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Originally Posted by sandybill2
Well, I am from a coal mining town in Lynch, Ky---on the other side of Black Mountain from Appalachia, Va--and it was Pop----Not soda, Coke, cola but Pop. The link with map shows my area and Pop is what it was called.
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Hi sandybill2,
I know your territory, or close to it -- Cumberland. I have not been there though for decades.
When I looked at the map and saw how Kentucky split into east and west, I wondered if it was possibly because many from that area of Kentucky came to Ohio for more job opportunities after WWII.
I can remember even in the 1960's, there was an effect on the traffic patterns which were heavier on Friday evenings and Sunday nights, as people went back and forth from Cincinnati homes and jobs to "home." Also Michigan says "pop" and many went there from Eastern Kentucky to work in the automobile industry.
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And hi chuckinca,
That thing about Wisconsin, the pop-soda divide. -- I bet it has something to do with who settled where, but I don't know anything about Wisconsin. So I was wondering what the pattern was and thought there might be someone among us here on TOTV who could explain it.
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And hi Pturner,
I had always wondered about that Coke thing and if it might be because of the Atlanta connection like you said. And now, you are the perfect person to ask this other question -- what do you do when you want to order 7-Up? Somebody once told me that they called it white Coke. Have you ever heard that?
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