Dialect in Issaquah: We Say 'Pop' and 'Tennis Shoes'

This post was written by Jennifer Squires and Caitlin Moran.

Issaquah residents "mow the lawn" and drink "pop," but we're split on whether the miniature freshwater lobster is called a "crawfish," "crayfish" or "crawdad."

These are just a few of the factoids about language in the United States that are depicted in a new series of maps created by a graduate student in North Carolina State University.

Joshua Katz's maps have gone viral this month, spurring online debate about who says what where and why that is.