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Is it Soda or is it Pop?
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jstkdn
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May-4-2005 08:56
Discuss...
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Gary Grey
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May-4-2005 15:08
Ok well just to confuse you further we say soft drinks.
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Makensie Brewer
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May-4-2005 15:36
Im from Ohio..we say pop here. My fiance` is originally from Alabama, and his kids live there so when we go visit, and I ask for a pop they look at me as if Im weird. They say "drink" down there. If I said drink here, they would think Im asking for an alcoholic beverage :)
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Markie P
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May-4-2005 15:56
Cool drink in South Africa - pop and/or soda not even an option.
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Detective Smart Ass
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May-4-2005 18:48
I'm from NC, and we "rednecks" refer to it as soda or soft drink. We don't tend to use our imagination and just read the name right off the bottle.
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Morley Dotes
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May-4-2005 21:07
Another Ohioan here, (is Ohioan even a word? If it is, it should be banned. It just doesn't look right!)and "pop" it is! I know in New England states it's called soda. I also have been asked if I want a "cola" to drink, but don't remember where. Probably West Virginia, where most of my family is from, but I can't place it.
JSTKDN - I'm probably wrong about this, but I'm thinking Sweet Tea might be a southern thing. They love sugar in tea down there! I personally like tea unsweetened with lemon. Yum! Maybe it's just a preference thing with no bearing on where your located. Hopefully, someone will correct me about it!
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Makensie Brewer
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May-4-2005 22:29
Sweet tea is very prominent in Alabama...I LOVE it! I make sweet tea but for some reason it just isnt the same as down there. That's all I drink when Im down there. :) I also wish we had a Taco Casa. Ive only seen it in Alabama. Its like Taco Bell..only 110% better! Sorry,that part off topic :)
I think its so interesting to hear how people say things where they are from. :)
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jstkdn
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May-5-2005 03:05
Morley, yes it is a southern thing. They kept correcting me when I kept asking for Iced Tea with sugar.
Also sometimes automatically I ask for a "Coca cola light" when I am in the US, instead of a "Diet coke." In europe we call it Coca Cola light, the can says so too.
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Blaise Joshua
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May-5-2005 03:08
Not all Europe, Jstkdn! In Britain it's Diet Coke, though it's anathema for most Brits to refer to themselves as European at all : o )
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jstkdn
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May-5-2005 03:42
I actually considered that. But then I figured, the english always say that they are not in Europe, so I am just going with their flow. :) :)
Oh oh oh, good luck on the elections today!!!
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jstkdn
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May-5-2005 03:44
(If you can vote from Ireland that is.)
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