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Which is the correct term for a carbonated beverage?
Is it pop!!
*bells ring, lights flash, sirens sound, a huge sign saying POP!! appears, trumpets blare, jets fly overhead, fireworks go off, the crowd starts cheering POP! POP! POP!, the peasants rejoice, and all is well with the world*
...or soda.
*crickets chirp, and an eerie silence ensues*
Hehehe, just have to go against the grain a little, although I usually refer to it as carbonated caffiene, the drink of the gods, aka Bawls
Pop!
Gotta be pop cuz carbs give you energy and POP has a lot more energy to it than soda.
*erases Red Wizard from the List of Good People*
Yes, it's POP! Bow down to the greatness that is POP! *drinks a huge bottle of POP* Come on everyone, have some POP with me! :D
It's soda. Always have been, and will be soda.
But... in your case good Dr Unne. I will call it "Pop".
Hey! I didn't mention the s-word, just that I exclusively drink Bawls.Quote:
Originally posted by Dr Unne
*erases Red Wizard from the List of Good People*
Whats a bawl?Quote:
Originally posted by Red Wizard
just that I exclusively drink Bawls.
When will all you backward people get in through your head?
It'sSODA!!!!!
Meh. Pop sucks.:p
The poll needs more options.
Here in NZ, it's usually called a cool drink, soft drink or fizzy (for the kids). I call it soft drink, but most often just say the name of the drink itself, like Fanta, or Mountain Dew, or whatever.
*doesn't vote*
Bawls is a highly caffinated soda. You can probably find it at your local 7-11/conivience store. The bottle is textured so you don't drop it while your hand is shaking from the extra stimulants.Quote:
Originally posted by Chris Lionheart
Whats a bawl?
The poll needs more options. --Loony BoB
If you don't know what to vote, just vote POP. :)
POP of course!
pfft... soda *rolls eyes* ^^
*prepares to be beaten by all the "soda" proclamers*
POP!!!!
heh
Oh thats like that stuff that college students use to stay awake at all hours of the night cramming for their Finals the next day.Quote:
Originally posted by Red Wizard
Bawls is a highly caffinated soda. You can probably find it at your local 7-11/conivience store. The bottle is textured so you don't drop it while your hand is shaking from the extra stimulants.
I personally use it while gaming at my local cyber-cafe.
Back on topic! Talk about the superiority of the word POP, and nothing else. :)
Wait I just thought of this. Dont they use the word SODA-POP? So is there really a difference?
Yes, there's a difference. SODA-POP is wrong. POP is right. :)
It was originally sodapop, but smart people broke it up and started using "soda". Silly sods, like Brian Carper here, liked the inane sounding "pop" and went on to spread their inanity throughout the backwoods where they now live.
Why, Carpie? WHY!!!?? I thought you were one of the good guys, and then you do something like THIS!!
It's SODA, people!!
If SerGe comes by, tell him that I said "No more of that pop-nonsense, or I'll spank you", okie?
Pop. Who says soda? Pfft...
POP lovers are not silly sods, Raistlin. ¬_¬
Of course they are Skye.:p
And Elyse is just...*waves out towards space* out there, don't mind her.:tongue:
*gives Frihet a high-five*
SODA!!!!!!
I'll tell you who're the sods, Raistlin. ¬_¬
Unne and I are so gonna whoop your soda-lover @$$ this time around! :D
Pop! It's simply pop! Pop, pop!
Soda it is not, it certainly is not.
It's pop, it's pop, it's Pop!
*big flashy Vega ending*
Pop, it's pop, it's pop!!!!
Tsk tsk tsk... It is most obviously the name "SODA" that is superior. Why is it superior? What sounds more mature and distinguished. "Soda." That's right, "soda." Which sounds more intelligent?
"May I please have a soda?"
OR
"GIMME A POP!!"
I believe the answer is apparent.
Oh, c'mon. When have we ever been concerned about sounding intelligent? The obvious answer is "pop." Besides, "pop" is one letter shorter, making it quicker to type, and therefore superior.
I call it pop, but lately I've been questioning the faith.
It does say soda right on the can.
I still voted for pop tho.
