June 2010 Weddings
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Do you call it:
- Lightning bugs or fireflies?
- Lollipops or suckers?
- Soda, pop, or Coke?
- Creek or crick?
- Thongs or flip-flops?
- Sneakers or tennis shoes?
- Sub or grinder or hoagie?
- Jimmies or sprinkles?
And, where are you from?
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- Lightning bugs or fireflies?
- Lollipops or suckers?
- Soda, pop, or Coke? (edited to pop! opps)
- Creek or crick?
- Thongs or flip-flops?
- Sneakers or tennis shoes?
- Sub or grinder or hoagie?
- Jimmies or sprinkles?
And, where are you from? Ohio.Lollipops or suckers?
Soda, pop, or Coke? (I assume we're talking about the brand.)
Creek or crick?
Thongs or flip-flops?
Sneakers or tennis shoes?
Sub or grinder or hoagie?
Jimmies or sprinkles?
And, where are you from? California.
Lightning bugs or fireflies?
Lollipops or suckers?
Soda, pop, or Coke?
Creek or crick?
Thongs or flip-flops?
Sneakers or tennis shoes?
Sub or grinder or hoagie?
Jimmies or sprinkles? lol, when I first read it, I thought it said "Jimmies or sprinklers" I thought, well, I've never heard anyone call a sprinkler a jimmie, so I guess I say sprinkler. Oops. I get it now.
And, where are you from? Michigan.And, where are you from? The mitten.
Britt- are you originally from Ohio? Or are you just a weirdo...? LOL! Us Midwesterners are supposed to have a little solidarity here against the rest of the country- with our POP!
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@hippie: Ohio born and raised -- my bad! I absolutely call it pop! I fixed it. It is so weird to hear Midwesterners say soda.
@riva: nope, my cousins from the South will call it all Coke, whether they actually mean Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, whatever.
- Lightning bugs or fireflies?
- Lollipops or suckers?
- Soda, pop, or Coke?
- Creek or crick?
- Thongs or flip-flops?
- Sneakers or tennis shoes?
- Sub or grinder or hoagie?
- Jimmies or sprinkles?
And, where are you from? Ohio.... of course!- Lightning bugs or fireflies?
- Lollipops or suckers?
- Soda,
pop, or Coke?
- Creek or crick?
- Thongs or
flip-flops?
- Sneakers or tennis shoes? I usually say Tenner shoes not sure why must be one of those things I said as a kid and stuck.
- Sub or grinder or
hoagie?
- Jimmies or sprinkles?
And, where are you from? Mainly the East Coast (VA) but I' moved around a little.Do you call it:
- Lightning bugs or fireflies?
- Lollipops or suckers?
- Soda, pop, or Coke?
- Creek or crick?
- Thongs or flip-flops?
- Sneakers or tennis shoes?
- Sub or grinder or hoagie?
- Jimmies or sprinkles?
And, where are you from? Born and rasied Idaho hence the "crick" part.Married
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- Lightning bugs or fireflies?
- Lollipops or suckers?
- Soda, pop, or Coke?
- Creek or crick? (although my mom calls it crick)
- Thongs or flip-flops?
- Sneakers or tennis shoes?
- Sub or grinder or hoagie?
- Jimmies or sprinkles?
And, where are you from? Near Buffalo, originally.Lollipops or suckers?
Soda, pop, or Coke?
Creek or crick?
Thongs or flip-flops?
Sneakers or tennis shoes?
Sub or grinder or hoagie? (either)
Jimmies or sprinkles?
And, where are you from? massachusetts
Lightning bugs or fireflies? lightening bugs
Lollipops or suckers? suckers
Soda, pop, or Coke? pop
Creek or crick?Thongs or flip-flops? creek, flip-flops (they call it crick here in the south though)
Sneakers or tennis shoes? tennis shoes
Sub or grinder or hoagie? sub or hoagie
Jimmies or sprinkles? sprinkles
And, where are you from? central OhioLightning bugs or fireflies?
