MareCat said...

> We keep a Brita pitcher in the fridge and drink from that. Removes the
> chlorine smell/taste just fine.

My worst showers were the ones in Adelaide, SA, Australia because of the
saline water that is predominant in the water supply. I mentioned years ago I
susptected this was the cause of all the flat chested Adelaide women, whether
true or false. The other being MY chlorinated water supply which explains why
I can't keep a tan. It keeps getting bleached off.

Andy

George Shirley wrote:

> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>> Mark A. Meggs wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:08:58 -0400, TFM®
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Mark A.Meggs" > wrote
>>>>
>>>>> Tab @ work - almost the only time I ever drink coke (as a Southerner
>>>>> of a certain age, coke is what other parts of the country refer to as
>>>>> soda or pop).
>>>>
>>>> Thank you Mark! I was beginning to wonder if I was one of 3 people in the
>>>> country who called all soda (a vile word) coke.
>>> Since I haven't lived that far south in many years, I've learned to
>>> say soda (or be brand specific) just to be understood. I do still use
>>> the proper form of second person plural - y'all!
>>>
>>> I didn't care for 'em that much as a kid, but there are times I get
>>> nostalgic now for RC Cola and a Moon Pie.
>>>> I got 2 2 liter cokes the other day at the Sav-A-Lot for 69 cents each.
>>>> They're diet lemon-lime and unlike Sprite Zero, they contain no aspartame.
>>
>> And to come full circle with naming conventions, calling all soda "Coke"
>> is like calling all pie "Moon Pie". "Gimme a Moon Pie." "Sure, Honey --
>> what kind of Moon Pie? Apple, cherry, peach, pecan, pumpkin...?" In a
>> word: st00pid.
>>
> Only Moon Pies I ever saw were chocolate ones when I was a kid, today
> they even have vanilla ones. Never saw one in all those flavors you
> mentioned. Are those only sold to sharks?

Of course not. That's my POINT. There aren't any 7-Up Cokes, or root
beer Cokes, either.

--
Blinky
Killing all posts from Google Groups
The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org
Need a new news feed? http://blinkynet.net/comp/newfeed.html

Becca wrote:

> George Shirley wrote:
>> Becca wrote:
>>> Do you call it pop, soda, Coke?
>>>
>>> http://popvssoda.com:2998/
>>>
>>> We saw this a few years ago, I believe.
>>>
>>> Becca
>> Always reminds me of the hokey old signs I used to see in the upper
>> south at Mom and Pop stores. "We don't know where Mom is but we have Pop
>> on ice."
>>
>> Cold drinks are cold drinks or sodas around here. In some areas
>> everything is a "coke", as in, "what kind of coke do you want?." In
>> Georgia Coca Cola is "Co cola" and around here Dr Pepper is DP. Go figure.
>
> I call them soft drinks.

Soda/pop? Are you generally that formal with language?


--
Blinky
Killing all posts from Google Groups
The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org
Need a new news feed? http://blinkynet.net/comp/newfeed.html

Janet Wilder wrote:

> Mark A.Meggs wrote:
>> On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:01:29 -0500, Janet Wilder
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Do any of you get Big Red? It comes in regular and diet.
>>
>> It's available in the Louisville, KY area, but I've never been
>> tempted. The people here think it's strictly local. I never saw it
>> in MD or TN.
>>
>> - Mark
>
> We have it in way-the-heck-south-Texas. AS I stated before, I believe
> it's bottled by 7-Up

I just thought to mention Iron Beer, having had a couple (again) with
lunch at a local (but not lo-cal) Cuban joint, Saturday. Mmmmmm. Now,
there's a soda (albeit not a diet soda, which I generally drink).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironbeer


--
Blinky
Killing all posts from Google Groups
The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org
Need a new news feed? http://blinkynet.net/comp/newfeed.html

Blinky the Shark wrote:

>
> And to come full circle with naming conventions, calling all soda "Coke"
> is like calling all pie "Moon Pie". "Gimme a Moon Pie." "Sure, Honey --
> what kind of Moon Pie? Apple, cherry, peach, pecan, pumpkin...?" In a
> word: st00pid.
>
>
Wake up call, different isn't stupid.

