>Davis, Iain E. scripsit:
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>> In the U.S. the meaning of coke, soda, cola, and pop varies by region.
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>Sure does. I urge all native speakers, but especially those from
>North America, to take the Harvard on-line dialect survey at
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http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~golder/dialect/ . The maps are fascinating!
>Don't forget to use the per-question comment feature if you think the
>question is subtly "off" (I used it to explain the difference between
>*get on line* 'add yourself to an existing line' and *get in line*
>'form a line', e.g.)