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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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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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MarcusAndrew
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May-8-2005 16:01
Indeed! Thank you Geddes
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calalta
Well-Connected
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May-8-2005 17:31
i believe Ginger may come from the most popular soft drink in Scotland at one time, Ginger beer or as we call it in North America Ginger ale :)
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Blueberry Hill
Lucky Stiff
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May-8-2005 17:52
Ginger beer and ginger ale are similar, but the "beer" variety is apparently made with fermented ginger giving it a stronger flavor. Good stuff either way.
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croesy2002
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May-9-2005 00:44
in my corner of south wales we call them cold drinks ;)
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