Took this quiz earlier yesterday that I'm sure you all saw posted by friends on Facebook.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html
I'm from Champaign, and the cities that it came up with being most similar to how I talk/pronounce things were Indianapolis, St. Louis, and Rockford.
Guess my Central Illinois drawl will be obvious in my new hometown of Evanston even when I'm not ordered a soda.
I call it coke.
Coca Cola is called cokeIt's called coke.
Nope. Whenever I'm asked is Pepsi ok at a restaurant when I order a coke I want to get up and start throwing plates and silverware everywhere.
Nope. Whenever I'm asked is Pepsi ok at a restaurant when I order a coke I want to get up and start throwing plates and silverware everywhere.