Up north in Canada it's pop!:)

Every time I used to say pop to someone....they'd look at me like I was on crack and wonder what I was talking about....then I'd say "Ooops...y'all call it soda here"

I have had this fight with my friends from Boston repeatedly....no one wins! Everyone just calls it what they like and is done with it!

What gets me is some of my friends called ginger ale "tonic"....now to me, tonic refers to tonic water and tonic water alone!!!!!!

Ah the little differences! It's what makes life great!:D:D

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Soda.

Oh yeah, and -

OMG, YES!!!!!!! I was down in Virginia once during a flurry (a flurry - read: no accumulation) and nobody was going faster than 15mph - on I-66. You'd think they'd never seen snow before. Nobody from south of the Mason-Dixon line would last 10 seconds in a New England winter. It's funny... unless you're stuck behind them on a 2-lane roadway.

aephialum,
Haha! I sooo have to agree with Ex-greek on that too!!!! When I was living in Dallas, there was a "snowstorm" one day. I got all excited...to actually see snow in the South. Everyone else there got freaked out. Schools were closed, Art got sent home early from work because of "treacherous road conditions" and on our way to Fry's to do some electronics shopping we passed SOOOOOO many cars in accidents! I couldn't believe it! These people would not last a day in a Northern snowstorm!!!

Here's a pic I took from my patio of the "snowstorm" in Dallas...taken just before my husband got sent home! Hahahahahahaha!!!!

http://bialowas2001.tripod.com/texas/snowstorm.jpg

Is that too funny or what?! I don't mean to laugh at all the Southerners, but it just cracked me up when I saw schools being closed for this.....in Nova Scotia schools don't get closed unless the roads are ALL undriveable....meaning that there should be at least 20cm of snow on the ground!!!!:D:D

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This is what I am afraid of. I am moving from Houston to Providence, RI. I have never once driven in snow or ice! Guess what though...I know what to do in a hurricane, flood or tornado :) That won't do me any good when I'm sliding all over the freeway though!

GOOD STUFF!!!!!!!!!
 

DAYUM RIGHT!!!

Tourists please: 1) Stop buying BC sweatshirts and Harvard jerseys, you look ridiculous.
2) Stop driving all thru NE videotaping the foliage during Fall, you still look ridiculous. LOL

BTW, its official, it's SODA!!!

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This makes perfect sense, because every time I leave my comfortable Chicago suburb and drive a few hours south to get to school, it seems I lose contact with all civilization. And let's not even talk about trying to get good pizza in Central Illinois.

I call it soda. I prefer Pepsi to Coke, but I'll drink whichever they have as long as it's not diet. When I ordered soda once, the bartender gave me soda water like seltzer instead of Coke. :(

lifesaver-I call them tissues not Kleenex. However I call them bandaids and not bandages. It takes too much effort. ;)

I like your list especially the one about sitcoms set in New York being funnier than those not set in NY. It's really true. :D

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Sorry, but IMO people with thick northern accents sound less intelligent not to mention annoying, especially those thick Brooklyn accents.
I would much rather hear an East Texas accent anyday than a Brooklyn accent.

Ditto, Ditto, Ditto

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I call it soda. It depends on where you come from.
dzaigirl, moving to Providence-driving in snow is a skill you get through practice. Don't let the snow scare you! When you visit Texas then you can brag about hurricane, flood, tornado, and snow!
After awhile---you'll know when you can do 45-55 in snow and when it's suicide. Personally, I like driving in snow.
Also another one to add to the list: Northerner can tell the difference between a Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island accent.

I guess it is probably like the difference between a Louisiana, Georgia and Texas accent. All different, but they still have things in common.

The times I have been to RI, I have talked to people that would have been sent to speech therapy classes if they had gone to grade school down here! Why are those people incapable of pronouncing the letter R ? It seems like they can handle words that start with R, just not R at the end of a word.

Now I know someone will shoot back about how we say y'all or something, but hey, we admit it! I am just fascinated by the strangeness of the northern accent, I am not trying to insult anyone! People will definitely know I am from the south when I talk but mostly because of my choice of words, not the accent. I love saying y'all, fixin' to, etc. Very useful words! Even SisterPlum used y'all in her post and she is Canadian!

ever notice how the people on national news shows tend to have the midwestern accent... thats because its the most desired one and easiest to understand :) i learned something in my language and society course after all :D

I agree that the nor'eastern accent is kind of wierd. The midwest and western parts of the country sound "normal". The reason southern accents are so easy to understand is because they drag out each word longer than anyone else.

The thing y'all have to remember is that Southern roads are not built for snow, and that there is no such thing as snowtires, chains or anything else like that down here. We don't get much snow, therefore our cities, roads and cars aren't equipped to handle it and our people aren't use to dealing with it. Particularly ice. Ice storms are downright dangerous here.

The original article is quite funny! Thanks for posting it!

Speaking as a Southern (born and raised) I actually miss the snow/ice days from school, work, etc. I'd rather stay home anyday than to risk falling or skidding around on the round just to go to work, IMHO!