Re: General American (was "y" and "r" (Uusisuom))

> CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
> >My vocabulary is more confused than anything else, but I run afoul of
> >things like soda vs. pop
>
> Ugh, i hate hearing people say "pop" for soda :). Of course, out here in
> California we say soda.
Round here the generic name is 'fizz'.

Is that found in leftpondia at all?

--
Fabian
"You know, my uncle was a sailor in the merchant marines who traded beads
and songs with the natives on various islands until he sold them a really
really bad song and the natives forced him to sing it over and over without
food or water until he died."