"soda" in Minneapolis

[M M]

Here's my area of expertise!  To earn money for
college, I've been working at the local Arby's and
Subway in my fairly rural Minnesota town.  I never
heard the word "soda" used for pop in normal
conversation between native Minnesotans until this
summer.  About 20% of customers order soda rather than
pop!  I have yet to figure out this phenomena.


Maia

--- Dan Goodman <dsgood at VISI.COM> wrote:
> > Date:    Mon, 22 Jul 2002 21:16:49 -0500
> > From:    Millie Webb <millie-webb at CHARTER.NET>
> > Subject: Re: soda 1, pop 0 -- Minneapolis,
> Minnesota
> >
> > That is just strange, Dan.  I never hear a native
> say "soda", but it
> > appears on a sign every once in a while.  Usually
> a formal sign
> > created elsewhere and brought in for the occasion
> (like at the State
> > Fair, on the food booths that travel the country
> to different Fairs,
> > and don't use the "right" word for Pronto Pup).
> :-)
>
> The CARAG neighborhood has a lot of people from
> elsewhere.  But that
> sign was made by a child; if she was originally from
> a "soda" area, I
> would've thought the other kids would laugh at her
> for not saying
> "pop" enough times that she would be aware of "pop"
> being the local
> term.  And among the volunteers running the event,
> and the attendees,
> nobody seemed to think it was odd.
>
> Perhaps you're in a part of the Twin Cities metro
> area with a higher
> percentage of native Minnesotans?  The difference in
> usage might be
> the linguistic equivalent of microclimates.
>
> The signs at SuperAmerica stores say "soda".  I
> suspect that "soda"
> was the usual term where SuperAmerica's original
> headquarters were.
>
> Here's something I find strange:  when I slip up and
> say
> "stringbeans" rather than "green beans," I'm
> understood.
>
>  ----- Original
> > Message ----- From: "Dan Goodman"
> <dsgood at VISI.COM> To:
> > <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> Sent: Sunday, July 21,
> 2002 11:36 PM Subject:
> > soda 1, pop 0 -- Minneapolis, Minnesota
> >
> >
> > > Saturday the 13th, an ice cream social's
> refreshments included
> > > "soda" -- in what once was solid "pop"
> territory.
> > >
> > > Note:  the event was in Bryant Square Park, put
> on by the CARAG
> > > Neighorhood Organization.


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