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versapak:

--- Quote from: MaximRecoil on November 01, 2009, 06:43:59 pm ---
--- 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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Soda water is exactly that (soda water), and is just one of the ingredients in soda pop.

Somebody asking for a soda, and expecting a Coke, Pepsi, Sprite, etc., is asking for a soda pop.

Sure soda can be short for soda water as well, but it is contextual.

If someone says they want peanut butter, and we are talking about cookies, then they are talking about wanting a peanut butter cookie not a jar of peanut butter. :P

















Oh yeah...

That arcade machine is pretty sweet.






Havok:

--- Quote from: Blanka on November 02, 2009, 06:11:41 am ---The first, the best  :notworthy:


That russion racer is close second though  :cheers:

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And certainly not proportionate...
Ginsu Victim:

--- Quote from: MaximRecoil on November 01, 2009, 06:43:59 pm ---Additionally, both "soda pop" and especially "pop" sound corny.

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I guess it's regional. Soda sounds corny to me. My wife and I tend to call it pop.
Havok:

--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on November 02, 2009, 09:55:24 am ---
--- Quote from: MaximRecoil on November 01, 2009, 06:43:59 pm ---Additionally, both "soda pop" and especially "pop" sound corny.

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I guess it's regional. Soda sounds corny to me. My wife and I tend to call it pop.

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Definitely regional - "pop" sounds gay to me...
HaRuMaN:
Where I grew up, it was referred to as "soda".
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