(Thanks to this ongoing debate I found that similarly themed Digimon commercial hilarious. :))
Pah. We, the POP masters, know that POP is infintely superior to soda. It's superior because POP is onomatopeic. Soda isn't. Have you ever heard anything make a "soda" sound? No! Things go "POP" , not "soda"! *smirks*
Bring it on, you bloody poppers.:p
SODA is the superior sounding word. "Pop" just sounds...hicky, backwoods, etc. Something skanker would say, in other words.;)
SODA!!!!
Neither. Here in the Southern area I live in(LA), we call it Cold Drinks. I don't know why, thought, since almost every drink there is is cold.
But if I had to choice between pop or soda, Id say soda. Pop just doesn't sound good. "Hey, ill have a pop!" "Pass me a pop!" Does that sound right? I always though pop was a word only used in the 50's.
C'mon people. Its obvious that its called "Carbonated, non-alcoholic beverage that is loaded with sugars and other good stuff to rot the teeth out of little kid's heads" I mean DUH. What sound better? "Yo! I need a pop!" In which someone might punch you in the mouth, "Hey! I could go for a Soda right now!" In which someone could mis hear you and go buy you a new couch, or "I wish I had a carbonated, non-alcoholic beverage that is loaded with sugars and other good stuff to rot the teeth out of little kid's heads" in which the people know what you want and they go get you one.
Also, you know the Rice Krispies elves, right? Snap, Crackle and POP? Well, I think "Snap, crackle, soda, Kellogg's Rice Krispies!" sounds way stupider than "Snap, crackle, POP , Kellogg's Rice Krispies!"
O_o *has found another reason why people like Pop so much.... 3 letters consisting of only P and O and both letters are close to each other in the keyboard. O_o*
But it still is
Soda!
Bah, I don't drink pop/soda, and I usually call it whatever comes to my head first, pop, soda, monkey poodie. *doesn't vote* =P
It's pop. And I am not a backwoods hick or a country bumpkin. I used to live in the Chicago area. That's just how it's said around there. These losers in Wisconsin call it "soda" though. They also call water fountains "bubblers".
I demand that there be a "carbonated, non-alcoholic beverage that is loaded with sugars and other good stuff to rot the teeth out of little kid's heads" button on there. It is most obviously the correct choice and I will not rest untill It happens. I will sned a letter to Congress everyweek untill it happens, and if I still dont get enough funds to build a library, then I'll send two letters a week. Wait..........
Spiff: Like Unne said, if you don't know what to vote for, vote POP!
So true. xDQuote:
Originally posted by Flamethrower
I always though pop was a word only used in the 50's.
I mean, "soda" is smooth, and easy to say, and sounds elegant. Now, compare that to "pop", which has two hard, nasty p's in it, isn't as smooth, and sure as heck not as elegant.
SODA!!
I know what I want to vote for and I want to vote for carbonated, non-alcoholic beverage that is loaded with sugars and other good stuff to rot the teeth out of little kid's headsQuote:
Originally posted by Skye-chan
Spiff: Like Unne said, if you don't know what to vote for, vote POP!
You see, Spaceman Spiff, the reason they don't call them "carbonated, non-alcoholic beverage that is loaded with sugars and other good stuff to rot the teeth out of little kid's heads" is because they are trying to sell the drinks, not scare people away with them.
Soda, methinks. :D When I go to college out west, though, it'll most definitely be pop. :D
Double posting is wrong. Especially if you don't support POP!
It doesn't matter how long the wait was. And my original word was POP, not soda.
>>> .. is this insane thread again !! :rolleyes2
>>> anyway i gonna still saying COKE..
________________________________________
>>>The black orb glitters ominously
but nothing happens....<<<
*smites WLunaris* Quit twisting my words. :mad:
Let's try to keep on topic. *drinks some sort of carbonated beverage whose name is yet to be determined*
Now its getting stupid.... I think Sky-chan should be able to smite who ever s/he wants.
By the by, I still support carbonated, non-alcoholic beverage that is loaded with sugars and other good stuff to rot the teeth out of little kid's heads and FYI to Flamie, nobody said anything about selling pop. Were talking about what we call them, and thats what I call it. I WANT A FREAKING BUTTON
Edit: Thats enough out of you, WLunar-something (I cant see yoiur name as I am typing this) Youre getting annoying and stupid.
