To: Junior; PatrickHenry
Since there's no serious opposition on this thread to the evidence for evolutionary biology (operative word being "serious")...
And now for something completely different: The Great "Pop" vs. "Soda" Controversy
Now *that's* some interesting scientific research!
And yes, they misspelled "respondent" twice. *wince*
If you're wondering about "Other", the most popular alternatives were, in order: "soft drink", "tonic", and "soda pop", along with a ton of other variants (see website for list).
To: Ichneumon
I'm dubious. When I lived in Boston, it was 'tonic'.
To: Ichneumon
The generic name for soft drink is "coke" as in, "What kind of coke do you want?" "Get me a Dr Pepper, thanks."
403 posted on
10/04/2005 6:59:53 AM PDT by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch ist der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
To: Ichneumon
Interesting. I wonder what accounts for the clusters of "soda" name use in eastern Wisconsin and southwest Illinois/eastern Missouri?
406 posted on
10/04/2005 7:08:48 AM PDT by
malakhi
To: Ichneumon
My favorite "other" is "tonic," an apparent confusion of flavored, sugary water with carnival-show patent medicine. It used to be pretty common, especially among older people, when and where I was a kid.
414 posted on
10/04/2005 7:40:04 AM PDT by
VadeRetro
(Liberalism is a cancer on society. Creationism is a cancer on conservatism.)
To: Ichneumon
That map is absolutely engrossing. And I'm not really sure why.
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