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Old 08-09-2020, 02:08 PM
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We are both from Iowa. We drank pop and helped our ants do the wushing. We got older and moved around alot and now we drink soda and do the washing, but we still call our aunts ants. Worked with a lady who grew up in the UK and when I would ask her to pick me up she would say, “I’ll be knocking you up at seven then.”
Having spent my first 18 years in Iowa, of course it is pop. What do you call your last big meal of the day...dinner or supper? Growing up in Iowa, we called it supper, but in the Chicago area, it is usually called dinner.

My dad pronounces Iowa as Ioway. I think he is the only one I know who does this.

Aunt is pronounced "ant."

Sofa, couch or davenport?
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