On Mar 22, 7:59 pm, "Joe Haubenreich"
wrote:

snip

In the lexicon
of rural Tennessee, "swells" from the city carried "rods" while home folk
used "poles." It's a Southern thang.

Joe
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"Wanna Coke?"
"Yeah"
"What kind?"
"Dr Pepper"

It's a Southern thang.