A-M-S-T in the U.S.A.!

theatlantic:

The Invisible Borders That Define American Culture

One of the clearest regional differences in the U.S. can found by tracking the words people use to refer to soft drinks, which is in fact the map you saw at the top of this story. Pop or soda, or even Coke, these small linguistic differences are not as small as we might think. While “soda” commands the Northeast and West Coast (green) and “pop” is in between (black), “Coke” reigns in the south (turquoise). These small distinctions can often act as touchstones for larger cultural differences.

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libraryland:

lickystickypickyme:

– From The Anti-Slavery Alphabet, a children’s book printed for an anti-slavery fair, 1847

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pale-fire:

keb1776:

John Laurens by Charles Willson Peale. John Laurens served as George Washington’s Aide de Camp 1777-1782.

Peale’s estate is on my undergrad college’s (La Salle University’s) campus, nbd.  There are a fuckton of Peale-painted portraits in Philadelphia.

If Ben Franklin had never been born, Peale would be on the $100 bill.  That’s my opinion, and I’m sticking to it.

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meredithann:

nprfreshair:

lookhigh:

Beat the heat

Women and girls swimming in New York City, ca. 1900 (New York State Archives)

It’s a scorcher in Philly. Stay cool, Internet.

i really wish i was in a pool.  

A pool would be wonderful right now.  However, these folks didn’t have a beautiful thing called central air.  Bwahaha.