Slang

[Henry]

Pop (instead of soda or cola)

[hotdogPi]

Pop (instead of soda or cola)

If it is, then "soda" is also slang. Both words have other meanings.

I personally believe that neither one is slang.

[Rothman]

Nah.  Soda is the way to say it.  Pop is for five-year-olds.  And, if you call everything a coke, something is wrong with your head and it is stupefying how a brand has that much sway over English in your neck of the  woods.

[MNHighwayMan]

Pop is for five-year-olds.

This is a damned lie.

[Brandon]

Nah.  Soda is the way to say it.  Pop is for five-year-olds.  And, if you call everything a coke, something is wrong with your head and it is stupefying how a brand has that much sway over English in your neck of the  woods.

Horse crap.  Soda is a caustic substance (hence soda lakes).  Pop is what you drink.

[US 89]

Nah.  Soda is the way to say it.  Pop is for five-year-olds.  And, if you call everything a coke, something is wrong with your head and it is stupefying how a brand has that much sway over English in your neck of the  woods.

Horse crap.  Soda is a caustic substance (hence soda lakes).  Pop is what you drink.

Pop is for balloons, not people.

[roadman]

Soda is a caustic substance

That pretty much describes most Coca-Cola and Pepsi products.

[Max Rockatansky]

Nah.  Soda is the way to say it.  Pop is for five-year-olds.  And, if you call everything a coke, something is wrong with your head and it is stupefying how a brand has that much sway over English in your neck of the  woods.

Horse crap.  Soda is a caustic substance (hence soda lakes).  Pop is what you drink.

Pop is for balloons, not people.

Grew up saying "pop" in Michigan but got weird looks the first time I asked for it at a restaurant after moving to Connecticut.  I generally ask for what I want by the name brand but use "soda" far more often than I do "pop" nowadays.  Pop was pretty much the thing to say throughout the Mid-West.

[adventurernumber1]

Despite living (all my life) in the South, I actually say "soda"  most often. I don't see why there would be a problem with any of the other soft drink "slang,"  such as coke or pop. If someone says any of those, I know what they're talking about, and I don't see why any of those terms would be inferior. It's just different slang used in different parts of the country.

[hotdogPi]

Despite living (all my life) in the South, I actually say "soda"  most often. I don't see why there would be a problem with any of the other soft drink "slang,"  such as coke or pop. If someone says any of those, I know what they're talking about, and I don't see why any of those terms would be inferior. It's just different slang used in different parts of the country.

It's not slang, though. If it was slang, it would not be used in formal English.

[hbelkins]

"Soda" just sounds pretentious to me. Around here, it's "pop." Short for "soda pop."



Here's one I'm seeing a lot more often, which really gets on my nerves. "Tryna." Used in a sentence: "Be quiet, I'm tryna talk on the phone."

The words you illiterates are looking for are "trying to."

[1995hoo]

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Here's one I'm seeing a lot more often, which really gets on my nerves. "Tryna." Used in a sentence: "Be quiet, I'm tryna talk on the phone."

The words you illiterates are looking for are "trying to."

I've seen people typing "jus" instead of "just" (the context makes it clear what was meant). Talk about extreme laziness.

One that really grates on my nerves is when people write "should have" or "would have." Some of those people actually think these forms are correct. (I wonder how said people perform on their high school standardized tests, such as the SAT, where "should have" and "would have" are frequently available as obvious wrong answers to tempt stupid people.) If you want to contract the full form and don't want to write "should've" or "would've," then write "shoulda" or "woulda." I view those as being sort of like "gonna"–not technically correct, and surely inappropriate in a professional or academic situation, but generally acceptable for casual writing in view of the way it's often pronounced when spoken.

[jakeroot]

I hear both "soda" and "pop" with regularity in the PNW.

[US 89]

One that really grates on my nerves is when people write "should have" or "would have."

Heh, the forum autocorrected what you were trying to say. 

