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What Do Y'All, Yinz, and Yix Call Stretchy Office Supplies? : The New Yorker.

Sample of quiz:

How well does this test of regional slang reveal where you’re from? Answer the questions below to find out.

What do you call sweetened carbonated beverages?

a. Soda
b. Pop
c. Coke
d. Dope
e. Horse
f. Fizz-bang
g. Explodo
h. Gentleman’s seltzer
i. Heaven bubbles

What do you call the stretchy office supplies used to hold items together?

a. Rubber bands
b. Elastics
c. Flippos
d. Snapshooters
e. Wigglers
f. Stretchums
g. Satan’s bracelets