Haha! I've been telling this story for years! I find it hilarious that southerners call soda/pop/whatever you want to call it "Coke." It's funny that there's a metric for the phenomenon now!
Actually, in the States, when you meet new people from other parts of the country, a common topic of convo is "what do you call X?" For example, what do you call "soda"? What do you call a "fry pan"? etc. There are so many regional differences in American English that it can be a fascinating conversation. My roommate in college who's from Long Island, NY, and I spent two years straight having that conversation. The funniest one was "drawers"; in her thick South Shore of Long Island accent, JEssica said "draaws", which I took to mean undies. The first time I heard it, she asked me to "reach into my draaws" and I nearly lost it! I was like, "WHAT do you want me to do?!" It was hilarious. Anyway, the accent aside, being from Indiana, we would say "reach into my dresser" or at least "dresser drawers." but in Long Island speak, dresser/bureau is "drawers."
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Haha! I've been telling this story for years! I find it hilarious that southerners call soda/pop/whatever you want to call it "Coke." It's funny that there's a metric for the phenomenon now!
Actually, in the States, when you meet new people from other parts of the country, a common topic of convo is "what do you call X?" For example, what do you call "soda"? What do you call a "fry pan"? etc. There are so many regional differences in American English that it can be a fascinating conversation. My roommate in college who's from Long Island, NY, and I spent two years straight having that conversation. The funniest one was "drawers"; in her thick South Shore of Long Island accent, JEssica said "draaws", which I took to mean undies. The first time I heard it, she asked me to "reach into my draaws" and I nearly lost it! I was like, "WHAT do you want me to do?!" It was hilarious. Anyway, the accent aside, being from Indiana, we would say "reach into my dresser" or at least "dresser drawers." but in Long Island speak, dresser/bureau is "drawers."
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