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Kate Connally
 
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Marge wrote:
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> I used to say soda pop as a kid, how confused is that??
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> another one: I grew up in N. Cal, and loved eating toasted cheese
> sandwiches. The deli's in NY never know what I'm talking about if I
> order it that way -- it's grilled cheese here.


That's not confused at all. Pop is just short for soda
pop, which was the original term. I grew up in Pittsburgh
where we always said soda pop (sometimes "sody" pop) or pop.

Kate

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Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?