mailring & soda in mpls

[T. Hakala]

On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, Anne Gilbert wrote:

> Taryn:
>
>
> > Well, I'm not officially a Minnesotan, but I lived in Minneapolis for two
> > years.  Never heard "mailring" while I was living there but, from what I
> > can tell, Mpls is definitely "pop" territory.  As is western Pennsylvania,
> > where I grew up.  Florida (or at least the Ormond Beach area), on the
> other
> > hand, is home to more "soda" speakers.  When I moved with my family to FL
> at
> > age seven, I quickly learned to change my "pops" to "sodas" in order to
> avoid
> > being the object of ridicule.  I now live in Seattle, where I am free to
> say
> > "pop" once again.
>
> But, as I said in another post, there seem to be a small but significant
> number of "soda" people here.
> Anne G

'Tis true.  There are a significant number of "soda" people here in
Seattle.  It's just refreshing not to be outnumbered by them. :)
-Taryn