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From: pab@utah-cs.UUCP (Peter Benson)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: Regional Pronounciations
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Date: Wed, 4-Apr-84 00:05:53 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr  4 00:05:53 1984
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To cover a few things

I was always told that in the south (alhough I have never lived there)
"coke"" (notice the lower case and quotes) meant any carbonated sweet drink
(like "pop", "soda", or "tonic" in other places).  When I lived in suburban NYC
and suburban DC it was always "soda".  Here in Utah it is unversally "pop" to 
natives.
Grinders, hoagies, subs, &c. are not native to here so all those names are
used. 
We do have Yeeros (that's how they spell it here. some other ways too)).  I 
haven't seen it anywhere else but there are several greek fast food 
drive-ins here.  Some are very good.

I only say "greezy" when I want to stress how disgusting and slimy it is.

When you get one item at the grocery store do they say "you want a sack?" or 
"you want a bag?".  Its a sack here.

I lean toward "sewer" for a male seamstress.  No one else uses it, but it 
looks good in print.

I love the idea of a breakfast food, or paranoia map of the United States.
Someone should be able to get a grant to do that in eighteen colors.

I certainly wouldn't take grammar lessons from anyone over the net but I do 
enjoy the ridiculous discussions.