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<blockquote data-quote="AppleCori" data-source="post: 720216" data-attributes="member: 16024"><p>I call it a couch, but I remember my great-grandmother and my great-great-grandmother calling it a davenport. </p><p></p><p>I lived in Davenport, Iowa once, though. They had a billboard that said Davenport and had a picture of a couch. I wonder how many people got the reference.</p><p></p><p>Dinner or supper. Interchangeable.</p><p></p><p>Usually fridge.</p><p></p><p>Freezer</p><p></p><p>I either wear slacks or jeans. If I am speaking generically, I say pants.</p><p></p><p>If I am talking to my kids, I say undies. If I am talking to my hubby, I use panties.</p><p></p><p>My oldest kids used a paci, but my youngest didn't use any at all, which was so much simpler. No looking for lost ones!</p><p></p><p>Phone</p><p></p><p>Washer </p><p></p><p>I say coke as a generic term (though I don't like Coke, strangely), but I have lived around people that say pop or soda. I have had to adjust my verbiage because when I say I want a coke, people actually think I want Coke. I usually try to remember to say soda, since that seems to be the way that Iowans refer to it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AppleCori, post: 720216, member: 16024"] I call it a couch, but I remember my great-grandmother and my great-great-grandmother calling it a davenport. I lived in Davenport, Iowa once, though. They had a billboard that said Davenport and had a picture of a couch. I wonder how many people got the reference. Dinner or supper. Interchangeable. Usually fridge. Freezer I either wear slacks or jeans. If I am speaking generically, I say pants. If I am talking to my kids, I say undies. If I am talking to my hubby, I use panties. My oldest kids used a paci, but my youngest didn't use any at all, which was so much simpler. No looking for lost ones! Phone Washer I say coke as a generic term (though I don't like Coke, strangely), but I have lived around people that say pop or soda. I have had to adjust my verbiage because when I say I want a coke, people actually think I want Coke. I usually try to remember to say soda, since that seems to be the way that Iowans refer to it. [/QUOTE]
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