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Old 07-08-2011, 05:50 PM
 
Location: SW Missouri
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Falling in that mostly silent group that votes this thread, which has now officially lasted longer than it took to fight the entire American Civil War, should go away, I can't resist the temptation to post another 'official' work, to help stir the pot a little more.

In my opinion, of the numerous different angles one can use to 'prove' their point (I am waiting for the Ford vs Chevy vs Toyota vs John Deere vs etc poll), the topic of dialect is about as solid as any.

Then again, using the pop vs soda poll is about as smart as the college kid who originally published it, who concluded at the end of his 'official' study "those who say pop are cooler" (not kidding - look up his study online).

For those who are really interested in this topic, this study and map might prove interesting.

American English Dialects

Then again, I have lived in SW Missouri all my life and use the term 'pop' so obviously I am a Yankee spy in Rebel territory.

For those who really don't care about this topic and accidentally stumbled across this thread looking for cute puppies, you were not forgotten .....


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Old 07-08-2011, 05:59 PM
 
Location: Silver Springs, FL
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Originally Posted by SW Missouri Dave View Post
Falling in that mostly silent group that votes this thread, which has now officially lasted longer than it took to fight the entire American Civil War, should go away, I can't resist the temptation to post another 'official' work, to help stir the pot a little more.

In my opinion, of the numerous different angles one can use to 'prove' their point (I am waiting for the Ford vs Chevy vs Toyota vs John Deere vs etc poll), the topic of dialect is about as solid as any.

Then again, using the pop vs soda poll is about as smart as the college kid who originally published it, who concluded at the end of his 'official' study "those who say pop are cooler" (not kidding - look up his study online).

For those who are really interested in this topic, this study and map might prove interesting.

American English Dialects

Then again, I have lived in SW Missouri all my life and use the term 'pop' so obviously I am a Yankee spy in Rebel territory.

For those who really don't care about this topic and accidentally stumbled across this thread looking for cute puppies, you were not forgotten .....


YouTube - ‪cute puppy whistle‬‏

As usual, everything you have said is spot on.
I personally find the subject of dialects endlessly fascinating, but then, I'm geeky that way, the whole soda/pop thing is just too ridiculous for words, lol.
 
Old 07-09-2011, 05:38 PM
 
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
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I will agree with you about them being more southern than us, but I will not agree with you on saying we or at least some portion of Missouri is not southern. Missouri was admitted as a slave state above the 36 30 line, and Missouri fought hard for other state like Kansas to allow slaves. Also I bet that atleast 70 percent of Missourians know what grits are. Anyway during the civil war my county grew 750,000 pounds of tobacco a year. Also there is a cave outside my local town know as the KKK cave, and it supposedly held their seceret meetings in the 1800s. Also the people I met in Gulf Shores were not morons, and they all agreed that Missouri was southern. As people were walking in the hotel they were asking them where they were from, and one person said Ohio and they said wow y'all are yankees. I then asked them if they thought I was a yankee and they said hell no, and then I said what about Missouri and once again they said no. Like I said before I fit in better with the people from Alabama than Indiana. In fact we had a new girl come to our school from Indiana and she said we talked weird, and I said how, and she said you all sound southern. Also we grow cotton, we have kudzu, we eat fried okra, we drink sweet tea, we have get togethers down at the river, and we deep fry all the catfish that we can catch. Also Missouri tried to sucede from the union in 1861 but we were stopped by yankee forces occupying St. louis. We are on the Confederate flag, and we're apart of the LOS. I'm sure that some Missourians consider themselves southern.
and yet.... not a SINGLE boiled peanut to be found ANYWHERE in my travels through the bootheel......

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If that was done in the city limits of stl there would be great praise over it.
really?? great praise for theft and destruction of property??

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No one that I know calls it pop unless they're mocking people from up north. But most do not say coke either.
fwiw.... i am a native texan and we always called it coke......
 
Old 07-09-2011, 06:10 PM
 
Location: MO
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fwiw.... i am a native texan and we always called it coke......
I don't doubt that a bit. My point was discussing native Missourians, however.
 
Old 07-09-2011, 06:20 PM
 
Location: Tower Grove East, St. Louis, MO
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All the locals I know in KC definitely say pop. Not something I was used to hearing in st. Louis
 
Old 07-09-2011, 06:45 PM
 
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All the locals I know in KC definitely say pop. Not something I was used to hearing in st. Louis
Nope, never heard it called "pop" in stl.

However it seems KC doesn't have as many native people as Stl. What I mean is people born and raised there. KC seems to have people from all over aka transplants vs St. Louis who has more native born people in the region.


St. Louis is a older city than KC.

In 1860 just 4,400 people lived in KC.
 
Old 07-09-2011, 09:07 PM
 
Location: Indiana Uplands
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Nope, never heard it called "pop" in stl.

However it seems KC doesn't have as many native people as Stl. What I mean is people born and raised there. KC seems to have people from all over aka transplants vs St. Louis who has more native born people in the region.


St. Louis is a older city than KC.

In 1860 just 4,400 people lived in KC.
Uh, KC might have more transplants than STL but far less compared to many other metros in the US. Plenty of KC natives that have not lived in any other locale. My extended family being a prime example.
 
Old 07-09-2011, 10:17 PM
 
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Uh, KC might have more transplants than STL but far less compared to many other metros in the US. Plenty of KC natives that have not lived in any other locale. My extended family being a prime example.
I was saying thats why some might call it different names there.

Harry Truman's ancestors were from the area. They owned a plantation and slaves. Most of the original people from the KC area were southerns.

Maybe why KC seems slightly more southern than stl. Especially south of there.
 
Old 07-09-2011, 11:01 PM
 
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Ok, let's try this one. Where does McDonalds "McChicken" become the "hot n spicy McChicken"? I have noticed that you can order this in Minnesota and get a completely different sandwich than in Southern Missouri. I jest, of course, but could this be the real difference between North and South?
 
Old 07-09-2011, 11:10 PM
 
Location: Silver Springs, FL
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Ok, let's try this one. Where does McDonalds "McChicken" become the "hot n spicy McChicken"? I have noticed that you can order this in Minnesota and get a completely different sandwich than in Southern Missouri. I jest, of course, but could this be the real difference between North and South?
Hmmmm....I live in the South, and you cant get a hot and spicy here.
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