RIP Quincy Jones
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Probably one of the greatest music producers EVER! I have to tell you, I
have been beside myself, I get it, he was old, but everything you listened
to deca...
18 hours ago
Real liberal media for the great state of South Dakota
Out in the Boston area, in the mid-1950s, I discovered that there was a part of the country that didn't know what "pop" was, unless one called it "soda."
ReplyDeleteI also discovered that there were people that never thought of a jelly donut as a "Bismark."
My grandmother, from Boston, and my mother, from N. Adams, Mass., both called it "tonic." And their favorite kind was "Moxie."
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun map! H. and I spent some time over it, theorizing about why parts of Wisconsin, Illinois, and Missouri were "soda," while the rest seemed solidly "pop."
I'll always stick out like a sore thumb here--I can't imagine calling soda "pop," and I still call a turn signal a "directional."
I'd like to see a map of what people call grinders. I mean, heroes. You know, those submarine sandwiches?