A divided America

[Flannel Boy]

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[Flannel Boy]

I'm in the blue and I say "loyer".

Y'all must've come across many of 'em big city law-yers.

[Himu]

I use both.

[Steve Contra]

Kitty-Corner vs. Catty-Corner is one they should have dealt with

[Phoenix Dark]

Good to see that people in Michigan say everything properly

Pop, not soda. muthafuckas

[Steve Contra]

It's so fucking weird to hear pop

[CajoleJuice]

On line.

[Steve Contra]

On line

Who are these perverts?

[CajoleJuice]

Me.

[Steve Contra]

Reported.

[Mr. Gundam]

Potato bugs, bitches.

[Barry Egan]

Me.

dap

[Phoenix Dark]

On line? 

When I went to Texas to visit family they all said "soda" and it really was jarring to me.

"you want a soda?
"no thanks, I don't drink pop"
"but do you want soda?"
"...no thanks" 

[Steve Contra]

Yup, potato bug.  Never even heard roly-poly.

[Mr. Gundam]

I met a group of Texans while in Egypt back in the late 90s. We ended up going to dinner with them and was given a lesson on everything being "a Coke."

Yup, potato bug.  Never even heard roly-poly.

My wife and I are showing our geographic differences with these little guys. I was out in the yard the other evening with our daughter looking at bugs in the garden and a bunch of potato bugs were walking around in the dirt. I told Addie they were Potato Bugs, and Em looked at me like I was high on crack, since they're clearly Pill Bugs according to her Nebraska upbringing.

[Steve Contra]

Yup. 
"Do you want a Coke?
"Sure"
"What kind?"
"Uhhhhhhhhhhhh"

[Barry Egan]

"standing in line" is a term used for spinelessness and conformity.  No wonder so many outside NYC use it .

[CajoleJuice]

It blows my mind that the rest of the country doesn't have a term for sunshowers. Well, the South does...

[Mr. Gundam]

Interesting that the Cascade mountain range is the dividing line for Potato Bug and Roly Poly in the Republic of Cascadia.

It blows my mind that the rest of the country doesn't have a word for sunshowers.

We just call it rain.

[Steve Contra]

That's another term I've never heard.  And the other one?  Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...

[nudemacusers]

you think washington gets sunshowers?

[Mr. Gundam]

you think washington gets sunshowers?

They're like cicadas, every 14 years or so.

[CajoleJuice]

[nudemacusers]

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ok gonna have to side with least coast here.

"tennis shoes" 

[Howard Alan Treesong]

It's so fucking weird to hear pop

Wife and I had no idea we were moving to POP COUNTRY. Our biggest adjustment to life in the Pacific Northwest.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Yup. 
"Do you want a Coke?
"Sure"
"What kind?"
"Uhhhhhhhhhhhh"

Silly Steve, no one in Texas would ever ask you that. It goes like this:

"What kind of Coke do you want?"
"Dr. Pepper."
"Okay."

[Mr. Gundam]

It's so fucking weird to hear pop

Wife and I had no idea we were moving to POP COUNTRY. Our biggest adjustment to life in the Pacific Northwest.

It took my wife a long time to switch over to pop from soda.

[Himu]

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Potato bugs, bitches.

ROLLY POLLY FOR LIFE

[Phoenix Dark]

Interesting. I heard "soda" in Texas but "Coke" in NC.

[Steve Contra]

Yup. 
"Do you want a Coke?
"Sure"
"What kind?"
"Uhhhhhhhhhhhh"

Silly Steve, no one in Texas would ever ask you that. It goes like this:

"What kind of Coke do you want?"
"Dr. Pepper."
"Okay."

True, but replace "Dr. Pepper" with "Uhhhhhhhhhhhh" and you had my summers growing up.

[Himu]

I met a group of Texans while in Egypt back in the late 90s. We ended up going to dinner with them and was given a lesson on everything being "a Coke."

Yup, potato bug.  Never even heard roly-poly.

My wife and I are showing our geographic differences with these little guys. I was out in the yard the other evening with our daughter looking at bugs in the garden and a bunch of potato bugs were walking around in the dirt. I told Addie they were Potato Bugs, and Em looked at me like I was high on crack, since they're clearly Pill Bugs according to her Nebraska upbringing.

