Toilets are just toilets here as far as I know. We don't have winter hats (in fact children are not allowed to wear any hat to school now for security - good thing it's not cold in NC) so there is not term for a stocking cap. When I was young and living in Wisconsin we wore the long stocking caps - the longer the better. I don't think they even make them anymore!

One way to tell if you are a true North Carolinian tarheel:

“If forecasts of snow send you to the grocery store for milk, bread, eggs, and toilet paper, add 10. If forecasts of snow cause you to reminisce about how you used to deal with snowstorms in Buffalo, subtract 10.

Why it matters: If North Carolinians want to prepare for a two-week blizzard — even if the forecast is only for a ‘light dusting’ — that’s our right, and frankly, we don’t care how it’s done in Buffalo. This ain’t Buffalo.”

-From the “Are you a true Tar Heel?” quiz in the February 2005 issue of Our State magazine


>LOL I was starting to get a cold one time I was in Florida and asked the customer for a kleenex. The customer reached around and grabbed a box of 'kleenex' and said: "I only have Puffs. Is that OK?" LOL
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>My instinct would probably be the same if someone asked me for a 'coke'
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>Do you call a toilet a comode? Do you call a stocking cap (winter hat) a tobagen?
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>>That's another one. We don't use pop here at all - just the word Soda or coke. I haven't heard 'pop' in a long time!
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>>>Yeah we still call it a bubbler around here. I got laught at by a waitress in Florida once when I asked "what kind of pop do you have?".
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>>>>I almost wrote 'bubbler' and I stopped myself. I am the only one I know of that uses that term here in North Carolina. When I was young and moved from Wisconsin to Colorado I asked a teacher where the bubbler was (in front of the class). Quite embarrassing. No one knew what I was referring to and the entire class laughed! It was the joke for the week. :0) I guess it is still commonly used up there!
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>>>>>>Have you ever seen a 2-3yr old fall in because the seat was up? (It can be painful on their back actually) I'm for always leaving it down - plus it prevents the animals from using it as water fountain.... :o)
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>>>>>Tracy,
>>>>>Water fountain...... are you sure you don't mean bubbler? <s> I think you have been in the south too long :)