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

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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