Note that this is regional. It depends on where they're from in texas. if they're from the city, it's soda usually. if they're from the country (which is what texas mostly is - rural land) you'll get "coke". For reference I call it soda, my mom calls it coke. I was born in Houston, my mom was born in the country.

[etiolate]

I use roly poly and pillbug.

Also, on the west coast it doesn't normally rain when the sun is shining so we basically don't need a term for that. Plus, the west coast devil and wife are separated and focusing on themselves at this time.

[AdmiralViscen]

On line

Who are these perverts?

Suck it

[Brehvolution]

Roly Poly?
People should be offended by such nonsense.

"Is dat a armadilla?"
"Nah, dats a giant Roly Poly"

[Mr. Gundam]

In Western WA, "The City" = Seattle.

[Himu]

Roly Poly?
People should be offended by such nonsense.

"Is dat a armadilla?"
"Nah, dats a giant Roly Poly"

It rolls. We'd pick them up and roll them on our finger.

[etiolate]

so those pace picante commercials were an accurate description of texans

[Steve Contra]

In NorCal the City=SF

[Howard Alan Treesong]

It's so fucking weird to hear pop

Wife and I had no idea we were moving to POP COUNTRY. Our biggest adjustment to life in the Pacific Northwest.

It took my wife a long time to switch over to pop from soda.

We will never, ever, EVER, ever, EVER switch over to saying "pop." It is the worst word.

We will say "soda pop" in place of "soda" if slow PNWers need that bridge. But that's it.

[Himu]

so those pace picante commercials were an accurate description of texans

And what's that?

[Howard Alan Treesong]

"The City" is fucking stupid - other than NYC dunno why Chicago and Boston got called out.

"Gee, it turns out people use 'the city' to mean the city nearest to them. WHO KNEW"

[Brehvolution]

[Himu]

We rarely use the "the city" over here. That's a dumb one, I agree.

[Steve Contra]

I do think this thread is the proof that many evangelicals need to finally prove that New York is a godless Sodom that should be cast into the sea.

On line

[Howard Alan Treesong]

actually, I take that back. I will ask for a pop if I'm being served by a middle-aged soda jerk at a Walgreens soda fountain offering "real chock'lit malteds"

but under NO OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES

[Himu]

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I pronounce it cyu-pon.

[Mr. Gundam]

actually, I take that back. I will ask for a pop if I'm being served by a middle-aged soda jerk at a Walgreens soda fountain offering "real chock'lit malteds"

 

[AdmiralViscen]

"The City" is fucking stupid - other than NYC dunno why Chicago and Boston got called out.

"Gee, it turns out people use 'the city' to mean the city nearest to them. WHO KNEW"

Looks like about 60% of the country is in the red range

[Howard Alan Treesong]

actually, I take that back. I will ask for a pop if I'm being served by a middle-aged soda jerk at a Walgreens soda fountain offering "real chock'lit malteds"

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soda_jerk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soda_fountain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soda_shop

[Shadow Mod]

I usually use soda but even that's rare, I'm typically saying the brand or type because there is no generic one considering all the damn flavors.

[Steve Contra]

The entire city of San Jose refers to SF as "the city" despite being the largest in the Bay.

[Himu]

actually, I take that back. I will ask for a pop if I'm being served by a middle-aged soda jerk at a Walgreens soda fountain offering "real chock'lit malteds"

 

[Shadow Mod]

The entire city of San Jose refers to SF as "the city" despite being the largest in the Bay.

That's because there is nothing there.

[etiolate]

Pop is something your child listens to before hitting full-on puberty.

so those pace picante commercials were an accurate description of texans

And what's that?

[Himu]

The entire city of San Jose refers to SF as "the city" despite being the largest in the Bay.

That's because there is nothing there.

san jose is a giant pit.

GOATland on the other hand

[Howard Alan Treesong]

hey if it's called pop, why is there no such thing as a pop jerk who serves you from the pop fountain at the pop shop

riddle me that

[nudemacusers]

just found out wife says roly poly instead of the correct potato bug.

we had a good run.

[Himu]

just found out wife says roly poly instead of the correct potato bug.

we had a good run.

it's rolly polly!!

[Howard Alan Treesong]

I say roly poly I never heard of "potato bugs" before this site. Are they called that because they infest potatoes or look like potatoes?

[Joe Molotov]

Yup, potato bug.  Never even heard roly-poly.

When I was a kid we called them Roly Poly Bugs, but now that I'm a man, I call them Pill Bugs. Sometimes.