Government Coup

[SiouzQ.]

I have been told many times since I moved to New Mexico that I have a weird accent from Michigan, lol!

Now the accent from a Burqueno, that's weird!

https://youtu.be/IucBp1yrr7A?si=2aouQYZiUzL4PMBx

[catherine]

I have been told many times since I moved to New Mexico that I have a weird accent from Michigan, lol!

Now the accent from a Burqueno, that's weird!

https://youtu.be/IucBp1yrr7A?si=2aouQYZiUzL4PMBx

That's great! I like how coke is a generic name for soda--I guess you probably called soda "pop" in Michigan, right? Or is that further west. I know my Minnesotan niece/nephew always called soda pop.

[KayLR]

We called it "pop" at home in Washington state. Most of the families in our town migrated from the Dust Bowl.

[LDAHL]

That's great! I like how coke is a generic name for soda--I guess you probably called soda "pop" in Michigan, right? Or is that further west. I know my Minnesotan niece/nephew always called soda pop.

They’ve mapped that one out.

https://archive.nytimes.com/ideas.bl...da-vs-pop-map/

[catherine]

They’ve mapped that one out.

https://archive.nytimes.com/ideas.bl...da-vs-pop-map/

Now that that's settled, I can sleep easy tonight. Seriously, that's a cool map. At least by area, the "soda" segment is vastly underrepresented.

[LDAHL]

Now that that's settled, I can sleep easy tonight. Seriously, that's a cool map. At least by area, the "soda" segment is vastly underrepresented.

I was in a class once that covered how the distribution has changed over time. “Tonic” and “seltzer” have gradually been supplanted. It’s a mystery to me why that should be. Similar to the mystery of why Europeans hate root beer so much.

[nswef]

I didn't know Europeans hate root beer. Grew up in Pgh. PA said pop, Phila. people in college said soda, down here in Maryland they say drink, I think. I am not out much anymore...

[iris lilies]

Root beer is disgusting

[catherine]

Root beer is disgusting

Are you kidding? I'll take an A&W root beer float any day of the week! I also love cream soda and ginger beer.

[LDAHL]

When I was a little kid, one of the biggest treats of all was climbing into the Country Squire and going to a drive-in called Dog n Suds. They had great foot longs, bag-staining fries, and the best root beer I ever had. You could even get it in two gallon jugs so you could make floats for days afterward.