The Consolidated "Coke? Soda? Pop? Or?" thread
Jun 25, 2010 | 3:53 pm
#106
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I grew up in MA. If it was carbonated, it was "tonic." Which made for an interesting flight on NW BOS-ORD when I was a kid. My little brother, age 9 at the time, asked the FA for a "tonic," expecting a Coke. Boy, was he disappointed.
Jun 25, 2010 | 5:52 pm
#107
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I took the blindfold Coke vs. Pepsi at the Fair once and impressive my children. We all have our talents! I love that BA and American serve Coke. Though I enjoy United and their Channel 9 I'd prefer to have them serve Coke not Pepsi. Why did Coke and Pepsi decide to make us have to choose between them? Does it really help their sales so much?
Jun 25, 2010 | 6:19 pm
#108
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Did you have a course in linguistics/history of the English language? My doctoral minor was linguistics--though that sounds much too fancy a term for Old English, Middle English, and two semesters of "History of the English Language." (Must have had some other course relating to it but can't recall now.) Spiders, frying pans, skillets. . . . variant terms I yawned through all (and what I could recall, promptly forgot). Don't know how a poetry lover ever ended up in that group.
! I often think that I should have gone into linguistics rather than my chosen field of study; I think I have more natural talent for linguistics and at least as much genuine interest.I used to find English to be an exceedingly boring and uninteresting language until I started reading up on the history of the language. I daresay that among languages it has one of the most interesting histories. I still prefer other languages to English, but I can no longer say it's not an interesting language in its own right.
They switched to Coke a while back. It was probably one of the most concrete improvements in service in a while. 
Jun 25, 2010 | 6:19 pm
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Jun 25, 2010 | 6:20 pm
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Jun 25, 2010 | 7:02 pm
#111
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Growing up is was always "soda pop". It lately is now a "drink" or "soda".
Its a "wake" when viewing the dead guy in the casket. (Everyone there is trying to wake them up, just to make sure they're not just sleeping.)
And they'll always be a bubbler. I get strange looks from folks in ME when I ask where the bubbler is.
Ah, I love WI dialect.
Its a "wake" when viewing the dead guy in the casket. (Everyone there is trying to wake them up, just to make sure they're not just sleeping.)
And they'll always be a bubbler. I get strange looks from folks in ME when I ask where the bubbler is.
Ah, I love WI dialect.
Jun 25, 2010 | 8:16 pm
#113
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When I go to a restaurant and ask for a coke, and they ask "Is Pepsi OK?", I usually reply with "well, if you don't have anyone who can run over to that store right there and get me a real pop, then I guess it'll do".
Jun 25, 2010 | 10:32 pm
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If only Abraham Lincoln knew that an entire region would do something so stupid as to use a brand name of a particular flavor of soft drink as a generic term for all such beverages, he would have decided the Civil War was just not worth fighting.
Jun 26, 2010 | 2:14 am
#115
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You mean in a manner similar to how people commonly use the brand names Kleenex, Xerox ...
Jun 26, 2010 | 7:33 am
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This is more like:
"What kind of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes would you like?" "Cheerios"
"What kind of Dutch Boy Seashell interior Latex paint you like?" Blue.
"Which Bob Dylan's 'The Basement Tapes' album do you want to buy?" "I would like the Lady Gaga 'The Fame Monster' Bob Dylan 'The Basement Tapes' album."
Last edited by opus17; Jun 26, 2010 at 9:39 am
Jun 26, 2010 | 7:40 am
#117
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Perhaps you can hope Esperanto will make a comeback.
Language and idiom just aren't always logically consistent. That's part of their charm.
Just like how in Texas is about the only place I know of where one grows up thinking that "tump" is a real word.
Language and idiom just aren't always logically consistent. That's part of their charm.
Just like how in Texas is about the only place I know of where one grows up thinking that "tump" is a real word.
Jun 26, 2010 | 7:53 am
#118
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When I click on the link given in the OP, I see the map but no explanations. So if anyone else has the same difficulty, here's a link to the same map but with explanations attached.
http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/200...p-vs-soda-map/
Since I use the term "soft drink," I checked to find that term on the map. Didn't see it but found a note at the bottom of the page that "soft drink" is the term used in New Zealand and Australia.
Southern New Zealand and southern Australia, no doubt.
http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/200...p-vs-soda-map/
Since I use the term "soft drink," I checked to find that term on the map. Didn't see it but found a note at the bottom of the page that "soft drink" is the term used in New Zealand and Australia.
Southern New Zealand and southern Australia, no doubt.
Jun 26, 2010 | 8:33 am
#119
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) so it was nice to find out that Air France serve PepsiMy father called it "pop" as a generic term in the UK but I usually ask for drinks by name, my friend in NJ just asks for a "large diet" and gets what she wants every time!
Jun 26, 2010 | 8:36 am
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