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the soup poll AKA where are the chunks?

occasionally when discussing lunches and dinners and other such wonders i get the feeling when i say "Soup" i mean another persons definition of "Stew", and our communication is somewhat skewed. please tell me how you identify your wet meals

when you think of soup and stew, what do you think of?

soup and stew are the same thing, the words are interchangeable

soup and stew are different things (soup is just liquid, stew has chunks in it)

soup and stew are different things (soup has chunks in it, stew is just liquid)

they are different things, but i often/always use "soup" for both

they are different things, but i often/always use "stew" for both

somehow you did not account for my opinion, which i will regale to you below

if you so desire, detail your decision With the place you grew up/learned your distinction in the tags

writinginthesecrettrees
deus-ex-aquila

pick the nearest match for your pronunciation, connotation, and definition of "ornery"

1a. ORN-er-ee (negative): mean-tempered, argumentative, stubborn

1b. ORN-er-ee (neutral to positive): cheeky, impish, harmlessly misbehaved

2a. AWN-ree (negative): mean-tempered, argumentative, stubborn

2b. AWN-ree (neutral to positive): cheeky, impish, harmlessly misbehaved

3a. ORN-ree (negative): mean-tempered, argumentative, stubborn

3b. ORN-ree (neutral to positive): cheeky, impish, harmlessly misbehaved

4a. AWN-er-ee (negative): mean-tempered, argumentative, stubborn

4b. AWN-er-ee (neutral to positive): cheeky, impish, harmlessly misbehaved

5. other (tags please!)

if you're from the USA, tag what you chose and what general region you're from (don't dox yourself, I don't need to know your hometown or any other security questions), using this map:

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I'd also love to know if you were aware of the opposing connotation/definition or any of the various other pronunciations before reading this. I am not the least bit interested in what anyone thinks is ~correct~, only what they use and what they've heard before.

for non-USAmericans, I'm super curious if this linguistic difference exists outside the USA in any way, so I'd love it if you tagged your country as well.

reblog for sample size, you know the drill.

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