[Magdalen] Like I Was Puzzled.

[Cantor03 at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/4/2014 1:56:43 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
gracecan at gmail.com writes:

Well  now, Kate, at least one of those is totally regional, and it's the 
pop/soda  divide.  I never heard it called soda until I was in PA after I 
graduated  from high school and made the mistake of ordering a chocolate soda. 
What  arrived was not a tall dish containing ice cream, seltzer, chocolate 
syrup, a  long spoon and a straw, but a bottle and a  glass!>>>
 
The change isn't strictly at the Pennsylvania border either.   Most
Pittsburghers say "pop."
 
As an Upper Midwesterner transplanted to Eastern PA, I converted
long ago from "pop" to "soda."
 
 
David S.