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22 Maps Not All of Them Covered

For these maps I've decided to go through the ones that I have personally encountered... 

Caramel-

If you say Car-ml you're nasty... no not really but to me it sounds so strange to hear it said like that. Looking at the map though it seems I'm the strange one for saying it Carra-mel. Maybe there's a logical explanation for this... I was thinking since the east coast is prone to say Carra-mel it must be because foreigners tend to want to pronounce every letter in a word... maybe...

Bowie Knife-

I don't think I've ever heard someone say it using bo instead of boo, and yet the map shows that's what is prominent here.

Lawyer- 

I have heard either one, I personally say loyer but I don't see Law-yer being that different. This one I would say is acceptable either way.

Coleslaw- 

Coleslaw is coleslaw, not slaw. 


Addressing a crowd of people-

This one was pretty obvious as it's stereotypical for southern folk to use y'all. I have heard it here but more often than not the individual responsible is from somewhere in the south, or relatively close to it. 

Mayo-

I actually use both forms so I can't say much about this one without offending myself.

Pajamas-

Again I find myself in the wrong part of the country... PaJAMas just sounds bad...

Pecan- 

I personally say it Pee-can, realizing now that I'm basically saying a can where you pee in... I don't mind this one so much as long as you don't try to correct me by saying your way is right if it's different from mine. 


Sweetened Carbonated Beverage-

I actually say two from the list, I say soda and coke. I generalize all drinks into coke and expect others to know my preference. I think I would just rather go for saying sweetened carbonated beverage instead... I always thought that southerners said pop but the map shows that it's actually the north, or maybe I was thinking about the south side of Chicago.

Water fountain v. drinking fountain v. bubbler?-

I've heard the first two before but bubbler is just out there for me, and it's concentrated in Wisconsin and I've been there plenty and never heard it called that. 

Rubber-soled shoes- 

This one was weird seeing that we're basically the only people to call them gym shoes... I've heard the other terms a lot more but it's just interesting.


Chicago v. New York

It's funny to see that most everyone considers New York to be the city except the people nearest to Chicago. It's understandable though as New York is usually the city everyone covets and despises. 

Drive-through liquor store-

Wut..












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