Watching Hist Channel re accents
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Watching Hist Channel re accents
So, okay. Do you now or have you ever called:
Carbonated beverage - soda or pop?
Public water dispenser - bubbler or water fountain?
Large piece of living room furniture - sofa, couch, or Davenport?
Carbonated beverage - soda or pop?
Public water dispenser - bubbler or water fountain?
Large piece of living room furniture - sofa, couch, or Davenport?
Well, then
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Re: Watching Hist Channel re accents
Soda
Water fountain
Television. --Bob
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Well, then
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Mine was back in the day bubbler, pop and davenport. WisCAHNsin dontcha know.
Now I'm all generic.
Now I'm all generic.
Well, then
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I used to say soda pop, now just soda.
Water fountain
Sofa
Water fountain
Sofa
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I got you on my bookmarks! Where the hell have I been?
Well, then
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Yes to all of those: Born and raised in the North East. Have lived most of my life in the South.
True story: We moved from NJ to TN in the early 70's to run a marina. My mom was running the counter at the marina store. A fisherman came in looking for something to drink.
Fisherman: "What kind of Cokes do you have?"
Mom: "Small Coke, Large Coke or can Coke."
True story: We moved from NJ to TN in the early 70's to run a marina. My mom was running the counter at the marina store. A fisherman came in looking for something to drink.
Fisherman: "What kind of Cokes do you have?"
Mom: "Small Coke, Large Coke or can Coke."
Jaybee
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Same! Montana to Atlanta in '72jaybee wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 3:41 pmYes to all of those: Born and raised in the North East. Have lived most of my life in the South.
True story: We moved from NJ to TN in the early 70's to run a marina. My mom was running the counter at the marina store. A fisherman came in looking for something to drink.
Fisherman: "What kind of Cokes do you have?"
Mom: "Small Coke, Large Coke or can Coke."
Took me for.ev.er. to acquiesce to the use of y'all. Waiting tables helped.
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Re: Watching Hist Channel re accents
Y'all is a fab word.tlynn78 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 5:33 pmSame! Montana to Atlanta in '72jaybee wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 3:41 pmYes to all of those: Born and raised in the North East. Have lived most of my life in the South.
True story: We moved from NJ to TN in the early 70's to run a marina. My mom was running the counter at the marina store. A fisherman came in looking for something to drink.
Fisherman: "What kind of Cokes do you have?"
Mom: "Small Coke, Large Coke or can Coke."
Took me for.ev.er. to acquiesce to the use of y'all. Waiting tables helped.
Well, then
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I was an obnoxious grammar snob even as a kid, but learned to love it.Beebs52 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 5:39 pmY'all is a fab word.tlynn78 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 5:33 pmSame! Montana to Atlanta in '72jaybee wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 3:41 pmYes to all of those: Born and raised in the North East. Have lived most of my life in the South.
True story: We moved from NJ to TN in the early 70's to run a marina. My mom was running the counter at the marina store. A fisherman came in looking for something to drink.
Fisherman: "What kind of Cokes do you have?"
Mom: "Small Coke, Large Coke or can Coke."
Took me for.ev.er. to acquiesce to the use of y'all. Waiting tables helped.
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Re: Watching Hist Channel re accents
When I go into a restaurant with which I'm not familiar I ask the server what their "house cola" is.tlynn78 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 5:33 pmSame! Montana to Atlanta in '72jaybee wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 3:41 pmYes to all of those: Born and raised in the North East. Have lived most of my life in the South.
True story: We moved from NJ to TN in the early 70's to run a marina. My mom was running the counter at the marina store. A fisherman came in looking for something to drink.
Fisherman: "What kind of Cokes do you have?"
Mom: "Small Coke, Large Coke or can Coke."
Took me for.ev.er. to acquiesce to the use of y'all. Waiting tables helped.
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Co-coler
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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Coke (but since moving away from Texas: soda)
water fountain
couch most often; occasionally sofa
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That map has my current county as 80-100% "pop", but I have not heard a single person here say that.
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To go on a tangent:
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
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Chicken Bog
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.