Linking words and culture

I really liked the section in this reading about linking words and culture. It shows how people that live in the western United States may call something different than people in the eastern United States. I see this happen all the time and have had many disscusions with people about it. One of the most commmon and the example that they used in the book is pop. People from different areas have different names for it. Another good one is grilled cheese or cheese toasties. Words also change meanings over time. I thought that the authors listed some very good words for examples of this. I also liked the reading that they picked out. I thought that Hearn's newspaper article about cheek was interesting. He had many good points in his writing about cheek.