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

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  • asdowe13
    asdowe13 Posts: 1,951 Member
    pop, subs, fireflies

    Halifax, NS
  • Kitten2629
    Kitten2629 Posts: 1,358 Member
    I'm from all over..

    Soda,
    subs,
    I say both depends on who I am speaking to.

    in Texas.
  • minuz5
    minuz5 Posts: 256 Member
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  • akelly3391
    akelly3391 Posts: 13 Member
    I'm from Philly so it's soda, hoagie, & "lightnin" bugs.
    Oh and jimmies instead of sprinkles!
  • kimnsc
    kimnsc Posts: 560 Member
    I'm in Savannah, GA. It's not pop or soda. It's Coke (it's used as a generic term like Kleenex and Xerox).

    Subs. And fireflies.

    We also say "fixing to" instead of "going to/preparing to," "tote" instead of "carry," and "carry" instead of "give a ride to." For example, "I was fixing to make lunch, but we're out of bread. Can you carry me to the grocery store and then help me tote the groceries into the kitchen?"

    :smile:

    The same here in SC
  • RobynDCrossman
    RobynDCrossman Posts: 252
    New Orleans, LA

    Do you say Pop or Soda? - Coke
    Hoagies or Subs? - Po-boys
    Lightening bugs or fireflies? - Lighteningbugs.
  • JDubIsShrinking
    JDubIsShrinking Posts: 207 Member
    I'm in western PA...
    It's pop... I switch between hoagie/sub... and fireflies.
  • scrapalooza
    scrapalooza Posts: 335 Member
    I am fixin to tell ya'll that I always say coke no matter what softdrink it is. ;)
  • ruthbs
    ruthbs Posts: 14
    Soda/subs/firefly/couch :)

    NY/FL
  • ruthbs
    ruthbs Posts: 14
    New Orleans, LA

    Do you say Pop or Soda? - Coke
    Hoagies or Subs? - Po-boys
    Lightening bugs or fireflies? - Lighteningbugs.

    Yum now I want a shrimp po-boy like when I vacationed in LA! :)
  • tracie999
    tracie999 Posts: 84 Member
    I'm from England but live in the USA, what ever i say is mad to everyone in DC.

    Fizzy pop
    Roll
    Fireflies
  • frangrann
    frangrann Posts: 219 Member
    boston

    soda/tonic,
    sub/grinder,
    da faq is a lightning bug?:huh:

    I am from Douglas, MA (south of Worcester)

    I think it's : sodah, grindah and firefly or lightning bug!
    And we drink "regular" coffee.
  • newdaydawning79
    newdaydawning79 Posts: 1,503 Member
    Used to say 'pop' - now it's 'soda' because I've lived in Arkansas, Tennessee and New York (state) before coming back to my home state of Michigan :smile:

    Subs

    Firefly

    Sofa (I do say 'couch' too though)
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    I grew up in a little town on the NY/PA border near Corning and Ithaca. I now live in north Florida:

    Do you say Pop or Soda? -- Both (and sometimes soda pop)
    Hoagies or Subs? -- Subs
    Lightening bugs or fireflies? -- Both. But I spell it lightning.
  • HeidiCooksSupper
    HeidiCooksSupper Posts: 3,831 Member
    Originally from Connecticut so it's
    Soda
    Grinder
    Lightning bug
  • Asherah29
    Asherah29 Posts: 354 Member
    Southern AR -

    Coke - no matter what is it. "Y'all wanna coke? Yeah, give me a Dr. Pepper."
    Sammich / sandwich - unless its subway its not a sub... and even then its still a subway sandwich.
    Lightnin bugs - Ya gotta drop all your g's
  • Jessica_Eve
    Jessica_Eve Posts: 47 Member
    Coke. Sub (or just sandwich). Lightening bug
  • chele1028
    chele1028 Posts: 248 Member
    From Florida, so it is soda, subs & lightening bugs. Although I hardly see them, we see mosquitos!
  • MADDIESMOMMY6611
    MADDIESMOMMY6611 Posts: 140 Member
    In Central, NJ I use;

    Soda, Hoagie, and Lightning Bug.
  • bugaha1
    bugaha1 Posts: 602 Member
    Pop
    Subs
    Lightening bugs

    I'm from Nebraska.

    We also say Go Big Red :)
  • Im_NotPerfect
    Im_NotPerfect Posts: 2,181 Member
    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
    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
    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
    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: 12,294 Member
    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
    Western Canada, where it is 'pop,' 'sub,' and 'firefly.' Although I haven't seen any fireflies in my area....
  • jferg70
    jferg70 Posts: 147 Member
    Pop, subs, and lightning bugs in Illinois.
  • JustFindingMe
    JustFindingMe Posts: 390 Member
    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
    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: 1,241 Member
    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.

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