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Why Some People Call it "Soda" and Others, "Pop" — And Why They're Both Right
First for Women via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIf you’ve ever tried to order a “soda” at a restaurant in certain parts of the United States, you...
Traditional Michigan accent is starting to disappear
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoBelieve it or not, Michigan — the home of ope-sayers and pop-lovers — does actually have an accent of its own. The Michigan accent is a part of a more...
Where did the term 'bubbler' come from, and are we the only ones who say it?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhy don't Milwaukee's downtown streets match up? Are Wisconsin's winters really getting worse? Where...
19 Times People Were Confidently Very Wrong About Other Countries
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 2 months agoI'm sure wherever you live, you've heard people make some wild comments about your country. Some...
I Genuinely Can't Watch The 2024 Best Picture Nominees The Same Way Again After Reading These 21...
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThere are obviously some massive spoilers ahead for Oppenheimer, Barbie, Poor Things, The Holdovers,...
How the 242 residents of the world’s most remote inhabited island live
TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTristan da Cunha, a group of volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, is the most isolated...
From Paula Deen to Julia Roberts, the Georgia drawl is fading, y'all
Washington Post via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIn Athens, Ga., a mystery was brewing inside the classrooms of the state's flagship university: If...
Are Regional Accents Going Away?
Newsy via AOL· 2 years agoThe U.S. has dozens of distinct regional accents reflecting not just place, but also race and ancestry. For example, the New Yorker accent is one of the most visible regional accents in American ...
Local places with 'squaw' slur get new names
Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 18—When Brook Colley's father wrote a 1994 book about Oregon swimming holes, he refused to use the name Squaw Lake for a picturesque lake surrounded by forested mountains in the Applegate ...
Digging up rap’s roots: How African rhythms birthed American hip-hop
CNN via Yahoo News· 6 months agoFrom DJ Kool Herc and The Last Poets to Prophets of Da City and Mode 9, here’s how African history...