Lollipops or suckers?
Soda, pop, or Coke?
Creek or crick?
Thongs or flip-flops? although my grandma calls them thongs... only one I've ever heard do this
Sneakers or tennis shoes?
Sub or grinder or hoagie?
Jimmies or sprinkles? Jimmies?????
And, where are you from? Born in Missouri
(Btw... if I were born in Texas, I think the only thing that would be different is COKE)
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BFP 9/27/12 EDD 6/11/13, MC 9wks, no HB
Do you call it:
- Lightning bugs or fireflies?
- Lollipops or suckers?
- Soda, pop, or Coke? When I first moved to FL and was a waitress, customers would say "Coke" for a drink, and I'd say, "Umm.. is Pepsi okay?" And they'd get all short with me, "of course, that's what I meant!" haha Dammn yankee!!

- Creek or crick?
- Thongs or flip-flops?
- Sneakers or tennis shoes?
- Sub or grinder or hoagie? Although As a kid, I called it a hoagie. I Switched to fit in more in the various states I've lived in. :-D haha
- Jimmies or sprinkles?
And, where are you from? PA origI learned VERY quickly while waiting tables in Texas that when someone asks for "coke" you say "what kind".
Carter born 5/28/11
BFP 9/27/12 EDD 6/11/13, MC 9wks, no HB
Yeah, I picked that up too.
Just like tea... "Sweet or Unsweet?" I'd NEVER assume! LOL Southerners are picky as helll about their tea!
Grew up in the midwest, so this is what *I* say... DH on the other hand... hahahah
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You're right about that, Z. I was in for a shock the first time I went up North and ordered a tea. I think I used all of the sugar packets on my table to get my tea sweetened.
Lightning bugs or fireflies?
Lollipops or suckers?
Soda, pop, or Coke?
Creek or crick?
Thongs or flip-flops?
Sneakers or tennis shoes?
Sub or grinder or hoagie?
Jimmies or sprinkles?
And, where are you from? North Carolina, where college basketball is the predominant religionLOL lca!! I bet! And even tea that IS sweetened up north is NOT usually sweetened to the liking of a southerner.
You people like is sweeeeet! haha I think my eyes bugged outa my head the first time they showed me how to make it at the restaurant and I saw how much sugar they put in it! LMAO
It's almost here! Weeeeeeee!
my read shelf:
43/70 books read
Back in June 2010...
My BFF puts WAY too much sugar in hers. It's enough to send you to the dentist if you are not used to it. Overkill. I love sweet tea but not THAT sweet. Then it's just sugar water.
It's almost here! Weeeeeeee!
my read shelf:
43/70 books read
Back in June 2010...
Hahaha thank you. We dont have creeks here. We have rivers & streams. I only know what one is because I read about Tom Sawyer.
Lollipops or suckers?
Soda, pop, or Coke?
Creek or crick?
Thongs or flip-flops?
Sneakers or tennis shoes?
Sub or grinder or hoagie?
Jimmies or sprinkles?
And, where are you from? Wisconsin
i'll have an orange coke ....
Lightning bugs or fireflies?
Lollipops or suckers?
Soda, pop, or Coke? soda's for baking, cokes for snorting, POP is for drinking, ya'll!
Creek or crick? Creeks are them pesky things that feed rivers :P
Thongs or flip-flops?
Sneakers or tennis shoes?
Sub or grinder or hoagie? in my house all of those things mean something different depending on the filling/style of the sammich. so like a sub is cold-cuts, a grider is a hot-meat sammich with cold accoutrements, and a hoagie is comepletely cooked filling (veggies & meat) and melty cheese.
Jimmies or sprinkles?
And, where are you from? the mittenAmanda Williams Photography
Lighting Bugs
Lollipops
Soda
I dont know what that is
Flip flops
Sneakers
Hero
Sprinkles
Bronx NY
*My laptop is acting up couldn't copy and paste, so I just answered
LMAO! In these parts, some of the older generation call it "tonic."
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