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<blockquote data-quote="sniffles" data-source="post: 2469112" data-attributes="member: 30035">I was just thinking about this one! Although from my upbringing your indications of the geography to which these apply is incorrect. I grew up in the western part of Texas and learned to refer to any carbonated non-alcoholic beverage as &quot;coke&quot;. When you asked someone if they wanted a coke, you meant, &quot;choose from the selection I offer&quot;, not &quot;do you want a Coca-Cola&quot;. But when I moved to Oregon I had to learn a new term: &quot;pop&quot;. &nbsp;I also had to learn a couple of other new terms, especially with regards to things I use for gaming. I grew up knowing 3-ring binders as &quot;notebooks&quot;. No one ever used the word binder, as far as I recall, even though it's usually on the label when you buy one at an office supply store. But everyone calls them &quot;binders&quot; here in the Northwest. If I said &quot;notebook&quot; to someone here they would probably assume that I meant a spiral-bound notebook or something similar. I'd also never heard of a &quot;peachy&quot; before moving to Oregon. Those were &quot;folders&quot; where I grew up. &nbsp;So I guess we could use an English-to-English dictionary for Americans, too!&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="sniffles, post: 2469112, member: 30035"] I was just thinking about this one! Although from my upbringing your indications of the geography to which these apply is incorrect. I grew up in the western part of Texas and learned to refer to any carbonated non-alcoholic beverage as "coke". When you asked someone if they wanted a coke, you meant, "choose from the selection I offer", not "do you want a Coca-Cola". But when I moved to Oregon I had to learn a new term: "pop". I also had to learn a couple of other new terms, especially with regards to things I use for gaming. I grew up knowing 3-ring binders as "notebooks". No one ever used the word binder, as far as I recall, even though it's usually on the label when you buy one at an office supply store. But everyone calls them "binders" here in the Northwest. If I said "notebook" to someone here they would probably assume that I meant a spiral-bound notebook or something similar. I'd also never heard of a "peachy" before moving to Oregon. Those were "folders" where I grew up. So I guess we could use an English-to-English dictionary for Americans, too! :D [/QUOTE]

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