Well, being from Atlanta, I always called it Coke...But I use soda as well so I voted that way. I wasn't even aware anyone outside of Ohio and Pennsylvania even said Pop. Its bad enought eh Univ. of CIncinnati (where i go) is sponsored by disgusting Pepsi, they could at least call it soda...
I remember once, way back when, in elementary or middle school, we had a new girl come in from up north. She seemed all right, until one day she called soda "pop." We immediately made sure to crush any self esteem she may have had at that point.
Edit: I originally typed a sizable rant on why you pop-sayers shouldn't voluntarily rank with Unne, a guy who doesn't enjoy seeing himself portrayed in compromising situations with a large ogre. Then I decided to scrap such formality and get to the meat of it.
*SMITE*
*giggles uncontrollably*
I've been saying forever that it's Pop. :greenie:
No one ever believes me though. :tongue:
*Goes with Soda* *Jk*
It's Fizzy Pop !
I dont say neither... I only drink Tea.
*creates a shrine to tea*
Anything I posted previously is a lie.... . LIE I SAY!!!
*waves a very menacing finger at people*
Ah, yes, but have they made a 'pop' song on a popular anime? Didn't think so, but they have made a 'soda' song. And besides, if you ask someone for pop, they might just give you a Backstreet Boys (That's harder to type than I thought) CD, and I don't think anyone here wants that.... I hope.
It's carbonated beverage fools.
Actually, it's pop. Unne is right. I find that he is never wrong. Way to go Unne!
Yop. It's pop. Hey, that rhymes... what else rhymes? How about... purple and....
What are these Soda and Pop you all babble about?
I just drink perry mineral water and am happy.
'Tis soft drink. *flees*
Bah. POP Is superior. I drink my POP while surfing here. Dr Pepper is a good POP .
ITS POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPPPP!!!!!!!!! POOOOOOOOOOOOOOPPPPP RUUUUULLLLLLLLLLLEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!! *realizes what he just said* *giggles* Pop... that is.... POP RULES!
I've talked to a number of Canadians about this, including Chris. They all seem to insist on calling it pop. Is this merely a coincidence, or does the general population actually have some strange disease that makes them say pop, when they know, deep down inside, that it is, and will always be soda?
I would just like to say that 'EoFF Polls' do not lie.
AND THE POLL SAYS POP!!!!!!!!!!!
Hail to the POP baby!!!
Really, they don't? That's news for me. xDQuote:
Originally posted by Bong McMond
I would just like to say that 'EoFF Polls' do not lie.
When will people learn? It's POP ! English naturally takes the easiest word to say and those who say the longer words are more backwards! And I agree with the professor Dr. Pepper is good POP .
All my life, I never heard one single person say pop. It's soda, people!! SODA. Or soft drink. But never, EVER pop.
Yes, Dr. Pepper is good POP, but I think Code Red is good POP as well. That's because it's red, like this word. -----> POP!
Uhhhhhhh...... whats the difference? The only thing thats different between pop and soda is that they are spelled and pronounced differently. But I have heard that people from the north say POP and people from the south say SODA , so I'm guessing if you're from Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, etc., you voted SODA and if you're from Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, etc., you voted POP ! Please don't yell at me or not like me if I'm incorrect.:p And if I offended anyone in any way at all, I am very, very, very sorry.
Nope, sorry, in my neck of the woods we call it Soda. Although sometimes I DO slip up and call it a Pop instead, but that's only when I brain fart.
POPPITY POP POP!
We usually say soda around here, but I like pop better.
*votes for pop*
POP
Pop is pop is pop is pop. There are no two ways about it. Soda..ok, soda, ever had an ice cream soda? Yeah, Ice cream in some sweet fizzy stuff, clearly not lemonade. That my friends is soda. Pop on the other hand is fizzy drinks, coke, lemonade blah, but, no self respecting teenager in Blighty would ever dream of saying pop, so, we merely grunt or call it by the brand name..like...'COKE, NOW!'
There.
