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fujiidom:offbeatorbit | theatlantic:
The Invisible Borders That Define American Culture
One of the clearest regional differences in the U.S. can found by tracking the words people use to refer to soft drinks, which is in fact the map you saw at the top of this story. Pop or soda, or even Coke, these small linguistic differences are not as small as we might think. While “soda” commands the Northeast and West Coast (green) and “pop” is in between (black), “Coke” reigns in the south (turquoise). These small distinctions can often act as touchstones for larger cultural differences.
Read more. [Image: Samuel Arbesman]
#it’s soda you weirdos
attn kyle
see also: people who say “coke,” what the fuck is your problem?
Predictably, stereotypically, the back-ass South would be the ones to call all soda “Coke.” Get your fucking act together.
Big thumbs up to the Northeast and our equally progressive SODA drinkers in the west.
IT’S COKE OKAY, FUCK ALL OF YOU
NC: always three states in one](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m33cl9VdDM1qcokc4o1_250.jpg)
fujiidom:offbeatorbit | theatlantic:
The Invisible Borders That Define American Culture
One of the clearest regional differences in the U.S. can found by tracking the words people use to refer to soft drinks, which is in fact the map you saw at the top of this story. Pop or soda, or even Coke, these small linguistic differences are not as small as we might think. While “soda” commands the Northeast and West Coast (green) and “pop” is in between (black), “Coke” reigns in the south (turquoise). These small distinctions can often act as touchstones for larger cultural differences.
Read more. [Image: Samuel Arbesman]
attn kyle
see also: people who say “coke,” what the fuck is your problem?
Predictably, stereotypically, the back-ass South would be the ones to call all soda “Coke.” Get your fucking act together.
Big thumbs up to the Northeast and our equally progressive SODA drinkers in the west.
IT’S COKE OKAY, FUCK ALL OF YOU
NC: always three states in one
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