bats

And panties, gross.

Piff Poff

I was going to say Panties too, it seems sort of dirty to me and Urbs, whats and Urb?

scrubbedexpat091

Not really a word, but I wont say Zed, sounds funny and not natural for me, so I still say Zee.

For words, soda will never be pop for me. Where I come from pop is not used, and soda again comes naturally for me.

Jericho79

I struggled to come to terms with "dinner" but relented because "tea" seemed to confuse everyone. However, "supper" is starting to creep in to the household now, and I'm not having it.
So I'm bringing back "tea", much to the confusion of my kids.

bc_guy

There are actually parts of the US where people refer to soda as 'pop'. I've heard many Minnesotans use the term to describe soda. But maybe this is just a result of their proximity to Canada.

bats

We used to call pop 'pop' when I was a kid, this was in Co Durham.

Oink

We just called it a fizzy drink.

Zoe Bell

Same in the 'ditch.
My southern grandparents hated us using that word though

scrubbedexpat091

For sure. There are lots of regional differences between the US, however from my region its soda, and pop isn't used except by those from some other region...

Here is an interesting website listing maps and differences by region.


I grew up in San Diego, and going to the NE US for example or the South feels like a different different country at times, things are different, same country, regional differences that sometimes are very different.

old.sparkles

Isn't zed English, and zee American?

Alan2005

Nitch, click and iony.

bats

Perdaining, diddo, warder.

Tuppence

"Bring".
So simple, yet used incorrectly all the time.
"Bring this home with you", "bring my friend to the cottage"...
Aaaaaahhh, it's "TAKE" goddammit!!!!

My poor daughter gets hounded about this every day, poor kid. 5 years of Canadian daycare/Kindergarden, and I'm on her every time she says it.

Tuppence

I second this. Especially on kids. Just wrong.

bc_guy

I guess this just goes to show how Americanized my country has become in a few short generations. I still remember when both pronunciations were used interchangeably during the mid-1990s.