It varies by state. MN is pop (real minnesotans, not city folk and imports) Wisconsin says soda. They also say Bubbler for drinking fountain, which is shorter, but wierd.
Oddly, I can't think what they say in North Dakota.
This is related to the Duck Duck Grey duck vs Duck Duck Goose conversation. I got one in Northern MN and the other in western Nebraska. For the life of me I can't remember which is which.
I think it would be cool if the US broke up into dialects as distinct as they have in Great Britain.
I grew up in the South (AL) and we used See Saw more often than not. I have also used teeter totter as well. I don't see them often these days but when I have I have used see saw.
I spent from age 3 through second grade in Witchita Falls TX so that explains my vague rememberance of using teeter totter. I agree the multiperson versions today do muck up the argument.
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Date: 2008-07-01 02:59 am (UTC)Oddly, I can't think what they say in North Dakota.
This is related to the Duck Duck Grey duck vs Duck Duck Goose conversation. I got one in Northern MN and the other in western Nebraska. For the life of me I can't remember which is which.
I think it would be cool if the US broke up into dialects as distinct as they have in Great Britain.
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Date: 2008-07-01 03:00 am (UTC)See Saw vs. Teeter Totter
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Date: 2008-07-01 06:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-01 09:01 pm (UTC)Several of the playgrounds we frequent with player_3 have variation on see saws and so the topic came up.
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Date: 2008-07-01 09:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-02 02:56 am (UTC)