Iowa vocabulary

This part of the Midwest has a fairly nondescript accent/dialect. New Yorkers make fun of us for saying Mary, marry, and merry the same way, but that’s a debatable point anyway.

But just from listening to people, I’ve been reminded of the following in Iowa:

*it’s always “pop” and never “soda”

*it’s always “sack” and never “bag”

*it’s always “supper” and never “dinner”

I de-Iowized my vocabulary in Maryland in the late 1980’s.