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Semantics: Pop or soda?

Unread postby Specop_007 » Mon 25 Apr 2005, 02:13:29

Is it pop or soda? :-D
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Unread postby katkinkate » Mon 25 Apr 2005, 02:22:18

Neither, its softdrink.
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Unread postby UIUCstudent01 » Mon 25 Apr 2005, 02:28:29

What about "soda-pop"?

I never say 'pop' or 'soda' (nor soda-pop); I always say "pepsi" or "dew" or "sprite". Saying soda or pop just sounds dirty to me. It never quite rolls off the tongue and it's too general for something that shouldn't be general - people have preferences and detail is important if you're telling a story.
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Unread postby eastbay » Mon 25 Apr 2005, 02:45:14

http://www.popvssoda.com/

You asked for it. :)

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Unread postby erl » Mon 25 Apr 2005, 03:21:16

I've always called it "soda pop" and drawn strange looks in the process.
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Unread postby UIUCstudent01 » Mon 25 Apr 2005, 03:26:10

What about "soda-pop"?

I never say 'pop' or 'soda' (nor soda-pop); I always say "pepsi" or "dew" or "sprite". Saying soda or pop just sounds dirty to me. It never quite rolls off the tongue and it's too general for something that shouldn't be general - people have preferences and detail is important if you're telling a story.
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Re: You guys are an intelligent bunch, so let me ask you....

Unread postby jaakkeli » Mon 25 Apr 2005, 04:53:49

Sugar water.

Drink beer!
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Re: You guys are an intelligent bunch, so let me ask you....

Unread postby Specop_007 » Mon 25 Apr 2005, 06:47:00

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jaakkeli', 'S')ugar water.

Drink beer!


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Unread postby Such » Mon 25 Apr 2005, 09:45:28

where I was from... in chicago... everything was coke... it could be coke, pepsi, sprite, 7Up, Dr. Pepper, Green River... anything.

Its all coke.
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Unread postby pip » Mon 25 Apr 2005, 10:06:45

In TX, you call everything coke.
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Unread postby killJOY » Mon 25 Apr 2005, 10:28:52

In the Midwest (Toledo) it's pop. In the northeast it's soda. If you ask for a pop in Boston you'll get a black eye.
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Unread postby BiGG » Mon 25 Apr 2005, 10:43:38

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('killJOY', 'I')n the Midwest (Toledo) it's pop. In the northeast it's soda. If you ask for a pop in Boston you'll get a black eye.


Yes! Exactly! And in the Midwest when you say “soda” we keep waiting for you too finish your sentence like “Soda Rabbi says to the….”

Then there’s that little thingy about half the East Coast not knowing we have an “R” in out alphabet so we can never tell what you are talking about half the time when saying things like “Soda the Jew paked his ca ova in da gaage……”

WHF is that? 8O
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Unread postby KiddieKorral » Mon 25 Apr 2005, 10:46:45

Everything is Coke. Sprite, Mountain Dew, Dr. Pepper, everything.
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Unread postby Madpaddy » Mon 25 Apr 2005, 10:51:52

Here, it is mineral (that's Ireland for you).

Guess you would get a strange look if you walked up to a bar in NYC and asked for a mineral
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Unread postby Trab » Mon 25 Apr 2005, 12:01:45

I made the mistake of ordering 'pop' while in San Francisco several years back, and the server asked me if I 'came from the farm.' I told her no, I came from the Twin Cities area ( a decent-sized metro area with several million people, for those that don't know). Her reply: 'Close enough'

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Unread postby uNkNowN ElEmEnt » Mon 25 Apr 2005, 12:10:47

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I') made the mistake of ordering 'pop' while in San Francisco several years back, and the server asked me if I 'came from the farm.'


so that's why they do that. I was only 13 at the time but thought either they were very insightful, or I still had straw in my hair.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'G')uess you would get a strange look if you walked up to a bar in NYC and asked for a mineral


or warned you no demonstrations are allowed inside the bar. 8O
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Unread postby BiGG » Mon 25 Apr 2005, 12:49:56

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Trab', '
') Her reply: 'Close enough'



Ahhhh yes, good ol’ San Francisco ………..“She” was probably just being all pompous and crass about others coming from the farm because no matter how hard she tried, she just couldn’t cover up that Adam’s Apple the farm people kept noticing and were snickering about it every time she turned around.

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Unread postby The_Virginian » Mon 25 Apr 2005, 13:29:40

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'G')uess you would get a strange look if you walked up to a bar in NYC and asked for a mineral


no, in some places you would get some one trying to sell you a "rock" :lol:
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