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Pissed_Macman

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Pop or Soda?
« on: 13 September 2003, 21:59 »
A quick poll. Do you call carbonated beverages pop or soda and from what region of the world are you? This is a strange phenomenonomonemon because for a long time I thought they called it pop on the west coast and soda on the east, but I'm thinking I'm wrong.

I'm in Washington state, I've always called it pop.
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xyle_one

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« Reply #1 on: 13 September 2003, 10:16 »
Soda. West coast. I live in Nevada, USA...
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Stilly

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« Reply #2 on: 13 September 2003, 10:20 »
I used to call them soda pop

but I just call them cokes
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xyle_one

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« Reply #3 on: 13 September 2003, 10:25 »
off topic,

Macman, tennis? Did you get that image?
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suselinux

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Pop or Soda?
« Reply #4 on: 13 September 2003, 10:36 »
Vancouver BC CANADA almost directly over the border from Macman

POP always POP

and I call fries----Chips, If I may add that  

some Canadian words

Why Canadians use the "U"
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Zombie9920

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« Reply #5 on: 13 September 2003, 10:38 »
Sometimes I call it pop
Sometimes I call it soda
Sometimes I call it Soda Pop
Usually I call it by it's name(Mountain Dew, Dr. Pepper, Pepsi, Coke, Root Beer, etc.)

It all depends on what comes to mind and my frame of mind at the time when I say it.

I usually just say pop when I'm stoned or drunk
I usually say soda when I'm sober but I'm in a rush to get the sentence out.
I usually say Soda Pop when I'm tired.
I'll say the proper name when I'm sober, not tired and I feel like being proper(most of the time).

Keep in mind that I don't always say it by that little guide above though. Sometimes I'll use the different wording in different frames of mind(different than what I just listed). It all just depends on what comes to mind when I'm saying it pretty much.

North Central USA

[ September 13, 2003: Message edited by: Viper ]

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pofnlice

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« Reply #6 on: 13 September 2003, 10:43 »
Ready???
Texas...thier all cokes, it is the responsiblity of the waiter/waitress to ask what kind.

my wife is british, in reply to the chips comment

she calls fries = chips
          chips = crisps
          jam   = jelly
          jelly = jello
          biscuits = scondes
          cookies = biscuits
IM SO  CONFUSEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!
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Zombie9920

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« Reply #7 on: 13 September 2003, 10:45 »
Around here the waiters/waitresses don't ask, "What coke do you want?". They ask, "What would you like to drink?".

(EDIT)It would confuse me if my wife called items by names of differnt items too.    
My wife is like me. She usually tries to call stuff by it's proper name.

[ September 13, 2003: Message edited by: Viper ]

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pofnlice

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« Reply #8 on: 13 September 2003, 10:46 »
by the way...she also calls it niether soda or pop...it's fizzy pop, because pop is kool-aide...my life is a translation hell!!!
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Zombie9920

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« Reply #9 on: 13 September 2003, 10:50 »
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Originally posted by Joey:
by the way...she also calls it niether soda or pop...it's fizzy pop, because pop is kool-aide...my life is a translation hell!!!



Poor guy. I bet it is hell when she wants you to cook for her. She tells you to make her something, but after you make it she gets upset because you made the wrong thing(you didn't make the wrong thing, her termanolgy just suggests that you did).
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pofnlice

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« Reply #10 on: 13 September 2003, 11:39 »
~OFF TOPIC~(forgive me)
Now you feel my pain...last time I got in trouble cuz she said "Give me a snog"  So I did what most men would do and laid a big hot sweaty sex session on that would make Ron Jeremy blush...later she told me snog was a kiss...OOPS
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Laukev7

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« Reply #11 on: 13 September 2003, 16:59 »
I usually call the drink by its commercial name. In English I would call them soft drinks. In French there's no specific term that I know of. I rarely drink carbonated beverages, though. I prefer healthier drinks with less sugar.      

Edit: I live near Montr
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M51DPS

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« Reply #12 on: 13 September 2003, 20:37 »
Soda
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Pissed_Macman

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« Reply #13 on: 13 September 2003, 22:58 »
quote:
Macman, tennis? Did you get that image?


Oops, I have been plagued with much homework but it's the weekend now.
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TheQuirk

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« Reply #14 on: 13 September 2003, 23:42 »
I live in Houston, Texas. And I call everything by its proper name.

Anyway, I stopped drinking carbonated drinks, so I don't get to ask for them very much anymore.
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