Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, CaryThe Triangle Area
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Yeah; I'm not sure DOT should be the defining authority.
I remember driving to the Smithfield Outlets in the late '90s and DOT had conflicting exit signs from 70 pointing to Buffaloe and Buffalo Road outside Selma. Looking on Google, most of the results now seem to go with no E at the end, but there is a Redfin listing with the E. I haven't been that way in a while, so I'm not sure the highway exit signs are in sync.
Speaking of incorrect DOT signs, I grew up in Fayetteville and once when they replaced the signs for Mirror Lake Rd, they spelled it Mirrow! For real! I mean I guess we're all human, but wonder how that got past the proof-reader!
And, BTW, I was down in Fayetteville last month and Mirror Lake Rd was still washed out from the dam bursting during Hurricane Matthew! And it was a fairly heavily used neighborhood road in a nice area of town, sort of ITB, if you will. Not a little dirt road somewhere.
I remember driving to the Smithfield Outlets in the late '90s and DOT had conflicting exit signs from 70 pointing to Buffaloe and Buffalo Road outside Selma. Looking on Google, most of the results now seem to go with no E at the end, but there is a Redfin listing with the E. I haven't been that way in a while, so I'm not sure the highway exit signs are in sync.
It's Buffalo Rd. on the road sign back at Percy Flowers Store too.
My old street back in Raleigh had Drive on one end of the street and Street on the other. I guess you got city or state employees running these sign shops. I guess it ain't going to be perfect
we're in the South.
We drink COKES (regardless of variety of soft drink you're consuming) and go the the BEACH on FORTY, not THE FORTY. Go back to California if it has to be "the 40" or "the RTP." Go back to New England if you go to "the shore" or drink "pop."
we're in the South.
We drink COKES (regardless of variety of soft drink you're consuming) and go the the BEACH on FORTY, not THE FORTY. Go back to California if it has to be "the 40" or "the RTP." Go back to New England if you go to "the shore" or drink "pop."
Meh I've always said soda. Sometimes "soft-drink". I think the "Everything is Coke" gig is more of a Georgia/Deep south thing. I don't know many NC natives who say "coke" when referencing other brands. You aren't going to ask for a Coke when you want a Cheerwine or Sundrop!
I'm pretty sure "pop" is the midwest....not New England. Similarly....NJ folks are the only ones that I've heard use "the shore". Beach is pretty ubiquitous everywhere else. Even in New England.
Me : “I’ll have a Coke.” Atlanta Waitstaff : “What kind...?” Me: “A Dr. Pepper.” Georgia, born and raised, with Texas and Louisiana roots, but parts routed through New England and the Midwest. The cognitive dissonance of a cola vs. a non-cola is trumped by a dark “soft-drink’ vs. lighter one like a Sprite, Ginger Ale, or 7Up. You say “Pop,” and I smack you upside the head... it’s a you asked, I answered situation. Louisiana roots had a “Pop Rouge” drink. Kinda-sorta like Cheerwine, but not. Coke and Pepsi are mortal enemies. More dissonance, given Pepsi originated in NC, but I view as a more “Northern” drink. I think I have PTSD from the “Cola Wars” of my youth. Makes me yearn for some RC Cola and a Moon Pie to console me.
"a Nab" ? I always heard it as a "pack of Nabs", but have to admit that I never heard that phrase until I moved to NC.
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