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Old 04-21-2001, 11:44 AM   #1
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This image is going to force the window to be too wide,
so I'm hitting the enter key at the end of each line
I write, so that the text doesn't scroll way off to the
right.

The whole thing in self-explanatory so I won't explain it.
It is, though, one of the things that make the Internet
fun; that not only could data be collected this way, but
also shown to us, and we can revel in our own popular
culture.

There are some very interesting things about this. It looks
like local culture prevails everywhere, and asserts one
choice or the other. But there is one city at war: Denver.

Also, Milwaukee and St. Louis have seen fit to ignore the
midwestern approach and go with the coastal "soda". Sycamore,
any thoughts?
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Old 04-21-2001, 02:14 PM   #2
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I had to reply to this one :)

Well,

They are right about PA. The dividing line is somewhere around Altoona I think on that map.

I just started calling it both pop and soda because I have friends from places like Kitanning (god-awful small town outside of Pittsburgh) who always called it pop.

I noticed one other interesting aspect. Most of the Southeast calls it Coke. Could that have something to do with the fact that Coca-Cola is in Atlanta?

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Old 04-23-2001, 10:16 AM   #3
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I come from NYC, but I live in a small town a lot like Kittanning. Naturally, I call it soda, but this ENTIRE TOWN calls it "pop". All damn day I'm besieged by "pop" and "spicket" and so many other gutteral(sp?) mispronouncements of words that I often think I'm amidst the Huns.

To top it all off, Pepsi has a stranglehold on this place. <sigh> I'm sitting on a hot poker in the 8th concentric circle of Dante's E-Z Bake right now.

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Old 04-23-2001, 10:37 AM   #4
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There's no call for that kind of living, man. You gotta get out of there!
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Old 04-23-2001, 03:43 PM   #5
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Re: I had to reply to this one :)

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Well,

They are right about PA. The dividing line is somewhere around Altoona I think on that map.

And that's why some of us call it Pennsyltucky. Another friend of mine describes PA as Philadelphia on one end, Pittsburgh on another and Alabama in the middle.

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Old 04-23-2001, 03:51 PM   #6
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Re: Re: I had to reply to this one :)

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And that's why some of us call it Pennsyltucky. Another friend of mine describes PA as Philadelphia on one end, Pittsburgh on another and Alabama in the middle.
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Your friend is quoting political strategist James Carville.

Unless, that is, your friend <b>is</b> James Carville,
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Old 04-24-2001, 01:49 PM   #7
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Cool Re: I had to reply to this one :)

Quote:
Originally posted by mbpark
Well,
I noticed one other interesting aspect. Most of
the Southeast calls it Coke. Could that have
something to do with the fact that Coca-Cola
is in Atlanta?
Mitch
I think so. I grew up in the south, and vividly
remember my mother's cracker relatives asking
"You wanna Coke?"
"Yeah"
"What kind you want?"
Sort of like calling any refrigerator a Frigidaire,
or any copy a Zerox. Kind of says something about
the ubiquitousness of Coke, doesn't it?

The oddest part of all was all my mother's family
all drank Pepsi (eeuuuck ick spit). Now wouldn't
the Pepsi executives hate that!

Now I live in the Land of Coke, the Capital of
Cokeness, Atlanta. Anyone saying "you want a soda?"
or especially "You want a pop?" causes heads to
turn ... "Where are you from?" inevitably follows.
It cracks me up.

Further related beverage trivia: The line of
demarcation between what is south and north: Places
where sweet iced tea is available.

Talk to y'all later,
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Old 04-24-2001, 03:24 PM   #8
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Whoa whoa whoa there sir! You can't just stop there, I have two follow-up questions.

One, when you're in "coke" country, and you order a "coke", and what you really want is a Coke(tm), what do you say? (Doesn't it turn into a who's on first routine?)

Two, this sweet iced tea that you speak of, is it that it's only available in the south, or NOT available in the south?

All I know is that if it says "real brewed" on the label, this is increasingly a sign that the predominant flavor will be CRAP.
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Old 04-25-2001, 06:59 PM   #9
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Re: Re: Re: I had to reply to this one :)

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And that's why some of us call it Pennsyltucky. Another friend of mine describes PA as Philadelphia on one end, Pittsburgh on another and Alabama in the middle.
Your friend is quoting political strategist James Carville.

Unless, that is, your friend <b>is</b> James Carville,
Z [/b]
I don't think that's possible since I don't believe James Carville <b>has</b> any friends.
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Old 04-27-2001, 11:12 PM   #10
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That map seems rather accurate.

My ex-fiance (who is from Chicago) along with my aunt (who has lived in Chicago for 40 years) call it pop all the time...drove me up a damned wall...and I don't know why. Ironically, my friend who was just in from Toronto calls it pop too...now that I found interesting.

Nowadays, with so many things out there to quench your thirst, I usually just ask, "What would you like to drink?"
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Old 04-28-2001, 09:05 AM   #11
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Re: Re: I had to reply to this one :)

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And that's why some of us call it Pennsyltucky. Another friend of mine describes PA as Philadelphia on one end, Pittsburgh on another and Alabama in the middle.

Alex [/b]
I am laughing so LOUDLY right now. Born in Pittsburgh, lived 15 years in Philly... now in Kansas... Go figure!

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Old 05-01-2001, 10:16 AM   #12
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There's no call for that kind of living, man. You gotta get out of there!
2 more years. Then I graduate and go back home, probably St. John's for college, actually. It's in New York City, and a 20-minute drive(traffic permitting) away from my old neighborhood in Queens.

Also, I'm pretty sure Lucky Luciano's gravesite is nearby campus. I can leave some flowers, then blast out to Pizzarama.

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Old 05-21-2001, 01:09 AM   #13
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The colour for Calgary (the first dot north of Montana) is all wrong... we say 'pop' here. 8)
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Old 05-21-2001, 02:52 AM   #14
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Florida.....

Being from florida, I had to take note that people here
can't decide whether it's soda or pop, much like they can't
use a ballot. I'm glad I'm not a resident yet.

Sobe....
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Old 05-21-2001, 11:58 AM   #15
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Re: Florida.....

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Being from florida, I had to take note that people here
can't decide whether it's soda or pop, much like they can't
use a ballot. I'm glad I'm not a resident yet.
Well, Florida always had had a sort of identity crisis. For example, is it a northern or a southern state? (I don't mean geographically). Ironically enough, teh people from northern Florida tend to be southerners and the people from southern Florida tend to be northeners.
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