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Pop, Soda, or Coke?
http://www.popvssoda.com ^ | 12/21/04 | http://www.popvssoda.com

Posted on 12/21/2004 10:05:42 AM PST by agenda_express

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To: concordKIWI

,,, fizz.


261 posted on 12/21/2004 12:17:03 PM PST by shaggy eel
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To: jslade
R.C. Cola.

*Light Bulb* Ahah! Yes, I really like R.C. AFAIK, it's still very big in the South.

262 posted on 12/21/2004 12:17:11 PM PST by TChris (Most people's capability for inference is severely overestimated)
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To: Inyokern
A "coney" is a particular delicious sandwich made with a frankfurter, cheese, a bun, onion, and chili. It has been known to return and attack the eater about bed time.
263 posted on 12/21/2004 12:17:21 PM PST by oyez (¡Qué viva la revolución de Reagan!)
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To: myself6

I thought ghost turds were the styrofoam pellets used for packaging!


264 posted on 12/21/2004 12:17:31 PM PST by kellyrae
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To: oyez

If you ever want to hear people use some interesting English in America you should check out some of the islands in the Chesapeake Bay like Smith's island.

http://www.bartleby.com/61/76/S0497650.html


265 posted on 12/21/2004 12:20:05 PM PST by CollegeRepublican
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To: Grannyx4

I'm from MS, and I call it a grocery cart or a buggy.

I want to know the state by state breakdown of how folks pronounce the word "aunt." Is it ant or ont or on-tee????????????


266 posted on 12/21/2004 12:20:53 PM PST by petitfour
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To: MineralMan

I meant to say, "Defiantly will not use the English language. "


267 posted on 12/21/2004 12:22:27 PM PST by oyez (¡Qué viva la revolución de Reagan!)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum
"beaucoup (meaning a lot, like in I got beaucoup to do) - pronounced boo-coo. You also go by someone's house when you are going for a visit."

I'm from Boston, and I use beaucoup...sort of...because the word "buku" was used in Full Metal Jacket. But beaucoup is one of those French words that kind of slips into conversation depending on who I'm talking with.

And I am not sure of the connection, as my grandparents were all from Ireland, but all my life everyone in my family has used "go by his house," too.

268 posted on 12/21/2004 12:24:37 PM PST by Darkwolf377 (Atheist federal employees-- demand to work on Christmas!)
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To: Darkwolf377
Mooie boo-koo seems popular here now days. Isn't that a double positive
269 posted on 12/21/2004 12:30:01 PM PST by oyez (¡Qué viva la revolución de Reagan!)
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To: 4kids dad
I remember that. For a while, right after the war, the iceman, who was also the milkman, had a horse. I waited for him every day, just to pet the horse and if we were really good, he always gave us a big hunk of clear ice. That was a treat on a hot summer day in central Illinois in the 40s.

We called it pop. A soda was an ice cream and soda water and syrup drink. And people would say:"Kin ya borry me a pin?" when they wanted an ink pen.

These distinctions aren't just in English. I had grandparents who spoke Yiddish. One said "Bradt" for bread and one said "Brodt". One said "Pitter" for butter and one said "Putter". We lived with them for awhile when my father was overseas and in order to get bread and butter at meals, I learned to ask for "bradt-brodt" and "pitter-putter". If you used the wrong word with the wrong grandparent, you got teased and they wouldn't pass it until you pronounced it the *right* way.

Now: is it an ice cream sunday or an ice cream sunduh?
270 posted on 12/21/2004 12:31:49 PM PST by reformedliberal
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To: oyez
"Mooie boo-koo seems popular here now days. Isn't that a double positive"

Yes affirmative.

Double positives remind me of those moments in The Simpsons when they translate Japanese.

For Super Best wash!

271 posted on 12/21/2004 12:33:11 PM PST by Darkwolf377 (Atheist federal employees-- demand to work on Christmas!)
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To: I want to know; LexBaird

Oops, my last post was suppose to convey that "I" say crick instead creek...


272 posted on 12/21/2004 12:40:41 PM PST by dakine
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To: LoneGOPinCT
How about milkshake, frappe, or cabinet?

I'd like a coffee cabinet, please. With a tunafish grinder!

273 posted on 12/21/2004 12:42:36 PM PST by Ol' Sox
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To: agenda_express

Grew up an Army Brat ... it's Soda.


274 posted on 12/21/2004 12:43:54 PM PST by zeaal (SPREAD TRUTH!)
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To: zeaal

Reply to self ... as an Army Brat spent several years in Hawaii ... that explains it. 80% soda.


275 posted on 12/21/2004 12:44:57 PM PST by zeaal (SPREAD TRUTH!)
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To: agenda_express

Tonic.


276 posted on 12/21/2004 12:45:33 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (NYT Headline: "The Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS", Fake But Accurate, Experts Say)
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To: Darkwolf377

Very well may be a connection between Irish and go by this house...New Orleans has a huge Irish population....


277 posted on 12/21/2004 12:49:55 PM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: dts32041

Gimme a coke. And it better be Coke.


278 posted on 12/21/2004 12:55:12 PM PST by gitmo (Thanks, Mel. I needed that.)
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To: Grannyx4

I call'em grocery carts...or buggies.

Do you call'em grocery bags or sacks or other things? I favor bag myself, but I think sack's real common. Some places, I do believe, they still call'em pokes...


279 posted on 12/21/2004 12:55:21 PM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: agenda_express

Unless it is coming directly from a soda fountain, it is pop.


280 posted on 12/21/2004 12:56:43 PM PST by rwfromkansas ("War is an ugly thing, but...the decayed feeling...which thinks nothing worth war, is worse." -Mill)
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