Re: CHAT: Let's hear it for English spelling

On Fri, 25 May 2001, dirk elzinga wrote:

> On Fri, 25 May 2001, Frank George Valoczy wrote:
>
> > "newly tasty improved enhanced!" (this was on a tin of some
> > Japanese soft drink; I can't remember which one, but I know
> > it wasn't Pocari Sweat).
>                    ^^^^^
> I hope that this is a typo; I could never drink anything called
> 'sweat' :-).
Nope--I've had it.  I wouldn't call it a soft drink, though, unless it's
been carbonated since last I was in Korea.  It actually tastes like a
variety of Gatorade; I like it better than Gatorade but that may be
childhood exposure.  I grew up drinking the stuff and taking it for
granted, so it wasn't until I returned to Korea in 8th grade that I
double-took at the name.  :-p  I think the idea is that you drink it to
replenish stuff you lose to sweating and exercise and stuff; it's easily
found in vending machines in health club type places.

YHL

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