[bksvol-discuss] Re: o.t. accents
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 19:38:28 -0700 (PDT)
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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