Chaos
Pop sounds lame and reminds me of bubbles. Not the bubbles in the drink, mind.
Soda sounds like... a detergent, or something. Why? WHY?
The logical answer is therefore 'Fizzy drink' or 'Soft drink'. And THAT is the end of it. :p
Both terms are correct, but it is definately...
SODA!
POP all the way!!
Soda frightens me:whoa:
I answer with POP:)
That's what I called it when I was small and that's what I'll call it for years to come.
SoDa!!
Soda.
Obviously the correct answer is...........POP!!!! I did intense research on this subject matter (thinking.....hey thinking is hard when your on summer vacation) and pop is what filled my head that and a piece of coconut cream pie....mmm.....*nudged by pet moogle* huh oh sorry ahem.....MY FINAL ANSWER (the true answer) IS POP!!!!!!!!
The answer's obviously Soda
The only reason that Pop is winning is that the poll is biased.
*votes for Soda*
Yeah, the poll was a little biased. It wasn't really fair to make one option look good and the other look bad.
YET AGAIN, SODA!
Since another option was not added, I voted Soda. Not only because I checked the results, and it was losing (and I've got a tendency to vote for the underdogs etc.), but also, I mean... Soda is a word used purely for soda. Pop is the sound you hear when you pierce a balloon with a pin. Not a drink, a sound. Duh.
Do you remember the last time we had this poll? Soda was kicking the trout outta pop in the polls. I don't know what happened but I don't think that people are going to say one thing just because it says it like that in the poll. Besides...I can't see what you voted for unless you say it.Quote:
Originally posted by Dragoon
The only reason that Pop is winning is that the poll is biased.
*votes for Soda*
*votes pop*
I say pop because it is 1 syllable instead of 2. Its just shorter. That is seriously why I say it more. I say soda every now and then but it just doesn't flow as well as pop does in my view.
Pop does not flow. Pop is not smooth. Pop is hard and yucky sounding. Soda flows. Soda is smooth. Soda rulz j00!:p
SODA!!!!!
OK, this is really pretty sad. An intelligent discussion (for instance "who's better, Thief or Black Belt" in the FF1-4 section) only gets about 45-70 replies. But something completely mindless like this (duh, soda or pop?) gets 100! Or more!
It really makes you wonder, doesn't it?
Right on! Soda is much better looking to, and Pop sounds too old fashioned. Soda is by the far, the most correct term to use. No where in the dictionary does it say "Pop" is a carbonated soft drink. I'll type up each defination.
pop v. popped, pop-ping 1. To make, cause to make, burst, or cause to burst with a sudden sharp, explosive sound. 2. To go, come, or appear suddenly. 3. To buldge from the sockets. 4. To thrust or put quickly or suddenly. 5. To shoot. 6. Baseball. To hit a pop fly. -n. 1. A sudden sharp, explosive noise. 2. A gunshot. 3. A carbonated soft drink. .... What the hell? O_o
So-da n. 1.a. Any various forms of sodium carbonate. b. Chemically conbined sodium. 2.a. Soda water. b. A flavored carbonated soft drink. c. A drink made of carbonated water, flavoring, and otften ice cream. Ha!!! There you have it!!! Soda it is!!!
Right on, Proto! Soda is the correct word, even the dictionary agress!
Sod pop. Soda's the one.
SODA!!!!
Right it is Raistlin! Soda is the correct term!!!
SODA!!!!!!
There you have it, you illiterates!! Raist and Proto are right!
S O D A it is!!
Soda :D. Wow, 100 posts in two days. What a debate this is! Arrghh...Pop is winning though. :p
Pop will win the day. I have complete confidence.
I was going to make a big multi-colored POP display, but I realized it's not even necessary. POP will win because POP is on the side of goodness. And soda is on the side of evil. Goodness will triumph!!
I say pop!!!!!
let me pop your @$$ =D
Don't make me "Pop" you all for voting "Pop". That is just wrong. Pop has so much negativity in its defination besides being a carbonated soft drink. Soda is only a carbonated soft drink and nothing else. Soda is the correct term. It is the Un-"Pop"! If you don't like "Pop" music, vote Soda. Soda 0wnz j00.