Don

cybercat > wrote:

>How long has corn syup been used in sodas?

Wild-ass guess, about 10 years, maybe 15.

Steve

Don wrote:

> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>
>>
>> And to come full circle with naming conventions, calling all soda "Coke"
>> is like calling all pie "Moon Pie". "Gimme a Moon Pie." "Sure, Honey --
>> what kind of Moon Pie? Apple, cherry, peach, pecan, pumpkin...?" In a
>> word: st00pid.
>>
>>
> Wake up call, different isn't stupid.

Different isn't. But including that kind of conflict (root beer = Coke)
is. I'm quite awake, thank you.


--
Blinky
Killing all posts from Google Groups
The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org
Need a new news feed? http://blinkynet.net/comp/newfeed.html

Steve Pope wrote:

> cybercat > wrote:
>
>>How long has corn syup been used in sodas?
>
> Wild-ass guess, about 10 years, maybe 15.

Wiki article: since 1985.


--
Blinky
Killing all posts from Google Groups
The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org
Need a new news feed? http://blinkynet.net/comp/newfeed.html

George Shirley wrote:
> Ophelia wrote:
>> George Shirley wrote:
>>> Becca wrote:
>>>> Do you call it pop, soda, Coke?
>>>>
>>>> http://popvssoda.com:2998/
>>>>
>>>> We saw this a few years ago, I believe.
>>>>
>>>> Becca
>>> Always reminds me of the hokey old signs I used to see in the upper
>>> south at Mom and Pop stores. "We don't know where Mom is but we have
>>> Pop on ice."
>>>
>>> Cold drinks are cold drinks or sodas around here. In some areas
>>> everything is a "coke", as in, "what kind of coke do you want?." In
>>> Georgia Coca Cola is "Co cola" and around here Dr Pepper is DP. Go
>>> figure.
>>
>> In parts of Scotland, anything fizzy is called 'ginger'
>>
>>
> Yeah, ginger beer. Lots of Scots I knew would drink that stuff. I
> couldn't stand it.

But they call all pop, ie orange, lemon etc 'ginger'

On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:55:18 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> wrote:

>Don wrote:
>
>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> And to come full circle with naming conventions, calling all soda "Coke"
>>> is like calling all pie "Moon Pie". "Gimme a Moon Pie." "Sure, Honey --
>>> what kind of Moon Pie? Apple, cherry, peach, pecan, pumpkin...?" In a
>>> word: st00pid.
>>>
>>>
>> Wake up call, different isn't stupid.
>
>Different isn't. But including that kind of conflict (root beer = Coke)
>is. I'm quite awake, thank you.

You continue to display your ingorance of things Southern.

It isn't Coke - it's coke! It's the generic term in certain parts of
the South (and possibly of a certain time) for any carbonated,
sweetened drink. If there's a need to be more specific, the brand or
flavor can be mentioned. The namesake product of the Coca-Cola
Company is Co' Cola (as George already mentioned)

That you don't like like it doesn't do away with the fact that that's
how it is. Calling people stupid is just trolling or flame-bait.

If your have ever used the word "aspirin", you are guilty too. A
brand name that became so popular that it entered the language as a
generic term for all such products (and an lesson for companies like
Xerox in losing control of a brand name).

