE the fact that we advertise our 1.50 "hot dog and soda combo." I work at Costco. One guy said to his mom "I refuse to call pop soda."
Subs and hoagies have different meanings. We say "subs" out here, but there is a complete different thing we call "hoagie." It's like a beef patty thing ( we used to have hoagies at the school lunch back in the day ) on a bun. But basically sandwiches are called "subs."
And then I grew up saying lightening bugs, but I've heard them both ways.0 -
I'm from Louisiana:1. Do you say Pop or Soda?
2. Hoagies or Subs?
3. Lightening bugs or fireflies?
1. Coke. Yes, everything is a Coke. "Do you wanna Coke?" "Sure." "What kind?"
2. Subs or Poboys. (Don't make the mistake of saying "poor boy".)
3. Lightenin' bugs!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!
I'm from Brooklyn, NY and we say soda, subs or just sandwiches,and lightening bugs.0 -
I'm from Vancouver, Canada. Soft drinks at restaurants, pop or soda are interchangeable for at home or the grocery store but I defs used pop as a child and have since adopted soda for day-to-day vocab.
Subs for sure, we don't really have any "sandwich shops" other than Subway or Quiznos so sub is kind of a colloquial overuse referring to an actual Subway restaurant/take out sandwich.
Firefly for sure, I don't think I've seen one in real life though. We do have phosphorescence or bio-luminescence in the ocean though. That counts for something.
Bonus: toque instead of beanie, mickey & 2-4 & 2-6 & 40 when it comes to liquor, washroom instead of restroom or bathroom (that caught us very off guard in a Fred Meyer this summer when my boyfriend and I were nearly wetting our pants after crossing the border but the lady had no idea what we were asking her for!), Loonies for dollars, toonies for $2 coins, deke for going somewhere super fast/popping in.0 -
i'm from columbus, OH. i say soda but I call it pop if its in a can I'm weird.
sub.
lightning bugs!0 -
MN. I say
Soda
Subs
Both0 -
I'm from OK
I say pop, soda, and coke (Occasionally I break out the really hick stuff sometimes and say soda pop shhhh only with my dad though LOL)
Subs
and both on the lightning bug and fireflies
I also say couch or sofa
Lastly my mothers TX influence shines through when I part with friends and say Adios Y'all0 -
Tonic
Grinder
Fireflies
and Wattah Bubblah :P0 -
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!
Soda now but I grew up saying pop.
Hoagies if I make my own but a sub if I get it from subway (when in Rome).
Fireflies
Colorado.
Add in:
We call it legal now.0 -
i grew up in Newfoundland, Canada:
Pepsi and people would ask what kind?
Sub
Firefly i guess. We didn't have them in Newfoundland
Grocery carts
Cap or hat for toque
Clip for barrette
Bar for chocolate bar (or candy bar as Americans say)
dinner or lunch was at mid day and supper in the evening
chips for french fries
chesterfield not sofa
bonnet of the car - not the hood0 -
Fizzy drinks
I had to google hoagie... no idea what the eff it was - baguette
Firefly
London, UK.
^^ this ^^
I thought baguette was the name for the type of bread not the whole sandwich...
My aunt used to say davenport instead of sofa or couch.
I use sofa/couch ... firefly/lightning bug interchangeably. We say hoagie or sometimes hero. Soda....99% of the time. Northeast PA.0 -
I'm from australia- here we call soda "soft drink"
Not sure what the others are tho lol0 -
Here in Maine we just say lobstah! Oh and my grandparents' generation said "sody" for soda pop; davenport for couch; and piazza for porch. Actually, we also say: soda, lightening bugs and subs, although we used to say Italian sandwich. We also like to say "wicked good"; "up the rud a piece"; and we just love a good whoopie pie!0
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--- Pop or soda? - I usually order by brand name, and ask for cola if I don't know if they serve Pepsi or Coke. Sometimes I go crazy and say "soda pop"
--- I'll order a sub at place that don't back the sandwiches, and a grinder if it is baked (like at a pizza place)
--- Lightning Bug0 -
Chicago originally. pop, sub, lightening bug." finna" instead of fixin-to0
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Born and raised in Central Florida which is a mix of EVERYWHERE!!!
Soda
Sub
Firefly
Couch0 -
Pop, subs and fireflies up in Canada 0
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