You've got my support. Just think of me as...as your... You know, I'm searching for 'supportive things' and I'm coming up all bras.

Xander ,'Empty Places'


Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Steph L. - Sep 08, 2011 9:51:48 am PDT #24829 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I have zero white or gray hair. Seriously. It's starting to freak me out slightly. Like, is there a wig in the attic going silver?

You and me both. Of course, it could just be that you can't really tell.

That was my guess, but my stylist, who actually gets a close look at it, says there really is none. I'm assuming I'll be one of those people whose hair goes white overnight. White would be cool, as would silver. My dad is silver/white, so I'm hoping for that.


Kathy A - Sep 08, 2011 9:52:46 am PDT #24830 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

It has Will County, where I grew up, picking "pop" over "soda" by a 532 to 39 count. That sounds about right! Although I did switch over to using "soda" while spending four years in Milwaukee for college, and never switched back.

I never did pick up "bubbler" for a water fountain, though.


Strix - Sep 08, 2011 9:52:48 am PDT #24831 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

We said pop or Coke growing up, but as I got older, I snootified and say soda.

And pretty much the only soda I drink, rarely, is Coke. (I was really excited when I found a bodega that stocks Mexican Coke! Er, the soda kind, natch.)


lisah - Sep 08, 2011 9:54:20 am PDT #24832 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate

What could "other" be? Sodapop?


Kathy A - Sep 08, 2011 9:54:54 am PDT #24833 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

The 7-11 near me sells the Mexican Coca-Cola (they keep those bottles next to the sandwiches, separate from the soda cooler on the wall), but I've never tried it.


amych - Sep 08, 2011 9:56:22 am PDT #24834 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Tonic (parts of New England, although not heard as often as it used to be)

Dope (similarly old-school, Southern)


zuisa - Sep 08, 2011 9:56:52 am PDT #24835 of 30001
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)

We say soda here, for sure, but my father calls it tonic, which I've never heard anyone else use ever.


Consuela - Sep 08, 2011 9:57:07 am PDT #24836 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Yeah, they still say tonic in some more remote parts of New England, although I grew up saying soda in SE Massachusetts.


zuisa - Sep 08, 2011 9:58:38 am PDT #24837 of 30001
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)

I'm in SE Massachusetts too, and my dad grew up here as well. So maybe tonic was more prevalent in the 50s and 60s when he was growing up? I'm sure lots of other people used it, but we used to tease our dad so badly about it.


-t - Sep 08, 2011 9:59:48 am PDT #24838 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

"Cold drink" was pretty common in BR - I don't know how we knew that didn't mean ice tea or lemonade, but we did. Not as common as Coke, though.