By: kitschbitch
cordial is more generally known as squash, and is a concentrated fruit drink that you dilute with water - though orange, lime and blackcurrant cordial tend to be stocked in pubs to be added to...
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'Soft drink' can also mean non-carbonated drinks. In the UK this is particularly obvious due to the prevalence of orange squash (and other cordials). What's a cordial?
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as I said in the previous thread: where I come from in the north of england: - lemonade will get you 7Up/sprite or own-brand equivalent - 'coke' will get you coca cola or pepsi (within the drinks...
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The patterns are interesting. For example, it provides strong evidence for the north/south split in Indiana. The tendency What is up with that "soda" cluster around St. Louis? The NE and California...
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'Soft drink' can also mean non-carbonated drinks. In the UK this is particularly obvious due to the prevalence of orange squash (and other cordials). (As an aside, when I was in LA for a couple of...
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growing up with the pop shoppe, I remember them; which made me think at the time, those calling it "pop", shopped there.
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North East UK. When I was a kid, my best friend used to call it "pop" and there used to be a lorry that delivered to his house that he called the "pop wagon" (my family bought ours at the supermarket...
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The Soda area in the middle is due to St. Louis, which, according to one person I know, is a city full of "northeastern-wannabes." I'm originally from St. Louis and I'm proud of our anti-midwestern...
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pots, I'd say the more common Scottish term is "ginger" as in, "sees some o' that ginger a'm feeling guy drouthy."
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In the UK asking for 'Coke' will get you either Coca Cola or Pepsi. Asking for 'Soda' will probably get you tonic water. The generic term for a soft drink is 'pop', or 'fizzy pop'.
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I used to hear "Get me a coke" all the time when, yes, that could've meant Dr. Pepper. I remember writer at my college newspaper writing that "cokes" had been banned at a particular basketball game,...
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beth> Whoa, Ethereal Blight, did someone piss in your wheaties today? Why pounce on wigu like that? MeFi is slowly corrupting him. Like a simple Mesopotamian farmer who comes to Babylon he's...
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The NY answers are hilarious. There's the crew that looks down on "pop" users - you might as well throw out the rest of the results between the coasts anyway! They are still in the 1950s. When they get...
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One of the diverse (a.k.a made-up) "other" entries was 'sugedy smack-smack'. I like it.
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So you want a fucking gold star, or what? Whoa, Ethereal Blight, did someone piss in your wheaties today? Why pounce on wigu like that?
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it's weird how this subject does the rounds every so often, not just here but on lots of other forums as well. i call it pop, after growing up with the pop shoppe, where you could mix and match your...
View ArticleBy: CunningLinguist
I'm sorry but I find calling all soda "coke" really really dopey. But hey, look how many people do it! I'm really enjoying puzzling out this map. What's the deal with the big soda area there in the...
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