- Mark

Mark A.Meggs wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:55:18 -0700, Blinky the Shark

>> Different isn't. But including that kind of conflict (root beer =
>> Coke) is. I'm quite awake, thank you.
>
> You continue to display your ingorance of things Southern.
>
> It isn't Coke - it's coke! It's the generic term in certain parts of
> the South (and possibly of a certain time) for any carbonated,
> sweetened drink. If there's a need to be more specific, the brand or
> flavor can be mentioned. The namesake product of the Coca-Cola
> Company is Co' Cola (as George already mentioned)

But if you say coke, you'd think a cola type of soda. If you
want root beer and you say I'll have a coke, you'll likely be
disappointed with what you're served.

nancy

Blinky the Shark wrote:
> George Shirley wrote:
>
>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>> Mark A. Meggs wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:08:58 -0400, TFM®
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "Mark A.Meggs" > wrote
>>>>>
>>>>>> Tab @ work - almost the only time I ever drink coke (as a Southerner
>>>>>> of a certain age, coke is what other parts of the country refer to as
>>>>>> soda or pop).
>>>>> Thank you Mark! I was beginning to wonder if I was one of 3 people in the
>>>>> country who called all soda (a vile word) coke.
>>>> Since I haven't lived that far south in many years, I've learned to
>>>> say soda (or be brand specific) just to be understood. I do still use
>>>> the proper form of second person plural - y'all!
>>>>
>>>> I didn't care for 'em that much as a kid, but there are times I get
>>>> nostalgic now for RC Cola and a Moon Pie.
>>>>> I got 2 2 liter cokes the other day at the Sav-A-Lot for 69 cents each.
>>>>> They're diet lemon-lime and unlike Sprite Zero, they contain no aspartame.
>>> And to come full circle with naming conventions, calling all soda "Coke"
>>> is like calling all pie "Moon Pie". "Gimme a Moon Pie." "Sure, Honey --
>>> what kind of Moon Pie? Apple, cherry, peach, pecan, pumpkin...?" In a
>>> word: st00pid.
>>>
>> Only Moon Pies I ever saw were chocolate ones when I was a kid, today
>> they even have vanilla ones. Never saw one in all those flavors you
>> mentioned. Are those only sold to sharks?
>
> Of course not. That's my POINT. There aren't any 7-Up Cokes, or root
> beer Cokes, either.
>
A picky shark, how droll. <VBG>

Ophelia wrote:
> George Shirley wrote:
>> Ophelia wrote:
>>> George Shirley wrote:
>>>> Becca wrote:
>>>>> Do you call it pop, soda, Coke?
>>>>>
>>>>> http://popvssoda.com:2998/
>>>>>
>>>>> We saw this a few years ago, I believe.
>>>>>
>>>>> Becca
>>>> Always reminds me of the hokey old signs I used to see in the upper
>>>> south at Mom and Pop stores. "We don't know where Mom is but we have
>>>> Pop on ice."
>>>>
>>>> Cold drinks are cold drinks or sodas around here. In some areas
>>>> everything is a "coke", as in, "what kind of coke do you want?." In
>>>> Georgia Coca Cola is "Co cola" and around here Dr Pepper is DP. Go
>>>> figure.
>>> In parts of Scotland, anything fizzy is called 'ginger'
>>>
>>>
>> Yeah, ginger beer. Lots of Scots I knew would drink that stuff. I
>> couldn't stand it.
>
> But they call all pop, ie orange, lemon etc 'ginger'
>
>
Just a regionalism O, the UK is full of them as is the USofA.

Nancy Young wrote:
> Mark A.Meggs wrote:
>> On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:55:18 -0700, Blinky the Shark
>
>>> Different isn't. But including that kind of conflict (root beer =
>>> Coke) is. I'm quite awake, thank you.
>>
>> You continue to display your ingorance of things Southern.
>>
>> It isn't Coke - it's coke! It's the generic term in certain parts of
>> the South (and possibly of a certain time) for any carbonated,
>> sweetened drink. If there's a need to be more specific, the brand or
>> flavor can be mentioned. The namesake product of the Coca-Cola
>> Company is Co' Cola (as George already mentioned)
>
> But if you say coke, you'd think a cola type of soda. If you want root
> beer and you say I'll have a coke, you'll likely be
> disappointed with what you're served.
>
> nancy
>
No, no, you have to say "I'll have a root beer coke please." <BSEG>

"George Shirley" > wrote in message
.. .
>>
> Just a regionalism O, the UK is full of them as is the USofA.



