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Hey New Hampshire! 'Soda,' 'Pop,' 'Coke' or 'Soft Drink?'
See how New Hampshire stacks up in Bert Vaux's online survey of English dialects.

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Ever been shot a confused look when describing a traffic jam or a milkshake to somebody outside of New Hampshire? It may just be a difference in dialect.
The Dialect Survey Map by Joshua Katz, a PhD student in the Department of Statistics at NC State University, visualizes data taken from Bert Vaux's online survey of English dialects.
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See which terms New Hampshirites prefer, including:
- "Soda" or "Coke?"
- "Sub" or "Hoagie"
- "Crawfish" or "Crawdad?"
For the record, most of us up here use the word "soda" to describe a sweetened, carbonated beverage.
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