Winning does not matter, Unney. Soda is on the side of rightousness! Soda is, as Proto pointed out, solely based on a carbonated soft drink. Pop is so widely-used and has so many definitions it's only loosely tied to a soft drink. The only tie to a carbonates soft drink is the term "soda-pop"! Without soda there is no "pop", whereas the term "soda" is even in the dictionary!
SODA!!!!
Quote:
Originally posted by Marak
OK, this is really pretty sad. An intelligent discussion (for instance "who's better, Thief or Black Belt" in the FF1-4 section) only gets about 45-70 replies. But something completely mindless like this (duh, soda or pop?) gets 100! Or more!
It really makes you wonder, doesn't it?
*shakes his head*
This is an age-old challenge between EoFF. It has more of a personal importance to us than black belts or thiefs. You can go anywhere and talk about those, but it's hard to find a forum divided by pop and soda.
PS:POP
rules.
I was just thinking, wouldn't the REAL term for carbonated beverages be....well, carbonated beverages? Pop and Soda are just nicknames, both which correct, but what says carbonated beverages better than carbonated beverages?
No, pop isn't a nickname. It's the real name. POP.
(Pop is a palindrome.)
I'll repeat:
Pop is a backwoods, oldfashioned term that evens sounds...old. It was used in 1900, but shouldn't be used now! Pop is not the name, SODA is, even the dictionary agrees. I would thought that fact would sway you, Unne.:p
SODA!!!!
Raistlin, I don't think Unne is that easily swayable. Especially in matters as important as the superiority of POP! By the way, soda sounds really, really old, compared to new, modern pop! The reason it's called pop is because pop is a more POPular word!
The dictionary agrees with both sides, Raist. I thought even you'd be able to grasp that pop is the true name. I'd hardly say that sodium carbonate, and chemically combined sodium is refering soley to a carbonated beverage. :rolleyes2
Pop was a word used in the the 50's. Its a word that my parents use. Pop is dead. The only Pop I ever hear about nowadays is that junk from the TNN commericals. "TNN, WE GOT POP!" Uhg.Quote:
Originally posted by Skye-chan
By the way, soda sounds really, really old, compared to new, modern pop! The reason it's called pop is because pop is a more POPular word!
Pop, all the way.. yeah baby.
Quote:
Originally posted by Agent Proto
Pop .... A carbonated soft drink.
_______
So-da ...... A flavored carbonated soft drink.
Which would you prefer? Unflavored carbonated soft drink or a flavored carbonated soft drink? If you answered the second one, then you are drinking a SODA.
I like mineral water. It's unflavored, carbonated, and it doesn't have alcohol, therefore making it a soft drink as opposed to a hard drink. Theoretically, I like POP!
Pop is not modern. It was used decades, generations ago. Pop is dead; soda is in. I have NEVER seen a commercial use "pop" though all SODA commercials use "soda". SODA is THE correct term, recognized even by the dictionary.
SODA!!!!!
*points at the poll*
Pop is winning, Raist.
*does victory dance*
Bah! It ain't over till the fat lady sings! Soda is only down by ten votes.
Attention!!!
I was watching Winnie the Pooh today. In this episode, Christopher Robin had to take care of a neighbor's dog. They quickly discover that the dog responds to a honking horn that Christopher Robin has around the house. Later, when the dog is lost (and the horn is lost with him), Tigger discovers that he can reproduce the sound of the horn pretty well.
Of course, the other characters are pretty impressed with Tigger. He then says "I can do a can of pop too!" and procedes to make the sound of someone gulping down a can of pop.
POP! Now, can Tigger be wrong? I doubt it. In fact, I consult Tigger on many things, and my life has been better because of it.
In conclusion, Tigger said pop, and that must make it true. One of the most wonderful things about Tiggers is that they're never wrong.
WHERE IS MY BUTTON?!
*revolts*
Dr. Unne's Southern roots are showing.
Brian Carper: Hi, pa! Can I have a soda?
Mr. Carper: Soder? SODER! Boy, when you under my roof, you ought ta say pop. POP! I tell you what...
Brian Carper: Aww, pa. OK. I just go play Final Fantasy.
