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Epyx:

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Lol, ya I had just watched that before I posted...classic Circus :)
kagaden:

--- Quote from: RayB on October 27, 2009, 05:26:22 pm ---I put the people who call single machines "arcades" in the same category as those who call a video arcade machine a "pinball", and game cartridges "tapes".

Reminds me of my grandfather who would call automobiles "machines". He'd talk about going places "by machine". Quite odd.

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I put people who call single machines "arcades" in the same category as those who call all types of soda, "pop" or "coke".

My favorite cabinet was any type of showcase cabinet... The first time I had seen one I was blown away. I remember telling myself "when I get older, I'm going to have one of those..."
Now I do, and they're still my favorite.
Ginsu Victim:

--- Quote from: kagaden on November 01, 2009, 12:07:46 am ---I put people who call single machines "arcades" in the same category as those who call all types of soda, "pop" or "coke".

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Soda is short for "soda pop" so "soda" or "pop" both work.
JustMichael:

--- Quote ---I put people who call single machines "arcades" in the same category as those who call all types of soda, "pop" or "coke".

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Well "pop" is part of the "soda pop" name for sweetened, flavored, carbonated beverages.  Now "coke" is a whole different matter.  It is the shortened version of Coca-Cola brand name of soda pop and should not be used to refer all soda pop.  In some parts of the US they do refer to all soda pop as "coke".  I don't know why but I think it is just not right.
MaximRecoil:

--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on November 01, 2009, 12:29:13 pm ---Soda is short for "soda pop" so "soda" or "pop" both work.

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--- Quote from: JustMichael on November 01, 2009, 02:10:33 pm ---Well "pop" is part of the "soda pop" name for sweetened, flavored, carbonated beverages.
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It was originally called "soda water", and was sold from "soda fountains" and glass bottles. The term "soda pop" came later. So "soda" is not short for "soda pop", it is short for "soda water". "Soda pop" is a separate branch of the etymology.

Additionally, both "soda pop" and especially "pop" sound corny.
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