[1995hoo]

One that really grates on my nerves is when people write "should have" or "would have."

Heh, the forum autocorrected what you were trying to say. 

Weird, on my screen it did not autocorrect it, regardless of whether I view the forum on my PC or on my phone. I wonder what's going on there?

[US 89]

If I recall correctly, it's a forum word filter that you can turn on and off. If you go to the Look and Layout section of your profile, I'm betting you have the "leave words uncensored"  box checked.

[Rothman]

Heh.  And here I was wondering why he was making such a fool of himself.

[1995hoo]

If I recall correctly, it's a forum word filter that you can turn on and off. If you go to the Look and Layout section of your profile, I'm betting you have the "leave words uncensored"  box checked.

I just went and looked and I do indeed have that box checked. Interesting. Those expressions aren't ones I'd have expected to see filtered or changed. Most of the time when I've seen forum word filters, they're used to censor impolite racial expressions, slang terms for homosexuals, and perhaps some profanities. I wonder what this forum's full list of "censored" words/expressions is.

I suppose I could go back and format my prior post to get around the word filter, but that seems sort of pointless now.

[hotdogPi]

If I recall correctly, it's a forum word filter that you can turn on and off. If you go to the Look and Layout section of your profile, I'm betting you have the "leave words uncensored"  box checked.

I just went and looked and I do indeed have that box checked. Interesting. Those expressions aren't ones I'd have expected to see filtered or changed. Most of the time when I've seen forum word filters, they're used to censor impolite racial expressions, slang terms for homosexuals, and perhaps some profanities. I wonder what this forum's full list of "censored" words/expressions is.

I suppose I could go back and format my prior post to get around the word filter, but that seems sort of pointless now.

The only other non-profanity/insult filter on this forum is one that turns auto-generated Tapatalk text to 1-size white font.

[kphoger]

Then again, the people in southern Indiana that called green peppers mangoes are in a sphere all unto themselves.

It's not limited to just southern Indiana, as I recall.  I think it (used to?) stretch into the bootheel of Missouri too, for example.  At any rate, this particular terminology dates back to when it was fairly common for people to pickle mangoes.  Over time, anything that people might pickle came to be referred to as a "mango".  Because peppers are a common thing to pickle, they ended up being called mangoes.

[1995hoo]

The only other non-profanity/insult filter on this forum is one that turns auto-generated Tapatalk text to 1-size white font.

I meant I wonder what the whole list includes–profanities and insults included. It would take way too long to try to come up with a list of every profanity, racist term, anti-homosexual expression, etc., that I can think of in order to test it.

I recall at one point it changed "Alanland"  to "Magical Place of Destiny."  (In this post I formatted that word to make sure any word filter wouldn't apply, although I think that word is no longer taboo.)

[Bruce]

Seattle area slang:

"The mountain is out" - A common saying for when weather is good enough to see Mount Rainier

"Uff da / You betcha" - Holdovers from our Scandinavian heritage, but slowly drowned out now by recent transplants

"Potlach / tolo / Skookum / Tyee" - Holdovers from Chinook Jargon, which was slowly drowned out by less-than-recent transplants

And of course all of these classic Grunge terms (which were made up by pranksters at Sub Pop).

[TheHighwayMan3561]

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Meh.  The Internet has led Midwesterners to think that they are more unique than they are.

Because in classic MW passive-aggressive nature, we cant accept there is absolutely nothing unique in any form about us like every other region has. No unique foods or chains (except lutefisk, which we disown 11 months of the year except December), especially since Culver's has gone national. Maybe the passive-aggressiveness is our unique quality.

[1995hoo]

"Uff da"  is used in North Dakota as well, at least based on what a client from Fargo told me.

[webny99]

"Uff da"  is used in North Dakota as well, at least based on what a client from Fargo told me.

Yep.. at least in spirit! I've found the Dakotas linguistically and culturally to be very similar to Minnesota.