Mr. Carper: Na, comere a minute, take out your banjo boy.
Brian Carper: dee dee dee doo dee doo dee doo dee...
Mr. Carper: doo dee dee doo dee doo dee doo dee...
You know, here I was, minding my own buisness over in FF I-IV, and I finally click on the "It's POP, I tell ya! POP!" link on Skye-chan's little sig, and
WHOA.
Apparently, people feel much more strongly about whether to call a drink pop or soda than they ever did about Sadaam Hussein. So after reading all the replies and checking out the standing poles, I had to eventually put down my vote...
Pop.
Hell, that's the right name for it! It's POP, not soda! Look at all the evidence:
1. Pop is easier to say.
2. Pop is a palindrome.
3. Pop is something that Skye-chan drinks while in a bunny suit. (???)
4. And the most damning piece of evidence:
Both Dr Unne and Tigger say it's pop.
Now, granted, I will agree that there is a chance - a SLIM chance - that Tigger could be wrong. And there might - MIGHT - be an even slighter chance that Dr Unne is wrong, although frankly I doubt that a great deal. But both??? I don't think so.
The polls agree. It's POP!
Well, if Tigger says it's pop, this debate is pretty much over.
ugh I'm just tooo lazy to say anything over 1 syllable long.
Frankly, I don't use soda or pop. Rather, I use the name of the beverage I am referring to (i.e. Coke, Pepsi, Mountain Dew). Soda and pop are both terms that are too general to be used with ease.
Ex.
"I'd like a pop, please."
"Well, what kind would you like?"
"I'd like a soda, please."
"Well, what kind would you like?"
See? You get a response that further requires you to answer with the specific brand of carbonated beverage.
But, because none of the choices are specific on the poll...
I must vote...
POP!!
[boring theory] It is POP . You hear something that sounds like *pop* when you open the can of pop. You never hear *soda*.
*laughs* Soda...pfft.
I agree, because if Tigger calls it pop, then thats more the reason to call it soda. :tongue:Quote:
Originally posted by Dr Unne
Well, if Tigger says it's pop, this debate is pretty much over.
I can't belive you're dissing Tigger like this. I'm outraged.
If pop wins that's just another reason not to ask anything of EoFFers.:p
The word "pop" does NOT mean a carbonated soft drink. Look it up. Guess what does mean that? SODA.:p
Pop just sounds bad, like nothing you'd want to drink. SODA sounds like a carbonated soft drink. Pop's out-dated, soda is in!
SODA!!!!
Tigger truly deserves respect.
By what logic does SODA sound like a carbonated soft drink? You'll need to support these theories with proof. Just saying it's so doesn't make it so (unless Tigger says it is so, which he has already done, about pop no less.)
No, im not dissing Tigger, but if they call a bear "pooh", then why listen to them if they call a carbonated beverage pop?Quote:
Originally posted by RSL
I can't belive you're dissing Tigger like this. I'm outraged.
Because his name is Pooh. If your name is John, shouldn't I call you John?
Soda sounds like a carbonated soft drink just because. The original name was soda-pop, and smart people dissed the last, stupid sounding part. "Pop" doesn't sound like a carbonated soft-drink(SODA!) because....it's "pop"! That one, ahdr sounding syllable cannot possibley be the name of all the soft drinks. It's just....wrong. The word "pop" does not mean carbonated soft drink. Soda does. Look it up.:p
SODA!!!
Agreed. ;) All you Pop-lovers are missing out on this Soda deal. Go ahead and love your pops. We wouldn't care any less. It's still soda and it will always be soda! Those who call it pop have been misguided.
SODA!!!!
I think you're beginning to flounder, Raist. That last post made no sense.
Oh, I finally found this.. Soda all the way my friends.
EDIT: And I cannot believe you are dissing TIGGER!
Tigger owns all of you!
http://members.home.net/moyda1/images/tigger.jpg
Last time I checked, my can of carbonated, non-alcoholic beverage loaded with sugars and other good stuff to rot the teeth out of little kids' heads went "Burn them! Burn them all!" when I opened it.
