The dialect thread

[Smaug]

Ivan reminded me of something in the google desktop thread. You weird South Westerners say 'soda'. Wheareas normal people say 'pop'. So, which american dialect is the best? I vote for midwest/Northeastern. Southern dialects lose by default.

edit: I should have made a poll :(

[Phaden]

umm im originally from Mass. and we called it Soda there too, midwest is pop, as i lived in Illinois. Geeeeees.

[Rbstr]

midwest wins by far, no funky accents or odd slang words (unlees you up north in WI or MN)

but i use both soda and pop and coke, Dads form WI moms from Iowa so i get it both

[Smaug]

Oh, well I know triggar is from buffalo, and she said they used pop there. So uh, I dunno.

[Jaged]

Who the hell says pop? Pop is for pussys. Soda is a mans drink.

[Setari]

i usually say either coke or soda.

[Dharkbayne]

Who the hell says soda? Soda is for pussys. Pop is a mans drink.


NWESSSIIIIIDDDDDDDDEEEEEEEEEee



EDIT: Limeys say fizzleyriverextract

[firecrackerNC]

Its pop, coke pepsi ect here. We never say soda unless its club soda. Im in ohio and we also don't have any accents here. Cept of course our suburb living wangsta's. "Yea dog whas up bro? Yo homie dont be dissin this! Yo bro can I smack some o that pizza?(Heard this at the bowling alley after my friend and I ordered some pizza,I was like "wtf? Smack my pizza?)

[Jaged]

Everyone has an accent. You just can't hear it because it sounds so normal to you.

[Smaug]

Everyone has an accent. You just can't hear it because it sounds so normal to you.

Nope, midwest is the new standard. Everyone else is weird.

[Spee]

Yeah. Midwesterners are actually proven to have the best diction and most accurate pronounciation of anyone, ever.

So, haha.

[Rbstr]

i wonder why that is? most setlers here were either Scandinavian or German(atleast at first) yet somehow we lack any of zee acksent

[Dharkbayne]

i wonder why that is? most setlers here were either Scandinavian or German(atleast at first) yet somehow we lack any of zee acksent

Because accents die out when everyone else around you doesn't have it.

[Hydralisk]

Southerners don't say soda. Most southerners just say "Coke" refering to every carbonated beverage out there. I find it extremely annoying when people say "pop". Wierdos:(

[martyr]

pop

[Rbstr]

Because accents die out when everyone else around you doesn't have it.

But if most people were german or scandinavian wouldn't the people around them have it as well?

[martyr]

Because accents die out when everyone else around you doesn't have it.

nein.

case study: triggar's grandparents.

they've been stateside & immersed for 40+ years, and their italian accents are still so thick i have no idea what they're talking about

[EineBeBoP]

poop

fixed

[AztecWarrior]

Espanglish.

Ju wanna Pepsi?

I do not show this accent.

[eXoSloth]

Sounthern Californian.

And for the love of god, it's SODA.

[Zodiac]

And for the love of god, it's SODA.^

[Ivan]

Southerners don't say soda. Most southerners just say "Coke" refering to every carbonated beverage out there. I find it extremely annoying when people say "pop". Wierdos:(
I can't stand it when people call every brand of sodapop Coke. Coke is a brand name. It's like calling tissues Kleenexes. :rolleyes:

If you come to my house and ask for Coke I'm going to give you coke. So you better mean you want Coke. I've also heard someone in NC refer to Pepsi as Pepsi Coke. :huh:

If you ask for that at my house I'm pouring you a glass of half Pepsi and half Coke. Then you can tell me how much you like it.

And let's all face it. We all use some short form of "Sodapop."

[CassH]

POP

hmm we need a PSU dialect

[Derfud]

I think we can all agree on "Carbonated Beverage". Which is actually what I say.

[GraniteRok]

It would take me all day to list most of our oddities but fortunately someone already has...

http://www.icomm.ca/emily/isms.html

Plus there's a bunch of other tidbits of info there...

I can imagine the list that Frag or Hezzy could compile!

[Everay]

I can't stand it when people call every brand of sodapop Coke. Coke is a brand name. It's like calling tissues Kleenexes. :rolleyes:



i call tissues kleenexes AND call all cokes coke, unless im being specific, as in, i want a root beer, or big red.

