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Re: It's been in the bin all this time...

From:Adam Walker <dreamertwo@...>
Date:Tuesday, April 13, 1999, 4:52
>From: Tom Wier <artabanos@...> >Subject: Re: It's been in the bin all this time... >Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 22:26:14 -0500 > >Mia Soderquist wrote: > >> (b) running into pictures that appear to make no sense because they >> apparently expect you to associate a word like "pop" with a picture of a >> "soda". :) > >Pace all northerners, but that would just confuse kids here! The >generic term for "softdrink" (besides "softdrink" itself) is "coke" >(li'l <c>), whether or not you're drinking Dr. Pepper or Sprite or >Coca-cola itself. People who use "soda" or (what's worse) "pop" >immediately mark themselves as "foreigners" (to use John Cowan's >phrasing). :)
I have an aunt who insists on calling it sody-pop (born in Texas but spent her teen years and early adulthood in Colorado). "Soda" and "pop" are both definitely foreignisms. Sample dialogue: "What kinda coke dya want?" "Oh, I dunno. Maybe I'll have a Big Red or a 7-Up. 'Bou tyou?" "Prolly a Diet Pepsi er maybe I'll splurge n have a root beer." Adam Walker
> >======================================================= >Tom Wier <artabanos@...> >ICQ#: 4315704 AIM: Deuterotom >Website: <http://www.angelfire.com/tx/eclectorium/> >"Cogito ergo sum, sed credo ergo ero." > >There's nothing particularly wrong with the >proletariat. It's the hamburgers of the >proletariat that I have a problem with. - Alfred Wallace >======================================================== >
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