*goes and checks again and realizes it goes fsssssssssst... cerrrrrck-pop-fizzzzzzzzzz*
Okay, I'll vote pop. Only because Im not going to get my button. But Am still support my origional answer very much. *votes pop*
By the way. I worship tigger.
I still have that same doll somewhere. *makes a note to go on various adventures of the imagination with Tigger*
Still, it's soda.
Really. Who goes into a store and says "I would like a soda please?" I think if I did that, they would look at me like I was a mental patient.
I never say that. I say "I would like a (Coke, Sprite, whatever)". You gotta be specific when asking for it.
Unne: *reads post over* Yeah, I can see why. I need to fix a typo and change some sentences...It makes sense if you said it like I do.:p
But, meh.
Soda sounds cooler. Pop sounds old. "Pop", meaning a carbonated soft drink, is not a word. Soda is.
'Nuff said.
SODA!!!
Pop is a word. Even look in that dictionary you soda-lovers love so much.
Nope.... I don't see it as a carbonated soft drink.Quote:
Originally posted by Agent Proto
pop v. popped, pop-ping 1. To make, cause to make, burst, or cause to burst with a sudden sharp, explosive sound. 2. To go, come, or appear suddenly. 3. To buldge from the sockets. 4. To thrust or put quickly or suddenly. 5. To shoot. 6. Baseball. To hit a pop fly. -n. 1. A sudden sharp, explosive noise. 2. A gunshot.
I never said that pop wasn't a word. However, I did say that pop does NOT mean a carbonated soft drink.
Realisticly (as if we care), I'm pretty sure 'pop' and 'soda' is a difference of regional dialect. In fact, I'm under the impression that in some places, if you just say pop they assume you mean coke specificly. I say soda, mostly because that's what everyone I know calls it. Of course, if I was visiting someone like an illustrious doctor of languages I would call it whatever the heck he told me to.
Dialect schmialect. It's still soda. Not that pop thing. Heck. I'm from MI, and I live in VA. So I say the brand name most of the time, but otherwise I say soda. I don't go an buy a 2-liter of pop! I buy a 2-liter of soda.
Well, you're right about the regional dialectal part. I believe that up north it's primarily pop (although it's pronounced PAAAAAAAP,) and somewhere else (I'm not sure where) it's soda. Down here in the South (Tennessee, specifically), it's all usually Coke. For example, if you were organizing something, you'd say, "Hey, Jim, do we have any Cokes?" and Jim would assume you meant soft drinks in general. However, for a specific brand, you say Sprite or Dr. Pepper. Lemon Lime soft drinks (including 7-UP) are all Sprite, by the way. But, down here in Redneck Country, you say COKE for soft drinks in general. I voted for soda just because I don't like the way you northern (especially Chicago area) people say paaaaap.Quote:
Originally posted by moorb_sdrawkcab
Realisticly (as if we care), I'm pretty sure 'pop' and 'soda' is a difference of regional dialect. In fact, I'm under the impression that in some places, if you just say pop they assume you mean coke specificly.
P.S. - Pepsi is Coke, too.
hey up here in PA some of us just say Soda Pop why make a fuss over all this???*doesn't vote*
Because it's pop, and because we're bored.
It's Soda And you know it...
*Scratches Skye-chan off the list for the next Screen Name World Cup*
I call it pop automaticly so I voted pop.
Just thought I'd say that all you people with your "pop" nonsense make me sick. How can you do something as terrible as calling soda "pop"?
It's pop you heathens! Soda is Washing powder! :P
I find the beverage disgusting...but if you gotta call it something call it POP! Soda, that is just lame. At least call it SoDie. That is a little bit of fun.
Alright. Typically, I'm indifferent. But... When we are asking for a carbonated, canned beverage in this region, we ask for Pop. Anyone who asks for "soda" gets really weird looks. In addition, my region is within the Central Time Zone, which everyone knows is God's Chosen Timezone. Chickencha and Himself can attest to this. Seeing as how Central Time is THE correct time, then Pop must be THE correct word.
Besides- Tigger says so, too. Tigger is God. Thus, I conclude, the word is:
POP!
(BrittyBlue™ is Forever.)
How 'bout we call a truce and call it SODAPOP
*hides*