[bksvol-discuss] Re: o.t. accents

Hi, Kasondra,

I lived a couple of blocks from Lake Harriet from 1949
until 1958. Now that you mention the soda vs pop
thing, I remember confusing grocery clerks; in the
East we called soda soda, as I recall, but, as you
point out, in Minneapolis they called it pop. I also
remember confusing people by referring to rain
footwear as rubbers, which is what we called them in
the East.  In Minneapolis and California, I think they
 were/are called  rainboots, even though they're not
always boots -- I may be wrong about that though. I
don't use them any more. We used to call them
galoshes, too.

CIndy

--- Kasondra payne <Kassyp36@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Cindy,
> 
> When did you live in Minneapolis?  I moved away from
> there a year a go.  I
> lived there for nearly a decade.  I was born and
> raised in Sacramento,
> before that.  I now live in Northern Utah.  What I
> have found to be the same
> in all three places is the  differences in accents. 
> I have been accused of
> being a valley girl, and then of having an almost
> Canadian accent.  Out
> here, some people think I am from here because of my
> willingness to use
> common phrases like "Oh, my heck!"  Actually, I
> think it's the difference in
> how people refer to soft drinks that is most
> pronounced.  In California
> people call them sodas.  In Minnesota, the term is
> pop.  Out here it seems
> to be a combination of both.  At least wherever we
> are, we still love to
> read books!
> 
> Kasondra Payne
> 
> 


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