North vs. South
16th February 2025
Actually, it’s more specific than North vs. South, because Minnesotans don’t necessarily use the same vocabulary as New Yorkers or Vermonters. And there are going to be variations across the South as well, so more specifically, I want to write about the linguistic differences between Minnesota and Tennessee. Some of you know that after living all my life in Minnesota, I moved to Tennessee about three years ago. Even before reading this fine post on Ricochet, I knew that Southerners drank “soda,” not “pop,” so I was ready for that one. But here are a few examples that took me by surprise.
I was raised in northern Indiana, almost Michigan, and I’ve said ‘soda’ all my life; but I guess that’s just me.
February 16th, 2025 at 17:10
Texans drink Coke. “Want a Coke?” “ Yeah!” “ What kind?” “Do you have Pepsi?”
But Texas is not part of the South.