I agree, it is regional. I live in Tx. and I say, would you like a coke? We
have root beer, 7-up or whatever. My family was from the mid-west and they
called them soft-drinks. But it was all the same.

George Shirley wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:
>> Mark A.Meggs wrote:
>>> On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:55:18 -0700, Blinky the Shark
>>
>>>> Different isn't. But including that kind of conflict (root beer =
>>>> Coke) is. I'm quite awake, thank you.
>>>
>>> You continue to display your ingorance of things Southern.
>>>
>>> It isn't Coke - it's coke! It's the generic term in certain parts
>>> of the South (and possibly of a certain time) for any carbonated,
>>> sweetened drink. If there's a need to be more specific, the brand
>>> or flavor can be mentioned. The namesake product of the Coca-Cola
>>> Company is Co' Cola (as George already mentioned)
>>
>> But if you say coke, you'd think a cola type of soda. If you want
>> root beer and you say I'll have a coke, you'll likely be
>> disappointed with what you're served.

> No, no, you have to say "I'll have a root beer coke please." <BSEG>

(laugh) There you go. You're right. I'll take a ginger ale coke,
myself.

nancy

George Shirley wrote:
> Ophelia wrote:
>> George Shirley wrote:
>>> Ophelia wrote:
>>>> George Shirley wrote:
>>>>> Becca wrote:
>>>>>> Do you call it pop, soda, Coke?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://popvssoda.com:2998/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We saw this a few years ago, I believe.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Becca
>>>>> Always reminds me of the hokey old signs I used to see in the
>>>>> upper south at Mom and Pop stores. "We don't know where Mom is
>>>>> but we have Pop on ice."
>>>>>
>>>>> Cold drinks are cold drinks or sodas around here. In some areas
>>>>> everything is a "coke", as in, "what kind of coke do you want?."
>>>>> In Georgia Coca Cola is "Co cola" and around here Dr Pepper is
>>>>> DP. Go figure.
>>>> In parts of Scotland, anything fizzy is called 'ginger'
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Yeah, ginger beer. Lots of Scots I knew would drink that stuff. I
>>> couldn't stand it.
>>
>> But they call all pop, ie orange, lemon etc 'ginger'
>>
>>
> Just a regionalism O, the UK is full of them as is the USofA.

As I said, "In parts of Scotland........"

In Hayward, CA we had Pop Shops. We would drive-thru and ask for a crate of
"orange," as I remember, and they'd drop a deposit return plastic crate full
of deposit return bottles of "orange," a no name brand. We'd then drive off
out the other side of the Pop Shop and be back on the road, passing around
cold soda pop and the church key and for a brief moment in time, life was
good again!

Andy

On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:38:45 -0400, Goomba wrote:

> blake murphy wrote:
>
>> sure, beer makes you pee, but i don't think at the rate of more than twelve
>> ounces per bottle.
>>
>> your pal,
>> blake
>
> Actually it can. Alcohol affects your body's production and use of
> Anti-diurectic Hormone (ADH).

but i question the size of the effect of 5% a.b.v.

your pal,
blake

Ophelia wrote:
> George Shirley wrote:
>> Ophelia wrote:
>>> George Shirley wrote:
>>>> Ophelia wrote:
>>>>> George Shirley wrote:
>>>>>> Becca wrote:
>>>>>>> Do you call it pop, soda, Coke?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://popvssoda.com:2998/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We saw this a few years ago, I believe.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Becca
>>>>>> Always reminds me of the hokey old signs I used to see in the
>>>>>> upper south at Mom and Pop stores. "We don't know where Mom is
>>>>>> but we have Pop on ice."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cold drinks are cold drinks or sodas around here. In some areas
>>>>>> everything is a "coke", as in, "what kind of coke do you want?."
>>>>>> In Georgia Coca Cola is "Co cola" and around here Dr Pepper is
>>>>>> DP. Go figure.
>>>>> In parts of Scotland, anything fizzy is called 'ginger'
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Yeah, ginger beer. Lots of Scots I knew would drink that stuff. I
>>>> couldn't stand it.
>>> But they call all pop, ie orange, lemon etc 'ginger'
>>>
>>>
>> Just a regionalism O, the UK is full of them as is the USofA.
>
> As I said, "In parts of Scotland........"
>
>
Can't be the Highlands, those folks only drink real spirits. :-})

