>From: Tom Wier <artabanos@...>
>Subject: Re: It's been in the bin all this time...
>Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 22:26:14 -0500
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>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
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