Northerner myth rebunking time

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:)

[JohnKleeb]

1. Do you all say pop or do you prefer the sane and more rational

soda.
Oh and the north really didn't win the civil war, my history book say so.

[name not needed]

2. Around here, Coke.

And we did win.

[JohnKleeb]

3. Of course it's soda

and yes the north did win, hell I am only a southerner by birth, it's not like my great great great granddaddy was a plantation owner, hell I think he was :shrug: a poor guy. Oh and my great great uncle did fight for the 123rd Pennsylvania in the war.

[no name no slogan]

5. Soda for many, but still lots of "PAHP"

and, to properly pronouce the word, you must do so through your nose, so that the "o" vowel sound is as flat as it can get. Especially if you're in northern Illinois, southern Minnesota, southern Wisconsin, and Iowa.

[JohnKleeb]

7. Yeah I know y'all midwesties say pop

Done know from experience.

[Archae]

10. Most around here don't.

Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

[JohnKleeb]

12. really?

You all are sane after all :D.

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6. My great great grandfather actually fought in the Civil war.

128th New York

[JohnKleeb]

8. neat

I dont who this guy was on my tree but he was like some great great uncle, doesnt have a last name that you see in my family but Ive seen his papers at my nana's home, rather what was.
Here's their history.
"123rd Regiment Infantry


Organized at Allegheny City August, 1862. Moved to Harrisburg, Pa., thence to Washington, D.C., August 20-23, 1862. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1863.


SERVICE.--Maryland Campaign September 6-24, 1862. Duty at Sharpsburg, Md., until October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863. Duty at Falmouth until April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Mustered out May 13, 1863.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 27 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 41 Enlisted men by disease. Total 72."
Basically their unit was disbanded right before the union started to kick ass.

[St. Jarvitude]

14. OK, you keep using your inefficient two-syllable "soooh-daaah"

Think of how many more syllables I've saved than you simply by using "pop".... think of what YOU could say with those syllables.

Now does 'pop' seem so dumb? ;)

[HEyHEY]

9. SOda sounds sooooo white trash

[JohnKleeb]

11. Hah tell that to the city dwellas

They's say it too. Oh and my grandparents who my dad ironically regarded intially as redneckish said pop before they moved to Virginia. You do that again and call me white trash, I challenge you to duel..

[maveric]

15. We called it Tonic.

But then again us Bostonians talk funny.

[skygazer]

4. We're not cold and unfriendly

And I'll bite the head off the first person who says so!

[madmom]

13. was born in the south...

moved north at 13 was so confusing I just use product name coke, pepsi,7-up, etc.