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Location: Madison, WI | Hi guys,
I'm doing some research (for fun, sort of - to win a bet, actually) into the cultural differences between Minnesota and Wisconsin. If you are from either MN or WI, could you please take a moment to answer this 3 question quiz (please don't look at other people's answers until after you know how you are going to answer - so as not to influence your own answer) Thanks! Please also indicate which state you live in.
1. A Coca-Cola or a Pepsi is most accurately described as ___________
A. Soda
B. Pop
C. A soft drink
2. The item which dispenses free water in a public school when you press a button is known as a _____________
A. Bubbler
B. Drinking Fountain
3. When speaking about your parents, you refer to them as ___________
A. Dad and Mom
B. Mom and Dad
Thanks for participating, guys! I greatly appreciate the help. (I'm curious to see how this turns out)
"Jackpot" John Schroeder - Wisconsin |
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Location: Madison, WI | And one more....
4. What is the proper way to spell the name of your favorite fish?
A. Muskie
B. Musky |
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Location: The desert | From Wisconsin, live in Minnesota.....
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Location: Germantown, WI | 1. Soda
2. Bubbler
3. Mom and Dad
4. Muskie |
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| hey what's this all about eh? |
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Location: Madison, WI | tolle141 - 3/26/2016 11:57 PM
hey what's this all about eh?
You must be the first Canadian reply! 
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Location: Minnesota | 1.A
2.B
3.B
4.B
MN
Edited by dfree 3/27/2016 12:16 AM
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| Born in Wi, live in Mn.
1 A
2. B
3. B |
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| Sorry didn't see additional questions. ... musky. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | A
A
B
Musky
transplant started in MN and moved to Wisco ... consider myself a Cheesehead. |
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Location: central Wisconsin | Sconnie my entire life.
B
B
B |
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Location: North St. Paul, MN | Minnesota
1. Pop
2. Drinking fountain
3. Mom and dad
4. musky
Did I get em' right?
Edited by muskyroller 3/27/2016 9:41 AM
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Location: Watersmeet, Michigan | Since I've lived within a few miles of Wisconsin nearly all my life and own property there, I'll jump in.
1. Pop
2. Drinking fountain
3. Mom and dad
4. Musky
Fr. K |
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Location: North Fork, Flambeau River | Pop
Drinking fountain
Mom & Dad
Muskie
From Wisconsin |
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Location: SE Wisconsin | From Wisconsin
A
A
B
B |
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Location: Minnesota | Minnesota. You betcha
B
B
B
Musky |
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Location: Central Wisconsin | 1. Pop
2. Drinking fountain
3. Mom and dad
4. Musky
Wisconsin
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Location: Aurora | jackpotjohnny48 - 3/27/2016 12:01 AM
tolle141 - 3/26/2016 11:57 PM
hey what's this all about eh?
You must be the first Canadian reply!
First Canuck to misspell "about" too.
Wot's that all aboot? |
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Location: one foot over the line | Cheesehead:
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A
N/A
A |
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Location: Pine River MN. | B, B,B and Muskies. From MN |
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Location: Richland Center, WI. | From Wisconsin.
1:B
2:B
3:B
4:B
And I must throw in the disclaimer that I am originally from Illinois! |
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Location: new richmond, wi. & isle, mn | A
B
B
A
MN transplant to Wisconsin with a summer place in MN. 35 years in WI. I've evolved from cheeseduck to cheesehead. |
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Location: Sawyer County, WI | I've lived in too may places to be "from" any one of them, so I'll recuse myself from the vote.
Here's another question for the WI/MN crowd: How do you pronounce the word "bag" ?
1) So that it rhymes with "rag"
2) So that it rhymes with "plague" |
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| dfkiii - 3/27/2016 11:59 AM
I've lived in too may places to be "from" any one of them, so I'll recuse myself from the vote.
Here's another question for the WI/MN crowd: How do you pronounce the word "bag" ?
1) So that it rhymes with "rag"
2) So that it rhymes with "plague"
"go and warsh the dishes" |
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B
B
A
From Mn. |
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Location: Stevens Point, Wi. | From the state with the most lakes: 1-A 2-A 3-B 4-A |
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Location: Waukee, IA | B
B
B
A
Hackensack, MN |
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| Is there a point to this or conclusions to be drawn? |
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Location: Madison, WI | A
A
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B
Wisconsin for life |
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Location: Smith Creek | Lived in WI for 17 years... what the **** is a bubbler?
Where I'm from... Lunch is called dinner and dinner is called supper.
Edited by Flambeauski 3/27/2016 3:24 PM
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Location: Sawyer County, WI | Flambeauski - 3/27/2016 3:21 PM
Lived in WI for 17 years... what the **** is a bubbler?
Where I'm from... Lunch is called dinner and dinner is called supper.
