The dialect thread

Smaug · 2004-10-14, 10:34 PM

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 · 2004-10-14, 10:35 PM

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

Smaug · 2004-10-14, 10:36 PM

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

Setari · 2004-10-14, 10:37 PM

i usually say either coke or soda.

Rbstr · 2004-10-14, 10:35 PM

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

Jaged · 2004-10-14, 10:36 PM

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

Heavygain · 2004-10-16, 12:33 PM

Originally Posted by Jaged

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

no.

Dharkbayne · 2004-10-14, 10:38 PM

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

NWESSSIIIIIDDDDDDDDEEEEEEEEEee

EDIT: Limeys say fizzleyriverextract

firecrackerNC · 2004-10-14, 10:46 PM

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 · 2004-10-14, 10:48 PM

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

Smaug · 2004-10-14, 10:50 PM

Originally Posted by Jaged

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 · 2004-10-14, 10:53 PM

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

So, haha.

Rbstr · 2004-10-14, 10:58 PM

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 · 2004-10-14, 11:00 PM

Originally Posted by 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

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

Rbstr · 2004-10-14, 11:24 PM

Originally Posted by Dharkbayne

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?