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If I ordered a "pop" here in NYC I would expect to get asked
for clarification.
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Actually I predict a very different reaction ;)
Kind Regards,
Joe Chiusano [grew up in NYC suburbs]
Booz | Allen | Hamilton
John Cowan wrote:
>
> Bullard, Claude L (Len) scripsit:
>
> > In the North, these are 'pops'. If you ask for a
> > 'pop' in the South, they look at you strangely but
> > if you keep insisting, they will pop you. This usually
> > just results in a sore arm or nose. In the North,
> > if they pop you, it results in a trip to the mortuary.
>
> True. But "pop" for "soda" is not understood everywhere.
> If I ordered a "pop" here in NYC I would expect to get asked
> for clarification.
>
> > The case for tea is worse; Southerners
> > habitually sweeten tea. To get it without sugar,
> > you have to ask for unsweetened tea. In the North,
> > typically, the case is the reverse.
>
> It's worse than that. In the North, tea is hot by
> default; in the South, iced.
>
> > Because of
> > problems of reference such as these, we fought
> > and have never forgotten, our Civil War, and
> > may do it again in the near future.</details>
>
> Q: What does the North think of the South?
> A: Think of the what?
>
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