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Jonny, I like the term "St. Louis soda bubble" because it's so descriptive and true! Very creative.
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Originally posted by Tupac Shakur View PostNow to finish this debate. The areas highlighted on the following map are the regional home of General American, the preferred version of American English.
Comparing this map with the "Generic Names For Soft Drinks" map, it is evident that speakers of General American use "pop" and that pop is therefore the preferred nomenclature for anyone who wants to sound like a real American.
The Mid-Atlantic is real America.
"Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben KenobiComment
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Newcasters don't copy your ****ed-up accent, Rocky.Comment
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Who gives a **** what some newscasters do?
Real America is along that Boston-NYC-Philly-Baltimore-DC corridor. That is America historically, culturally, socially, demographically, economically, or whatever else. Everything else is the boondocks."Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben KenobiComment
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It's so cute you included all those villages in the same breath as NYC12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
Stadtluft Macht Frei
Killing it is the new killing it
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It's funny cause it's true. NYC is the best.Originally posted by KrazyHorse View Post"I hope I get to punch you in the face one day" - MRT144, Imran Siddiqui
'I'm fairly certain that a ban on me punching you in the face is not a "right" worth respecting." - loinburgerComment
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This explains a great deal.Originally posted by Ben Kenobi View Post
Libraries are state sanctioned, so they're technically engaged in privateering. - Felch
I thought we're trying to have a serious discussion? It says serious in the thread title!- Al. B. SureComment
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It's crazy that Philly has about the same number of people as Manhattan alone.Originally posted by KrazyHorse View Post"Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben KenobiComment
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Actually, the majority of the country would say that that corridor is what is wrong with America, it's the part that the rest of the world judges us by.Originally posted by Al B. Sure! View Post
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liesOriginally posted by MRT144 View Post
If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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