The Fight of the Century: Pop or Soda?
Alright, folks, I want a nice clean fight. No biting off each other's ears. No calling each other buttmunch or dingleberry. Keep it clean. Mild mocking is allowed.
So..
Which is it?
Pop?
or
Soda?
Original Post by natlyann25:
curlygirl: What the heck is a poke? I am from Alabama and never referred to (or heard someone refer to) anything as a poke. Please enlighten me. I swear I hear a new southern term every day. I didn't know what Wallerin' was until I was 18.
A poke is a bag in "Southern Speak". The only person I ever hear refer to one as a poke is my Mother-in-law.
Original Post by spuckine:
Its a couch plain and simple. I think chesterfield is an actual brand name in England
mince meat!! Reminds me of the Friends episode where rachel made the Trifle!!!
I was born & raised in the Furniture capital of the world. If you call a sofa anything other than a sofa, something bad will happen. Dont EVER call it a couch!
Original Post by curlygirl28:Will the couch...oops....SOFA police come and arrest me? **hehehe...nudges curlygirl**
Original Post by spuckine:
Its a couch plain and simple. I think chesterfield is an actual brand name in England
mince meat!! Reminds me of the Friends episode where rachel made the Trifle!!!I was born & raised in the Furniture capital of the world. If you call a sofa anything other than a sofa, something bad will happen. Dont EVER call it a couch!
Original Post by kell115:
Original Post by curlygirl28:Will the couch...oops....SOFA police come and arrest me? **hehehe...nudges curlygirl**
Original Post by spuckine:
Its a couch plain and simple. I think chesterfield is an actual brand name in England
mince meat!! Reminds me of the Friends episode where rachel made the Trifle!!!I was born & raised in the Furniture capital of the world. If you call a sofa anything other than a sofa, something bad will happen. Dont EVER call it a couch!
no, but all the unemployed furniture workers in NC will come to your house and beat you with a wet noodle sofa cushion :)
I grew up near Hickory too, curlygirl - across the river actually, in alexander county
hmmm...people serious about furniture....I'm glad I'm not that serious about my job!
Original Post by jewelsmcblah:
Soda
Shopping Cart
Fridge
Couch
Sofa-Bed
Q-tip
Kleenex
Ground Meat
Saran Wrap
Restroom, Washroom, or Bathroom? I say bathroom.
I call it a potty mostly but in front of other adults I try to remember to call it a bathroom.
Living room, front room or great room?
hotdish or casserole?
Here in NC we always said "Let's go get a Coke" even if we were going to get a 7-up. I was 14 before I heard someone call it Pop. A new neighbor said he wanted a bottle of Pop. I waited patiently to see what he would bring out of the house. It was a Coca-Cola. He was from New York.
Grocery cart has always been a "buggy". Paper bag has always been a "sack".
Tissue is a "Kleenex". Yes, thats just the way we are. I have to say though that this language we speak in the South is slowly but surely fading away. I find that sad but I've always been excited about meeting people from different walks of life and learning their ways. Unfortunately, sometimes when people find out you're from the South, they think you have an IQ of 10.
teehee:)
Great Room - a large room, typically on the first floor, in which there is little to no wall interruption between the living/family room, dining room, and kitchen.
Front room - In Chicago, it's a "fronchroom." Yep, they say it all as one word. Especially on the South side. I tend to not use that term, though it would refer to a living/family room at the front of the house. Also could refer to something one might term a parlor.
soda pop
I would like to point out it's Zee, not Zed. Zee.
I call it pop or soda, but usually pop as my mom calls it pop. I also say shopping cart, kleenex, bathroom, fridge, couch.
When we first moved to Alaska from North Carolina I was made fun of mercilessly for using the terms:
"soft drink" instead of "pop"
"commode" instead of "toilet"
"buggy" instead of "cart"
"pocketbook" instead of "purse"
I also never realized that I had a "southern" accent until we moved! Too funny!
I had a repair call today from a man with an Indian/Pakistani accent who was calling from Louisville, KY. He was a technician and I could tell he was smart, but he had a pretty thick accent and was having trouble making himself understood.
I felt so sorry for him. He must be going through hell there trying to communicate with the locals. I'm sure he doesn't try to start up a conversation with anyone unless he has to.
Fortunately for him, I've been around lots of accents and I studied languages so it is much easier for me to understand someone like this. He thanked me profusely at the end of the conversation for being so helpful. I'm sure plenty of people have been mean to him because of his accent.
Original Post by hkellick:
I would like to point out it's Zee, not Zed. Zee.
You, sir, could not be more wrong.
And I call it a washroom.
FTF: I knew there had to be a kiwi association in there somewhere. I wish I could convince my husband that all of my names for things were right, but he has never succumbed to my will on these matters. I call it a jumper too.Oh, and it's Nis-san, not Knee-son.
*sings in operatic soprano* ZeeZeeZeeZeeZeeZeeZeeZeeZeeZeeeeeeeeee
*shatters glass*
Thank God boobies are still pronounced BOO-BEEZ (not BOO-BEE-ZED) lol
Bathroom: AKA powder room, lavatory, the privee, crapper, s_hitter, hea d, latrine, the john, the loo, the can, the pot, potty, commode, room of convenience, outhouse, water closet, little girl's (or boy's) room, the pit stop, privee, the royal throne room, the library or reading room, the Zen room, the go-away-mommy-needs-some-alone-time room.....
shnitzel: i absolutely love, love, love, LOVE to read your responses! You are so creative and entertaining! You always bring a smile to my face! Loves ya!!!
Original Post by shnitzel:
*sings in operatic soprano* ZeeZeeZeeZeeZeeZeeZeeZeeZeeZeeeeeeeeee
*shatters glass*
Thank God boobies are still pronounced BOO-BEEZ (not BOO-BEE-ZED) lol
because there's no z in boobies (or other plural words that make z sound), also we pronounce it the same way in a word just like anyone else...we don't say gazedbo, it's gazeebo, it's only 'zed' when saying the letter by itself. -_-
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