"soda" in Minneapolis

[M M]

No, Minneapolis is not rural at all.  Word trends seem
to stick more in the rural areas than in the
metropolitan areas, so I thought that mentioning that
I'm in a more rural area would make the point
stronger.

Yes, I am sure that the vast majority of these people
are natives because I know or at least recognize them
or I see where they are from on their checks.

There is no specific group that says "soda."  We have
many Mexican immigrants in our town who generally say
"soda", but there are others of all genders, ages,
races, and social classes.  I don't know about their
education, however.

"Soft Drinks" is written on the menu, and the
dispensing machine only has the brand names of the
beverages.


Maia

--- RonButters at AOL.COM wrote:
> In a message dated 8/9/2002 2:20:55 AM,
> language_scholar at YAHOO.COM writes:
>
> << 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 >>
>
> I don't think of Minneapolis as fairly rural--I
> guess the heading and the
> locale under discussion are different--and that you
> are sure that the folks
> are natives and not tourists who are exhibiting this
> phenomenON? How would
> you characterize the soda folks in terms of age,
> sex, social class, (and
> esp.) education? If they have been away to college,
> that might make a
> difference.
>
> I'm also wondering if the word SODA may not be
> written on menus and
> soft-drink dispensing machines.


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