Andy wrote:
> In Hayward, CA we had Pop Shops. We would drive-thru and ask for a crate of
> "orange," as I remember, and they'd drop a deposit return plastic crate full
> of deposit return bottles of "orange," a no name brand. We'd then drive off
> out the other side of the Pop Shop and be back on the road, passing around
> cold soda pop and the church key and for a brief moment in time, life was
> good again!
>
> Andy
When I was a wee lad my favorite was Grapette. Cost a nickel and you
could get two cents back when you returned the bottle to the store.

On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:29:38 -0400, TFM® wrote:
>
> All soft drinks are called, "cokes".
>
> Beer is beer, and real drinks are called "hard drinks."
>
> TFM®
> Welcome to Floriduh...

and just to add to the confusion, some people refer to any alcoholic drink
as a 'pop,' as in 'so we went out and had a few pops...'

your pal,
blake

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:25:01 -0400, Mark A.Meggs wrote:
>
> If your have ever used the word "aspirin", you are guilty too. A
> brand name that became so popular that it entered the language as a
> generic term for all such products (and an lesson for companies like
> Xerox in losing control of a brand name).
>
> - Mark

i once talked to a xerox repairman who informed me you shouldn't use the
word 'xerox' as a verb, either. one 'made xerographic copies.'

um, o.k.

your pal,
blake

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:30:34 -0500, George Shirley wrote:

> Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>> But if you say coke, you'd think a cola type of soda. If you want root
>> beer and you say I'll have a coke, you'll likely be
>> disappointed with what you're served.
>>
>> nancy
>>
> No, no, you have to say "I'll have a root beer coke please." <BSEG>

but presumably you could just say 'root beer' and not be met with a
dumbfounded expression?

your pal,
blake

"Blinky the Shark" > wrote in message
news
> George Shirley wrote:
>
>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>> Mark A. Meggs wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:08:58 -0400, TFM®
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Mark A.Meggs" > wrote
>>>>>
>>>>>> Tab @ work - almost the only time I ever drink coke (as a Southerner
>>>>>> of a certain age, coke is what other parts of the country refer to as
>>>>>> soda or pop).
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you Mark! I was beginning to wonder if I was one of 3 people in
>>>>> the
>>>>> country who called all soda (a vile word) coke.
>>>> Since I haven't lived that far south in many years, I've learned to
>>>> say soda (or be brand specific) just to be understood. I do still use
>>>> the proper form of second person plural - y'all!
>>>>
>>>> I didn't care for 'em that much as a kid, but there are times I get
>>>> nostalgic now for RC Cola and a Moon Pie.
>>>>> I got 2 2 liter cokes the other day at the Sav-A-Lot for 69 cents
>>>>> each.
>>>>> They're diet lemon-lime and unlike Sprite Zero, they contain no
>>>>> aspartame.
>>>
>>> And to come full circle with naming conventions, calling all soda "Coke"
>>> is like calling all pie "Moon Pie". "Gimme a Moon Pie." "Sure,
>>> Honey --
>>> what kind of Moon Pie? Apple, cherry, peach, pecan, pumpkin...?" In a
>>> word: st00pid.
>>>
>> Only Moon Pies I ever saw were chocolate ones when I was a kid, today
>> they even have vanilla ones. Never saw one in all those flavors you
>> mentioned. Are those only sold to sharks?
>
> Of course not. That's my POINT. There aren't any 7-Up Cokes, or root
> beer Cokes, either.


Of course there are. You're just being silly now.

