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From: wombat@uicsl.UUCP
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Subject: Re: bubbler, etc. - (nf)
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Date: Mon, 26-Mar-84 07:59:00 EDT
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uicsl!wombat    Mar 26 15:59:00 1984

In central Illinois, "pop" was always more common than "soda."
Also, small children would usually start out calling it "sodee"
and would have to be trained by their parents to call it something
else. Norm Hinton (at Sangamon State University, Springfield, IL)
did a large survey over PLATO on this sort of thing a couple of
years ago. People were asked what they called, say, a drink with
carbonated water, or the grass strip between the sidewalk and
the street -- things like that. He also asked respondents were
they had grown up and where they currently lived. Those taking part
in the survey were to type in the first word that came into their
minds after reading each description, and there was no chance
given for changing their minds. The results were very interesting.
He could map out where people said soda and where pop, and for
some descriptions there were areas where people had a word for
it and other areas where there was no word. Neat stuff.
						Wombat
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