You're from North Dakota ? |
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B
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Musky
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Location: Park Rapids, MN | I'm pretty much all B. I am ambidextrous when it comes to musky or muskie. Live in MN for the last 11+ years. Originally from Iowa. |
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| B. B. B. And it is a musky. From minnesota.
Edited by Musky Face 3/27/2016 6:26 PM
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Location: oswego, il | Corrupted data? |
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Location: S.W. WI | 1-B
2-A
3-B
Muskie
I'm a Sconnie for all 49 of my yrs. |
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| From Wisconsin
Soda
Bubbler
Mom and Dad
Muskie
Edited by backdraft 3/27/2016 8:03 PM
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Location: SE, WI. | ^ ^ same as backdraft^ ^ |
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Location: WI | B
B
B
Either spelling
Bubbler is a Milwaukee word.
Edited by Emptynet 3/27/2016 8:29 PM
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| I'm not sure what conclusion you are trying to draw from the data being collected. In Wisconsin alone there are regional differences for the soda/pop and bubbler/water fountain question. Since the data will be skewed in one direction or the other depending on whether or not more responses come from people in eastern Wisconsin than western Wisconsin (or vice versa) it muddles things up. Perhaps a better question to ask would be in regards to "duck, duck, goose" or "duck, duck, grey duck." You couldn't go with the "does chili have noodles" question because in Wisconsin that's another one that can be broken down regionally. |
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | Johnny, A-A-A
As kid growing up on family farm in 50's-60's here in Central WI, I've always used them. Also the terms dinner (lunch) & supper (dinner). What's for supper?
Have fun
Al |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | ask the real question that separates ...
Euchre or Sheepshead? |
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Location: central Wisconsin | Sheephead
Stoplight or stop and go light |
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| MN
1-B
2-B
3-B
4-both |
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Location: Twin Cities, MN | Soda
Bubbler
Mom and Dad
Musky
Duck, Duck, Goose
Sheepshead - fail ace
First 23 years in WI / Last 24 in MN |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | ^ Cheesehead ... |
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Location: central Wisconsin | The only bubblers here in Central Wis were where the paper mills discharged into the river. And it is dinner and supper. 55 years here. |
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Location: Hayward, WI | Whole life in WI
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Location: north central wisconsin | Central WI:
Pop(didn't start calling it soda until college)
Drinking Fountain(I still don't hear bubbler in these parts unless an outfall is referenced)
Mom and Dad
Musky
duck duck goose
sheepshead
supper
beer |
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Location: Otsego, MN | B
B
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A
Born in MN, lived in WI for 5 years and again am living in MN |
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Location: Alex or Alek? | B
B
B
A
Dinner or supper works, unless you ask my co-worker
Duck Duck Grey Duck
Euchre
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Location: Hayward, Wisconsin | Wisconsin
Soda pop (A+B)
Drinking fountain (B)
Mom and Dad (B)
"Muskie is a fish; Musky is a smell": Homer LeBlanc Lake St. Clair Legend
Edited by Larry Ramsell 3/28/2016 10:03 AM
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Location: Seymour, WI | From Seymour, WI "Home of the Hamburger"
Pop
Bubbler
Mom & Dad
Musky
Sheepshead
Supper |
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Location: Tomahawk, WI | 1. A&B Soda or Pop
2. B. Drinking Fountain
3. B. Mom and Dad
4. Musky!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From Minnesota, live in Northern WI
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Location: MN | ABBA |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | Born - 3/30/2016 4:54 PM
ABBA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrfY7RNaBjw |
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| AABA from WI my entire life! |
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| Another way to tell Cultural difference is one has a Winning Football Team!! Go Pack Go!! |
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Location: Tomahawk, WI | ghoti - 3/27/2016 12:11 PM
From the state with the most lakes: 1-A 2-A 3-B 4-A
Which one would that be?
Minnesota is the land of 10,000 lakes. Look at their license plates. But the state does not actually have 10,000 lakes. It has more. The official number is 11,842 lakes. So how about Wisconsin? Well, the Wisconsin department of natural resources claims that there are 15,074 lakes in Wisconsin. So Ha! But hold on. It turns out that the two states have different definitions of a lake. Minnesota's count includes only those that are all over ten acres and named. Wisconsin counts them even without a name and has no size limit. Wisconsin only has about 6,000 named lakes, even including those under ten acres. If Minnesota counted all lakes down to four acres without names, it is likely there would be over 20,000. |
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B
Born in Wiscosin, live in Minnesota (pretty sure question 2 is fox valley/milwaukee centric, not all of Wisconsin. |
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| From WI:
Pop
Water fountain
Mom and dad |
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Location: Richland Center, WI. | Jeff78 - 3/28/2016 7:22 AM
Sheephead
Stoplight or stop and go light
Poker.
Traffic light! |
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Minnesota vs Wisconsin (Cultural Differences)