Which do you say?

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Which do you say?

Soda or pop? Pop!
Li-BARY or Li-BRARY? Li-BRARY!
Pa-JA-mas or Pa-JAM-as? Pa-JAM-as!
Jeans or Pants? Pants!
Sneakers or Tennis shoes? Just shoes!
Jam or Jelly? Jelly!
Film or Movie? Movie!

Cant think of anything else......
 

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I say coke, no, it's not a Southern thing, it's just the only carbonated beverage I drink

I say Library
I say Pa-JA-mas
To me, pants and jeans are not the same, therefore, I say jeans when I mean jeans, and pants for non-denim

I just say shoes
I say jam and jelly as they are two different things.
I say movie.
 
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Jam and jelly are different things?....oh....HAHA
and pants are pants too me wether they are denim or not!
 

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Yeah, jam is made with whole fruit and jelly is made with just the juice
 

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Nah, not dumb, you've just never done your own jelly/jam/preserves canning
 

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Originally Posted by Arlyn

I say coke, no, it's not a Southern thing, it's just the only carbonated beverage I drink

I say Library
I say Pa-JA-mas
To me, pants and jeans are not the same, therefore, I say jeans when I mean jeans, and pants for non-denim

I just say shoes
I say jam and jelly as they are two different things.
I say movie.
I agree 100%. I say everything the same as Arlyn.
 

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Soda or pop? Pop-I'm from Iowa!
Li-BARY or Li-BRARY?Library
Pa-JA-mas or Pa-JAM-as? pa-jam-as
Jeans or Pants? depending on what i'm talking about
Sneakers or Tennis shoes? shoes
Jam or Jelly? Jelly, I never knew there was a difference either
Film or Movie? Movie
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What about leg or Drumstick (as in off a chicken)? I say leg, or chicken leg... not drumstick..
i remember when I was younger and my sister from California came to visit, and she asked for a drumstick and I had absolutely noo idea what she was talking about!
 

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Soda or pop? Pop!
Li-BARY or Li-BRARY? Li-BRARY!
Pa-JA-mas or Pa-JAM-as? Pa-JAM-as!
Jeans or Pants? Jeans for Denim and slacks for anything else
Sneakers or Tennis shoes? Running shoes
Jam or Jelly? Jam or Jelly (yes, I know they are different - I make jam but my mom made the jelly
Film or Movie? Movie!
 

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Originally Posted by Keisha

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What about leg or Drumstick (as in off a chicken)? I say leg, or chicken leg... not drumstick..
i remember when I was younger and my sister from California came to visit, and she asked for a drumstick and I had absolutely noo idea what she was talking about!
We say leg or thigh - the leg being the whole thing and the thigh just the upper part. Of course, it helps that they are sold as "thighs" at the grocery store. In our house, with a musician, I'm likely to get an actual drumstick should I ask for one.
 

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Originally Posted by Arlyn

I say coke, no, it's not a Southern thing, it's just the only carbonated beverage I drink

I say Library
I say Pa-JA-mas
To me, pants and jeans are not the same, therefore, I say jeans when I mean jeans, and pants for non-denim

I just say shoes
I say jam and jelly as they are two different things.
I say movie.
I say the same as Arlyn, except:

Soda
Tennis shoes
 

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Mix mayonaise with your baked beans, just prior to eating them? l wonder if it's a regional thing; I was brought up to do it.
 

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Originally Posted by Roimata

Which do you say?

Soda or pop? Pop!
Li-BARY or Li-BRARY? Li-BRARY!
Pa-JA-mas or Pa-JAM-as? Pa-JAM-as!
Jeans or Pants? Pants!
Sneakers or Tennis shoes? Just shoes!
Jam or Jelly? Jelly!
Film or Movie? Movie!

Cant think of anything else......
Soda or pop? Soda
Li-BARY or Li-BRARY? Li-BRARY
Pa-JA-mas or Pa-JAM-as? Pa-JA-mas
Jeans or Pants? Jeans just for denim, Pants for anything else.
Sneakers or Tennis shoes? Just shoes
Jam or Jelly? Both
Film or Movie? Movie


Originally Posted by MargeCat

Mix mayonaise with your baked beans, just prior to eating them? l wonder if it's a regional thing; I was brought up to do it.
I don't like beans.


How about, Sofa or couch?

I call it a couch.
 

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Here's how i say them:


Coke- everything in the South is coke
(even though i don't drink them)

Li-BRARY
Pa-JA-mas
Jeans
Tennis Shoes
Jelly
Movie
Couch
 

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Soda or pop? both

Li-BARY or Li-BRARY? Li-BRARY!
Pa-JA-mas or Pa-JAM-as? Pa-JAM-as!
Jeans or Pants? both

Sneakers or Tennis shoes? Just shoes!
Jam or Jelly? Jelly! unless it's toe jam just kidding :p
Film or Movie? Movie!
 

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Soda or pop? Growing up in Texas Coke, here it's Pop
Li-BARY or Li-BRARY? Li-BRARY
Pa-JA-mas or Pa-JAM-as? Pa-JA-mas or PJs
Jeans or Pants? denim is Jeans and everything else is Pants
Sneakers or Tennis shoes? Growing up Sneakers, here it's Runners
Jam or Jelly? Doesn't Jam have pieces of fruit, jelly doesn't?
Film or Movie? Movie
Sofa or Couch? Both!


Stuffed Animals here are Stuffies
Waiting in Line here is In a Line-Up
And running your debit card through is Swiping Your Card

In the U.S. being in a line-up and swiping a card are bad things, not so in Canada!
 

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Soda or pop? Pop mostly
Li-BARY or Li-BRARY? Li-BRARY!
Pa-JA-mas or Pa-JAM-as? Pa-JA-mas
Jeans or Pants? I use both equally
Sneakers or Tennis shoes? Tennis Shoes
Jam or Jelly? Jelly!
Film or Movie? Movie!
 

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Soda or pop? Pop
Li-BARY or Li-BRARY? library
Pa-JA-mas or Pa-JAM-as? Pa-JAM-as!
Jeans or Pants? Pants, but generally if I am wearing jeans I call them jeans
Sneakers or Tennis shoes? shoes...not tennis shoes just shoes
Jam or Jelly? jam because I don't like jelly
Film or Movie? Movie, but I've been known to call it a film too because I took a course on media where we had to call them films.
 
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Originally Posted by beandip

How about, Sofa or couch?
GAHHHH I HATE when people say sofa LOL its couch!!

I also hate when people connect soda and POP lol SODA POP
 

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Soda or pop? Soft drink
Li-BARY or Li-BRARY? Li-BRARY! (cannot stand when people say Li-BARY)
Pa-JA-mas or Pa-JAM-as? Pa-JAM-as
Jeans or Pants? depends on if they are pants or jeans

Sneakers or Tennis shoes? shoes
Jam or Jelly? Both - if its jam, then say jam. If its jelly, I say jelly

Film or Movie? Both. Tend to use movie for the popular cinematic stuff and film for the independent/artsy/foreign things. Think that comes from the cinema classes I've taken
Sofa or couch? Sofa

I've heard some people refer to standing in line as "standing on line".


Had a friend once who always pronounced the word breakfast as "brek-frust" Talk about going bananas. She didn't mispronounce any other words, just that one.
 
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