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Re: General American (was "y" and "r" (Uusisuom))

From:Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...>
Date:Monday, April 2, 2001, 1:22
On Sun, 1 Apr 2001, Barry Garcia wrote:

> CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes: > >My vocabulary is more confused than anything else, but I run afoul of > >things like soda vs. pop > > Ugh, i hate hearing people say "pop" for soda :). Of course, out here in > California we say soda.
<wry g> I prefer soda myself, though in Korea, "cola" (or something like [k^hola]) can be used generically for carbonated drinks; it weirds me out occasionally, but then, I've gotten in the habit of asking for fruit juice. :-p YHL

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Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...>
Andrew Chaney <adchaney@...>