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Is it Soda or is it Pop?
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jstkdn
Well-Connected
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May-4-2005 08:56
Discuss...
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marylou
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May-5-2005 09:37
Acually, Blaise I have seen Coca-cola light in some takeaways. I am also from England. And I would call it pop.
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ral315
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May-5-2005 16:12
It's a pop (Michigan)
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Jojo
Old Shoe
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May-5-2005 16:53
As a Michiganer, it's POP!
(*remembers having this dicussion with Stanz once*)
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Blaise Joshua
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May-6-2005 10:16
As the differences in language are obviously of great interest to many here, it so happened recently that I caused great offence to a fellow Sleuther from the U.S when I used what is a very benign and common British slang word that, I am told, in the States is a most offensive sexual slur. Needless to say, on explanation (and with the production of a web-link to a British dictionary definition confirming the word) the most reasonable person accepted that it was a misunderstanding and retracted the name she had called me, which didn't really matter because I didn't understand what she was calling me anyway : o )
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jstkdn
Well-Connected
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May-6-2005 12:53
I once was one of those adventure travel tourlead, in Vietnam. The morons...uh I mean customers, I had to take around were mixed Dutch and flemish dutch speaking Belgians. They broke out in a MASSIVE fight, during the goodbye dinner which made me originally go "huh" as well.
One of the dutchies mentioned to the male half of a belgian couple that she "married a good party." This means you married well. However, turns out in Belgian saying the same thing as "you married a prostitute." Being dutch myself, I at first had NO idea what upset the belgians so much. I had to mediate between both parties to figure out what happened. When I found out I had to laugh so hard. Anyway the Belgian couple only reluctantly accepted the apology, but still did not want to share the van to the airport with the other couple.
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Awling
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May-8-2005 10:32
We call them fizzy drinks in Ireland.
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MarcusAndrew
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May-8-2005 10:57
And in Britain! Definitely 'fizzy drinks'!
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Geddes
Nomad
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May-8-2005 12:48
In Scotland (if you're not too posh) we call it ginger!
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MarcusAndrew
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May-8-2005 14:30
How strange! Do you know why it's called ginger!? And why shouldn't you be too posh to call it that!?
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Blaise Joshua
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May-8-2005 15:48
My, my, Geddes. I have some family from Scotland, and even now they occassionally say something I don't understand. When I read your post, I immediately asked one of them if they would like a glass of ginger and she said yes please : o ) I have never, ever heard of that and, now that I have, I feel thoroughly edified.
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