I may have posted about this before, but I am too lazy....er,tired....to look back through and see.
Here in my part of the Northeast, we apparently have unique words for everyday things. I found this out when I joined the Army and met people from the South, and later went to school in the Midwest.
For example, here where I live, we throw on our sneakers and go out for grinders and sodas. If my kids are tired of PB&J, I may make them a fluffernutter instead. If it's not white, then its not clam chowder, and a lobster roll is lobster on bread. Otherwise, let's call it a lobster salad sandwich. On a cold winter's night, I love to make a casserole for dinner.
My pals from the South would have po-boys and Cokes. (Any kind of Coke you want - orange, root beer, cola....) In the Midwest, my friends'll take off their tennis shoes and sit down to a nice hot dish dinner with maybe a pop to drink. Nobody's ever heard of marshmallow fluff, and they'll think you're a little nutty if you mention a "fluffernutter".
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Here in SoCal we drink sodas, eat subs and make our PB&J alternatives with Nutella.
That's funny! I grew up in the midwest saying pop and couch and having hotdishes but now living near the mountains we say soda, sofa and casserole.
Sadly I was not at all confused about this wording. Maybe it is because I am just a big redneck!
I fix fluffernutters ALL the time. Of course, my great maternal grandparents were from Missouri, so I think this might have something to do with it!
I know what you're talking about because I'm an OCD English major with a love for language & dialects.
But I am true to tennis shoes & pop out here in the Pacific NW.
I was an army brat growing up. So I say a lot of mixed up things.
I get the point across though.
It is funny how talk changes.
It is nice to read your blog.
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