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and it doesn't actually mean a "Coca-Cola" soft drink
I don't know if it's proper English, but "It needs fixed" bothers me.geekwagun wrote:"fixin" - as in "I'm fixin to ______."
That's great! Someone else who knows the word for those carbonated beverages... Definitely +1 for pop!geekwagun wrote:"I'll have a coke" - when they really want a pop
After basic training in Fort Leonard Wood, Misery, Misery will always be pronounced Misery.Abraham wrote:Miami pronounced My-Am-Mah, doh!
Same with Missouri, c'mon it's not Missourah! Arrrggghhh!
I asked a native of Missouri why some from that state pronounced it with the "rah" at the end and she just stared at me without uttering another word - I guess it's a state secret...
I called my Dad Dad. Don't know anyone from down here who says Pop for either meaning. It is either Coke or Soda.LikesShinyThings wrote:That's great! Someone else who knows the word for those carbonated beverages... Definitely +1 for pop!geekwagun wrote:"I'll have a coke" - when they really want a pop
And my father was Dad, not Pop.
Nothing like showing my Michigan roots.
I've only lived in Texas 25 years, so I'm no native, but I've never been asked, "what kind of Coke would you like." Guess I missed outMechAg94 wrote:I called my Dad Dad. Don't know anyone from down here who says Pop for either meaning. It is either Coke or Soda.LikesShinyThings wrote:That's great! Someone else who knows the word for those carbonated beverages... Definitely +1 for pop!geekwagun wrote:"I'll have a coke" - when they really want a pop
And my father was Dad, not Pop.
Nothing like showing my Michigan roots.
"You want a coke?"
"Yeah, what you got?"
"Coke, Dr. Pepper, Diet Coke, Sprite."
"Get me a Dr. Pepper."
Would you rather us call them all Pepsi?
"worser" ain't a word?WildBill wrote:How about "worser", as in "that's much worser than that"?
Yes it ain't!Oldgringo wrote:"worser" ain't a word?WildBill wrote:How about "worser", as in "that's much worser than that"?
Oh, bless ya'll's poor, uneducated, yankee hearts. It's so sad to see the failure of the northern educational system. I was forced to spend a couple of months in Detroit back in 1983, and it took me several weeks to enlighten the folks about proper use of the English language..."coke" and "fixin' too" were particularly difficult for them to grasp.G26ster wrote:I've only lived in Texas 25 years, so I'm no native, but I've never been asked, "what kind of Coke would you like." Guess I missed outMechAg94 wrote:I called my Dad Dad. Don't know anyone from down here who says Pop for either meaning. It is either Coke or Soda.LikesShinyThings wrote:That's great! Someone else who knows the word for those carbonated beverages... Definitely +1 for pop!geekwagun wrote:"I'll have a coke" - when they really want a pop
And my father was Dad, not Pop.
Nothing like showing my Michigan roots.
"You want a coke?"
"Yeah, what you got?"
"Coke, Dr. Pepper, Diet Coke, Sprite."
"Get me a Dr. Pepper."
Would you rather us call them all Pepsi?
anygunanywhere wrote:Way back when I was a young process operator, I was taking my logs. The plant manager who hailed from Iowa was making small talk and really annoying me while I was trying to work. He said "I finally figured out what you Texans mean when you say "I'm fixin' to...". It means you forgot." I replied "I'm fixin' to kick your tail and I'm not going to forget".
He left me alone to finish my work.
Anygunanywhere
there ya' go...he just needed it explained in relevant terms applicable to his everyday life...lolIn addition to the far-better-known Florida city, there is a Miami, OK, which is most definitely pronounced "My-Am-Muh." Go ahead and check with the natives.Abraham wrote:Miami pronounced My-Am-Mah, doh!
Many years ago, I asked the longest-living native of Missouri that I know, my now-86-year-old father (or should that be "dad," "pop," "soda," or "Coke?"), a University of Missouri graduate, who was born, and lived much of his life, in Polar Bluff, MO (Cape Girardeau was the "Big City"), about the correct pronunciation, and he informed me then, and in no uncertain terms, that it was, indeed, "Missourah, windah, and pillah." That was and is enough for me, even though I continue to this day to mispronounce them all, which I am sure irritates him to no end.Abraham wrote:Same with Missouri, c'mon it's not Missourah! Arrrggghhh!!
I asked a native of Missouri why some from that state pronounced it with the "rah" at the end and she just stared at me without uttering another word - I guess it's a state secret...
