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8 Things That Happen When You Leave California To Go To College In The Midwest

These new terms become a part of you.

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8 Things That Happen When You Leave California To Go To College In The Midwest
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1. You start saying pop instead of soda.

When you go home on breaks, people will look at you funny when you ask for a pop instead of a soda.

2. You start eating supper, not dinner.

When you go home and ask what time supper is, people might laugh.

3. You say blinker instead of flicker.

Why don't people use them back home?!

4. You start saying "oop" when you run into people.

You don't know why, you just do...

5. You'll end up craving Pancheros instead of Chipotle.

You wonder how you lived your whole life without queso.

6. Winter takes on a whole new meaning.

You can never put on enough layers!

7. You notice everyone suddenly has better manners.

You never get tired of having a door held open for you, or hearing people say please and thank you.

8. You take the highway, not the freeway.

Its "Highway 80", not "The 80".

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