TFM®

"TFM®" > wrote

>> Of course not. That's my POINT. There aren't any 7-Up Cokes, or root
>> beer Cokes, either.
>
>
> Of course there are. You're just being silly now.
>
> TFM®

omg. It's the Sharkmaster.

blake murphy wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:30:34 -0500, George Shirley wrote:
>
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>>> But if you say coke, you'd think a cola type of soda. If you want root
>>> beer and you say I'll have a coke, you'll likely be
>>> disappointed with what you're served.
>>>
>>> nancy
>>>
>> No, no, you have to say "I'll have a root beer coke please." <BSEG>
>
> but presumably you could just say 'root beer' and not be met with a
> dumbfounded expression?
>
> your pal,
> blake
Yeah, but where's the fun in that.

Blinky the Shark wrote:


> Soda/pop? Are you generally that formal with language?

It's time for the map again.

<http://popvssoda.com:2998/countystats/total-county.html>



Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

Mark A. Meggs wrote:

> On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:55:18 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> > wrote:
>
>>Don wrote:
>>
>>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> And to come full circle with naming conventions, calling all soda "Coke"
>>>> is like calling all pie "Moon Pie". "Gimme a Moon Pie." "Sure, Honey --
>>>> what kind of Moon Pie? Apple, cherry, peach, pecan, pumpkin...?" In a
>>>> word: st00pid.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Wake up call, different isn't stupid.
>>
>>Different isn't. But including that kind of conflict (root beer = Coke)
>>is. I'm quite awake, thank you.
>
> You continue to display your ingorance of things Southern.
>
> It isn't Coke - it's coke! It's the generic term in certain parts of

Yes, I'm sure y'all pronounce "Coke" with a lower case "c".

> the South (and possibly of a certain time) for any carbonated,
> sweetened drink. If there's a need to be more specific, the brand or
> flavor can be mentioned. The namesake product of the Coca-Cola
> Company is Co' Cola (as George already mentioned)

Well, it's really not, see.

> That you don't like like it doesn't do away with the fact that that's
> how it is. Calling people stupid is just trolling or flame-bait.

In this case, it's recognition of a stupid practice.

> If your have ever used the word "aspirin", you are guilty too. A
> brand name that became so popular that it entered the language as a
> generic term for all such products (and an lesson for companies like
> Xerox in losing control of a brand name).

I'm familiar with the origins of the word "aspirin". When Coke appears in
general and legitimate dictionaries as a synonym for "any soft drink", I
may feel different about is usage.

When, like "aspirin" (now a label used by other companies), "Coke" appears
as a true class name on containers of other flavors of soft drinks ("New!
Fruitier! 7-Up Coke!"), I will feel different about its usage. In the
meantime, the analogy isn't accurate.

The genericized "xerox"/"xerography" refers to *the same process* that
Xerox machines used/use. There's a difference between that and applying
it to other things one can do with paper (watercolor, offset print, draw
on with charcoals or pastels...), as with the case of describing non-Coke
drinks as Coke. If you wish to believe that "coking" is a catchall term
for *making soft drinks*, to try to justify your analogy, I'll remind you
that coking doesn't involve soft drinks at all.

But we are trying to discuss this at different levels. I'd rather look
closely at the issue and you'd rather just look at your reflection on its
surface. So I'm out here. HAND.


--
Blinky
Killing all posts from Google Groups
The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org
Need a new news feed? http://blinkynet.net/comp/newfeed.html

George Shirley wrote:

> Nancy Young wrote:

> > But if you say coke, you'd think a cola type of soda. If you want
> > root beer and you say I'll have a coke, you'll likely be
> > disappointed with what you're served.

> No, no, you have to say "I'll have a root beer coke please." <BSEG>

No more than you'd have to say, "I'll have a root beer soda."




Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

Nancy Young wrote:

> Mark A.Meggs wrote:
>> On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:55:18 -0700, Blinky the Shark
>
>>> Different isn't. But including that kind of conflict (root beer =
>>> Coke) is. I'm quite awake, thank you.
>>
>> You continue to display your ingorance of things Southern.
>>
>> It isn't Coke - it's coke! It's the generic term in certain parts of
>> the South (and possibly of a certain time) for any carbonated,
>> sweetened drink. If there's a need to be more specific, the brand or
>> flavor can be mentioned. The namesake product of the Coca-Cola
>> Company is Co' Cola (as George already mentioned)
>
> But if you say coke, you'd think a cola type of soda. If you
> want root beer and you say I'll have a coke, you'll likely be
> disappointed with what you're served.

Not if he's ordering within that retarded culture.


--
Blinky
Killing all posts from Google Groups
The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org
Need a new news feed? http://blinkynet.net/comp/newfeed.html

blake murphy wrote:

> On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:30:34 -0500, George Shirley wrote:
>
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>>>
>>> But if you say coke, you'd think a cola type of soda. If you want root
>>> beer and you say I'll have a coke, you'll likely be
>>> disappointed with what you're served.
>>>
>>> nancy
>>>
>> No, no, you have to say "I'll have a root beer coke please." <BSEG>
>
> but presumably you could just say 'root beer' and not be met with a
> dumbfounded expression?

And in any other culture you *would* do just that. But not in that one,
unless you were from a less retarded culture and hadn't dialed down your
IQ for the trip.


--
Blinky
Killing all posts from Google Groups
The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org
Need a new news feed? http://blinkynet.net/comp/newfeed.html

TFM® wrote:

>
>
> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote in message
> news
>> George Shirley wrote:
>>
>>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>>> Mark A. Meggs wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:08:58 -0400, TFM®
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Mark A.Meggs" > wrote
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Tab @ work - almost the only time I ever drink coke (as a Southerner
>>>>>>> of a certain age, coke is what other parts of the country refer to as
>>>>>>> soda or pop).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you Mark! I was beginning to wonder if I was one of 3 people in
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> country who called all soda (a vile word) coke.
>>>>> Since I haven't lived that far south in many years, I've learned to
>>>>> say soda (or be brand specific) just to be understood. I do still use
>>>>> the proper form of second person plural - y'all!
>>>>>
>>>>> I didn't care for 'em that much as a kid, but there are times I get
>>>>> nostalgic now for RC Cola and a Moon Pie.
>>>>>> I got 2 2 liter cokes the other day at the Sav-A-Lot for 69 cents
>>>>>> each.
>>>>>> They're diet lemon-lime and unlike Sprite Zero, they contain no
>>>>>> aspartame.
>>>>
>>>> And to come full circle with naming conventions, calling all soda "Coke"
>>>> is like calling all pie "Moon Pie". "Gimme a Moon Pie." "Sure,
>>>> Honey --
>>>> what kind of Moon Pie? Apple, cherry, peach, pecan, pumpkin...?" In a
>>>> word: st00pid.
>>>>
>>> Only Moon Pies I ever saw were chocolate ones when I was a kid, today
>>> they even have vanilla ones. Never saw one in all those flavors you
>>> mentioned. Are those only sold to sharks?
>>
>> Of course not. That's my POINT. There aren't any 7-Up Cokes, or root
>> beer Cokes, either.
>
> Of course there are. You're just being silly now.

Show me a label of a 7-Up Coke and a root beer Coke. Thanks.


--
Blinky
Killing all posts from Google Groups
The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org
Need a new news feed? http://blinkynet.net/comp/newfeed.html

