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

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

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

      in Texas.
    • Posts: 256 Member
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    • Posts: 13 Member
      I'm from Philly so it's soda, hoagie, & "lightnin" bugs.
      Oh and jimmies instead of sprinkles!
    • 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
    • Posts: 252
      New Orleans, LA

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

      NY/FL
    • 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! :)
    • 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
    • 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.
    • 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)
    • 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.
    • Posts: 3,832 Member
      Originally from Connecticut so it's
      Soda
      Grinder
      Lightning bug
    • 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
    • Posts: 47 Member
      Coke. Sub (or just sandwich). Lightening bug
    • Posts: 248 Member
      From Florida, so it is soda, subs & lightening bugs. Although I hardly see them, we see mosquitos!
    • Posts: 140 Member
      In Central, NJ I use;

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

      I'm from Nebraska.

      We also say Go Big Red :)
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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:
    • 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!!!
    • 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.
    • Posts: 5,396 Member
      Western Canada, where it is 'pop,' 'sub,' and 'firefly.' Although I haven't seen any fireflies in my area....
    • Posts: 147 Member
      Pop, subs, and lightning bugs in Illinois.
    • 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 )
    • 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!!!
    • 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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