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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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 Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 6:22 am Post subject: Generic Names for Soft Drinks |
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OZ/Can/NZ/UK/Ireland/S.Africa/etc.
What do you call a soft drink?
A U.S. map by county..
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Smee
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do
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| Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 7:06 am Post subject: |
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| Hmm, I didn't realize "pop" was a common thing. Dialect-hating teachers in school told us it was Appalachian. |
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Ekuboko
Joined: 22 Dec 2004
Location: ex-Gyeonggi
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| Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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In NZ: soft drink or fizz or fizzy drink.
What do you call ���̴�?
After I tell them that 'cider' is kind of like an apple wine, I teach my middle school students 'lemonade,' which is what I'd call Sprite, 7-Up, Chilsung, etc at home (yes, I do know traditional lemonade is not fizzy or clear!); and 'soda' in American English - is that right?
What do other English-speaking countries call it?
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Ekuboko wrote: |
What do you call ���̴�? |
Lemon-lime soda.
Sparkles*_* |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Ekuboko wrote: |
In NZ: soft drink or fizz or fizzy drink.
What do you call ���̴�?
After I tell them that 'cider' is kind of like an apple wine, I teach my middle school students 'lemonade,' which is what I'd call Sprite, 7-Up, Chilsung, etc at home; and 'soda' in American English - is that right?
What do other English-speaking countries call it? |
Look at the map. Tons of blue. Those parts use "pop" instead of "soda".
I thought it was just a Canadian thing to call soda pop by "pop". Obviously, now, "pop" is used in more areas of the u.s. than "soda", though perhaps in less populated states in the northwest and central west states.
As for Chilsung and its equivalents, I say we have no general term for it in English, we just call it by its brand name usually, Sprite or 7UP, but then take the opportunity to teach my students the word "clear" (windows, sky, etc) , so that they could describe "Chilsung cider" as "clear sodapop". |
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Hater Depot
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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| My high school Latin teacher, and later my college English professor, were convinced something called "OK Cola" would soon sweep the third world solely on the strength of its name. |
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PEIGUY
Joined: 28 Mar 2004
Location: Omokgyo
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| Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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| I've always called it Pop all my life. But, in restaraunts you will see it listed as Soft Drinks. Usually Pop is referred to as the drink out of the bottle (or can wherever you reside in Canada) and soft drink is the fountain stuff. |
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Pangit
Joined: 02 Sep 2004
Location: Puet mo.
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| Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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| What is soda-pop a subset of, soda or pop? |
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joe_doufu
Joined: 09 May 2005
Location: Elsewhere
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| Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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| One thing a map like this doesn't show is the American military dialect. Soldiers, especially career ones, do share a distinct flavor of American English, and one of the things my military relatives like to do is to say "pop" -- something they *definitely* didn't learn growing up in Maine. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Pangit wrote: |
| What is soda-pop a subset of, soda or pop? |
THe opposite. Both "soda" and "pop" are derived from the original "soda pop" historically, and all three refer to the same thing. They have the same meaning.
I'm just surprised at the vast areas of blue ("pop"), when I thought that was mostly just a Canadian usage.
Studies like this are VERY nice to see on this forum, relevant to our teaching. |
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ilovebdt
Joined: 03 Jun 2005
Location: Nr Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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I call it a soft drink or a fizzy drink.
However, my relatives in the North of England call it pop |
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 3:21 am Post subject: |
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We (and by which I mean "I") gave the little girl a sip of cola. She complained that it was spicy.
Then she pinched me.
Sparkles*_* |
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