George Shirley wrote:
> Ophelia wrote:
>> George Shirley wrote:
>>> Ophelia wrote:
>>>> George Shirley wrote:
>>>>> Ophelia wrote:
>>>>>> George Shirley wrote:
>>>>>>> Becca wrote:
>>>>>>>> Do you call it pop, soda, Coke?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://popvssoda.com:2998/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We saw this a few years ago, I believe.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Becca
>>>>>>> Always reminds me of the hokey old signs I used to see in the
>>>>>>> upper south at Mom and Pop stores. "We don't know where Mom is
>>>>>>> but we have Pop on ice."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cold drinks are cold drinks or sodas around here. In some areas
>>>>>>> everything is a "coke", as in, "what kind of coke do you want?."
>>>>>>> In Georgia Coca Cola is "Co cola" and around here Dr Pepper is
>>>>>>> DP. Go figure.
>>>>>> In parts of Scotland, anything fizzy is called 'ginger'
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Yeah, ginger beer. Lots of Scots I knew would drink that stuff. I
>>>>> couldn't stand it.
>>>> But they call all pop, ie orange, lemon etc 'ginger'
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Just a regionalism O, the UK is full of them as is the USofA.
>>
>> As I said, "In parts of Scotland........"
>>
>>
> Can't be the Highlands, those folks only drink real spirits. :-})

LOL wanna bet? )

Ophelia wrote:
> George Shirley wrote:
>> Ophelia wrote:
>>> George Shirley wrote:
>>>> Ophelia wrote:
>>>>> George Shirley wrote:
>>>>>> Ophelia wrote:
>>>>>>> George Shirley wrote:
>>>>>>>> Becca wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Do you call it pop, soda, Coke?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> http://popvssoda.com:2998/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> We saw this a few years ago, I believe.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Becca
>>>>>>>> Always reminds me of the hokey old signs I used to see in the
>>>>>>>> upper south at Mom and Pop stores. "We don't know where Mom is
>>>>>>>> but we have Pop on ice."
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Cold drinks are cold drinks or sodas around here. In some areas
>>>>>>>> everything is a "coke", as in, "what kind of coke do you want?."
>>>>>>>> In Georgia Coca Cola is "Co cola" and around here Dr Pepper is
>>>>>>>> DP. Go figure.
>>>>>>> In parts of Scotland, anything fizzy is called 'ginger'
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah, ginger beer. Lots of Scots I knew would drink that stuff. I
>>>>>> couldn't stand it.
>>>>> But they call all pop, ie orange, lemon etc 'ginger'
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Just a regionalism O, the UK is full of them as is the USofA.
>>> As I said, "In parts of Scotland........"
>>>
>>>
>> Can't be the Highlands, those folks only drink real spirits. :-})
>
> LOL wanna bet? )
>
>
Most of the Scots I ever knew would drink anything alcoholic but then
gripe about it not being single malt.

Blinky the Shark wrote:


> And in any other culture you would do just that. But not in that one,
> unless you were from a less retarded culture and hadn't dialed down
> your IQ for the trip.

You been infected by the Sheldon virus?




Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

blake murphy wrote:

> but presumably you could just say 'root beer' and not be met with a
> dumbfounded expression?

In which case, you'd get an espresso. :-)

This "coke" information is good to know, since it would be practically
impossible to teach an outsider about this on the fly and both parties
would come away from that interaction thinking the other guy was an idiot.

Now the only crucial information needed is in what regions is "coke"
used in this manner.


>
> your pal,
> blake

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:57:08 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
wrote:

>But if you say coke, you'd think a cola type of soda. If you
>want root beer and you say I'll have a coke, you'll likely be
>disappointed with what you're served.

The usage is more the reverse of this scenario. You would say, "What
kind of coke would you like?" and I would answer, "Root beer please."
Tara

On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:30:48 -0500, George Shirley
> wrote:

>Only Moon Pies I ever saw were chocolate ones when I was a kid, today
>they even have vanilla ones. Never saw one in all those flavors you
>mentioned. Are those only sold to sharks?

There are half moon pies -- another name for fried pies.

Tara

Anthony Ferrante wrote:
>
> Which are some of your favs and also ones you hate?
> I am looking to try a few more and need some ideas.

I drink a lot of Crystal Geyser Sparkling Mineral Water,
which I buy at Trader Joe's. I like the lime, lemon,
and orange flavors. There's also unflavored and berry
flavor. I haven't tried the former, and although the
berry is okay I usually don't buy it.