I've learned that sometimes certain words/phrases come from certain areas, and not others.

When I first moved here, I did substitute office work (before I got in permanently) for the schools in my city. I told my boss that it was kind of "nippy" outside. He smiled and kind of chuckled, and looked at me and said, "you're not from around here are you?" I learned they don't use the word "nippy" in CA

Also, NOBODY ever ever calls coke, pepsi, etc. POP. Ha ha ha ha...it's definitely called "Soda" here in CA. I remember first ordering it in a restaurant here and the waitress asked me "what's that?" "Oh, you mean soda?" \:o I use to always call it pop in Michigan. Now, I never do, and when I went back to visit my family, I chuckled because they called it pop.


TIS

"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK

"War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon