Speaking of regional language differences, I read an article on CNN today, discussing a site's survey about the regional dispursion of 'soda', 'pop', and 'coke' across North America.

An interesting article but their infographic totally ignored the western half of the United States and, true to CNN form, they're pitifully bad about giving links to sites, even when the site is the focus of the article. It's as if there's a mandate to not let people leave CNN.com, so they won't give you external links, or even printed URLs.

Nevertheless, I found the page, so enjoy the data for yourself!

(personally, I'm curious to know who on Earth uses the term 'netizen' (or 'blog-o-sphere' for that matter).)