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Old 09-27-2010, 08:47 AM
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cathyvv
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I grew up in NJ. We had "submarine" sandwiches (shape of the bread), shortened it to 'subs'. I have heard 'subs' called 'grinders' or 'heroes' in other parts of the country. Soda was called, strangely enough, soda, but my cousins in MN called it 'pop'.

When I was small, we had a divan. It was very much like a futon, in that the back folded down and made a bed that was bigger than a twin, but not as big as a full size bed. My parents bedroom was on the first floor of our house, so I suppose it was quite useful to have it on the first floor when one of their 7 kids got sick. After my parents disposed of that, we only had couches, although occasionally they have been referred to as sofas.

My parochial school also had cloak rooms, as opposed to closets.
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