Pop, Soda, or Coke?

http://www.popvssoda.com ^ | 12/21/04 | http://www.popvssoda.com

[shaggy eel]

,,, fizz.

[TChris]

R.C. Cola.

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

[oyez]

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.

[kellyrae]

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

[CollegeRepublican]

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

[petitfour]

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????????????

[oyez]

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

[Darkwolf377]

"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.

[oyez]

Mooie boo-koo seems popular here now days. Isn't that a double positive

[reformedliberal]

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?

[Darkwolf377]

"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!

[dakine]

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

[Ol' Sox]

How about milkshake, frappe, or cabinet?

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

[zeaal]

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

[zeaal]

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

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Tonic.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

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

[gitmo]

Gimme a coke. And it better be Coke.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

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...

[rwfromkansas]

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