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Nana Komatsu · weak sauce Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 1293

The line is drawn, pick your side.

Soda or Pop?
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dhex · Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:15 pm Post subject:

soda.

pop is a synonym for punch, as in "she wouldn't shut the fuck up, so i gave her a pop in the jaw" or "i'd like to pop guliani in the fucking grill."
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Winged Assassins (1984) · Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:16 pm Post subject:

I drink neither soda nor old relatives.
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SuperWes · Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:04 am Post subject:

Coke.

-Wes
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AJ 187 · . Joined: 26 Dec 2006 Posts: 22 Location: Chicago

simplicio · . Joined: 03 May 2005 Posts: 1091

Wait, so is pop midwestern, coke southern and soda coastal?

Persona-sama · Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:46 am Post subject:

I can vouch for the coastal one.
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

Irn-Bru.
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dhex · Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:24 am Post subject:

is irn bru the mountain dew of the uk? i really want to try some now.
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

I don't know: I've never tried Mountain Dew. But from little Americana I glimpse from the Internet and TV, it seems that Mountain Dew is fairly popular. Irn-Bru is huge in Scotland (By law, McDonalds has to serve it other there, so I'm told) and apparently, also in Russia, and quite a staple in England. I still have a hard time finding it over here, but still.

Also, its flavour is somewhat difficult to define. It's not citrus or cola based.

Its slogan is "Made in Scotland from girders", and that is awesome.

It's fairly interesting to read up on, actually.
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dhex · Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:51 am Post subject:

Swimmy · . Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 990 Location: Fairfax, VA

In Tennessee, everything is Coke. I say "soft drinks." I also don't drink them anymore.
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Nana Komatsu · weak sauce Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 1293

Pop is midwestern but not in Milwaukee where there is a pocket of Soda resistance holding out.
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Mister Toups · Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 2:11 pm Post subject:

Coke, but "soda" sometimes.
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Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

Pop

Well, it use to be, but it's been driven out of me because people actually hate it when you say this. If you say it in the south at the wrong restraunt they won't have any idea what the fuck you're talking about. so now I say soda
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FortNinety · Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 10:46 pm Post subject:

Obligatory "hey, anyone else remember OK Soda? Weren't the cans simply the best?" post.

Scratchmonkey · . Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 1439

Soda. Although I'm from "hella" country, so there you go.

Irn-Bru has some similarities to Mountain Dew; it's a lot better though. It definitely has an odd "metallic orange" taste to it and is significantly less sweet than Dew. I enjoyed it a lot and have actually researched getting ahold of it in the states.

It's also ridiculously hard to get good ginger beer here. The best you can do is Bundaberg, which is an Aussie ginger beer that you can find at Beverages and More. I still wish you could get Old Jamaica or the other various ginger beers I've had in the UK.

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simplicio · . Joined: 03 May 2005 Posts: 1091

Every time I think about this stuff, I begin to wonder if western Washingtonians and Oregonians actually posses the most reasonable grasp of the English language in the world.

Maybe we're just too laid back to make up crazy shit.

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

I assume we've all seen this:

You should see how accurate it is. I'm from the Chicago area originally.
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Treedweller · . Joined: 03 Mar 2007 Posts: 5 Location: Canada

I just say Pop. I don't know why, but where I'm from, asking someone for a Soda would sound strange.
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FortNinety · Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 7:15 pm Post subject:

GSL · Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:12 pm Post subject:

Wow, that map is interesting! I just figured all of Oregon called it 'pop' because that's the only term anyone I knew ever used. But now I happen to live in one of the two counties where it's called soda!

I blame Californian migration.

helicopterp · . Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia

Coke. It's not just generic for me, though. I'm from Atlanta, and I won't drink Pepsi products.

A cool fact that you could learn from that map if you looked hard enough and counted: Georgia has more counties than any state except Texas.
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The Great Unwashed · Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:30 pm Post subject:

Fun fact: Absolutely nobody in Australia, anywhere, ever, uses the terms "soda" or "pop".

"Soft drink", "fizzy drink" or "cool drink" is much more likely.
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GSL · Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:00 pm Post subject:

I hear that in the UK, it's a no-no to go bragging to people about the good deal you just got on a fanny pack down at the shops. Something about a slight misinterpretation about which side of the body the fanny resides on. Is this true of Australia as well?

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The Great Unwashed · Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:39 am Post subject: