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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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Skip Brubaker
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Aug-8-2005 17:38
Michigan- and we call it Pop
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jstkdn
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Aug-8-2005 17:47
OK let me get this straight. Previously some folks said we call soda or pop, "Coke."
So basically if you want a fanta, you still order a coke? Or if someone offers me a coke, I may end up getting a sprite?
Huh?
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Dogberta
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Aug-8-2005 18:25
nope...coke was generic on the west coast - as in, "let's stop and get a coke". less commonly, '...a soda', and never '...a pop'. When you ordered, though, 'coke' only refered to a cola drink.
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Mickey Sticks
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Aug-8-2005 20:09
Soda here in Bermuda.
We even go so far as to order a "CokeSoda"
and, for the record, it's pronouced "Coffee..."
or at least it should be.
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jstkdn
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Aug-9-2005 04:18
Ah thanks Dogberta. So if someone says "Do you wanna coke", and I say yes. Then they will still say "What would you like to have?"......man that would confuse the hell out of me. I'd be like "I thought you offered me a coke?"
What is pronounced as coffee? *confused*
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Dogberta
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Aug-9-2005 14:41
Interesting, this is more convoluted than I realized. ... if I wanted to offer a soft drink to some visiting friends (and I happen to have coke, diet coke, ginger ale and rootbeer) I would say - can I get you a coke or something? If I only had the gingerale & rootbeer, I'd be more likely to say "can I get you something to drink" thus avoiding the entire soda/pop issue but opening it to hot drinks and alcoholic drinks - which I might not have intended to offer.
Of course, we won't even start on the relationship between gingerale and Vernors. ;-)
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Skip Brubaker
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Aug-9-2005 14:46
LOL@Dogberta Not too many people know about Vernors
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jstkdn
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Aug-9-2005 16:11
Sigh. What's Vernors? (Am I annoying yet with all the questions.)
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Luniar Arkain
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Aug-9-2005 22:57
Pennsylvanians and Ohioans = pop.
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Darkhound
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Aug-9-2005 22:58
Not annoying, jstkdn. It's just that you hit on a question about one of the strongest dialect markers in American english. Vernor's is one of the old fashioned regional brands that hang on in a few local markets.
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