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Is it Soda or is it Pop?
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jstkdn
jstkdn
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May-4-2005 08:56

Discuss...

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jstkdn
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?

Dogberta
Dogberta
Nomad

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.

Mickey Sticks
Mickey Sticks

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.

jstkdn
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*

Dogberta
Dogberta
Nomad

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. ;-)

Skip Brubaker
Skip Brubaker
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Aug-9-2005 14:46

LOL@Dogberta Not too many people know about Vernors

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Aug-9-2005 16:11

Sigh. What's Vernors? (Am I annoying yet with all the questions.)

Luniar Arkain
Luniar Arkain

Aug-9-2005 22:57

Pennsylvanians and Ohioans = pop.

Darkhound
Darkhound

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.

Darkhound
Darkhound

Aug-9-2005 23:02

Vernor's, Moxie, and most euphoniously, Dr. Brown's Celery Tonic are all still bottled for small groups of loyal drinkers.

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