Permanent claim record · Michigan

University of Michigan linguist Anne Curzan has confirmed the pop/soda distinction is not disappearing; the Harvard Dialect Survey corroborates 'pop' dominance across the Midwest.

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Predicate	trivia.fact
Subject	Michigan (place)
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Status	Verified
Source	Famous Michiganders, Pop Culture & Trivia Report — Perplexity Deep Research (2026) (trust 6.5/10)
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Document hash	pending evidence-pack link
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Claim ID	912fa43d-dbd9-44e4-825b-a0f31f8eda56