Texan thing i guess.

[Jaged]

Calling tissues kelenex is normal. So is calling bandages band-aids and geletin jello. Calling all soda coke however is just dumb.

[Dharkbayne]

i call tissues kleenexes AND call all cokes coke, unless im being specific, as in, i want a root beer, or big red.

Texan thing i guess.


That's like calling all kinds of pasta spaghetti. :doh:

[Jaged]

They are all called spaghetti as far as I am concerned.

[Everay]

i dont call all pasta spegheti, however, unless its spaghetti or fetichini, i dont want it.

[Lonehunter]

Southern dialects lose by default.
Screw you, sorry for the hate but it's my strict opinion.

[Hydralisk]

i call tissues kleenexes AND call all cokes coke, unless im being specific, as in, i want a root beer, or big red.

Texan thing i guess. Exactly what I do, except I don't drink soft drinks anymore because they are bad for you... *Hint* When refering to all of them in general(When NOT asking for one) I say soft drinks.

[Infernus]

Philadelphia has its own accent that basically messes with words with an -a or -au sound.

water is pronounced wooder
awesome is awwsome

ViperGTS fucks with me about my accent often.

[OfaLoaf]

In WI, I heard them say Kybo or something like that instead of latrine....

[ViperGTS]

Philadelphia has its own accent that basically messes with words with an -a or -au sound.

water is pronounced wooder
awesome is awwsome

ViperGTS fucks with me about my accent often.


WOTTER
AWEsome
:)

[Atog]

Michigan's accent is fun.
Pop>Soda
Pail>Bucket
yep.

Michigan's accent also doubles as a Canadian accent. I said "eh" regularly before i even knew that Canadians said "eh".

Da Yooper talk is fun too. Half of the time you don't even know what they're saying :D

[OfaLoaf]

What part of Michigan? I'm in the SE bit of the lower Peninsula, and I have yet to hear people commonly say "pail" instead of bucket... huh.



Yooper talk is awesome, though. Have you seen Escanaba In Da Moonlight?

[JetRaiden]

I like Infernus's accent, whatever it is.

[Infernus]

That's like calling all kinds of pasta spaghetti. :doh:

I, as an Italian, call that a travesty...

and remember friends... Its gravy on pasta and sauce on Pizza.

[Dharkbayne]

No, it's sauce on pasta.


Spaghetti gravy? Alfredo gravy?

[Infernus]

No, it's sauce on pasta.


Spaghetti gravy? Alfredo gravy?

My old, senile grandma says so.

[Smaug]

keyword: senile

[Triggar]

and remember friends... Its gravy on pasta and sauce on Pizza.

Blasphemy!

In my family, we call it sauce - and my family has only been in the United States since 1960.

In fact, my grandma either calls it "sohssa" or "la salsa".

[Infernus]

Everyone around here says that as well... I guess thats a philadelphia thing then as well...

[Smaug]

Also acceptable is "le semen"

[Heavygain]

Who the hell says pop? Pop is for pussys. Soda is a mans drink.
no.

[Setari]

sauce on pasta, sauce on pizza, gravy on fried steak.

[Spee]

Yeah, its Defnitely "bucket" here by Saginaw...

And yeah, Every Michigander says "Eh" without knowing it, and it is a source of hsame to all of us. Especially when pointed out :p


guy 1: So, funny joke, eh?
guy 2: ...You just said "Eh"
Guy 1: ...Youre stoned, no I didnt.
guy 3: Yeah, you did.
guy 1: Dude, wtf.
Guy 2/3: lol

[Dharkbayne]

sauce on pasta, sauce on pizza, gravy on fried steak.


It's gravy if it's gravy. I don't call steak sauce "steak gravy", and anyone who does should be promptly stabbed.

[JetRaiden]

It's gravy if it's gravy. I don't call steak sauce "steak gravy", and anyone who does should be promptly stabbed.

agreed. the only thing I call "gravy" is well, gravy. stuff you put on mashed potatoes and turkey.

[Setari]

It's gravy if it's gravy. I don't call steak sauce "steak gravy", and anyone who does should be promptly stabbed.
did i say steak sauce? I meant actual gravy.

[starrider]

pfft, its called coke you fools.