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MaximRecoil:


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--- 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
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I'm not talking about what is currently known as "soda water". I'm talking about the origins of the drink in the early 1800s. It was called soda water and was primarily served in drug stores from "soda fountains" (yes, often flavored and everything). The term "soda pop" came later (mid-1800s) when bottling was more common due to development of automatic machinery which made it cost effective; the word "pop" being a reference to the sound it makes when you open the bottle.

BTW, the best tasting soda still comes from soda fountains (e.g., Coca-Cola from Burger King or McDonald's), and it doesn't even make sense to call that stuff "soda pop" or "pop".

People were calling it just "soda" many years before the term "soda pop" was even coined, and as such, the word was originally short for "soda water". Today, for some people, it may be short for "soda pop" in their own minds, but not for the people who never bought into the silly "soda pop" terminology in the first place (i.e., pretty much everyone in New England, as well a majority of the U.S. overall).

versapak:


--- Quote from: MaximRecoil on November 02, 2009, 08:36:57 pm ---I'm not talking about what is currently known as "soda water". I'm talking about the origins of the drink in the early 1800s. It was called soda water and was primarily served in drug stores from "soda fountains" (yes, often flavored and everything). The term "soda pop" came later (mid-1800s) when bottling was more common due to development of automatic machinery which made it cost effective; the word "pop" being a reference to the sound it makes when you open the bottle.

BTW, the best tasting soda still comes from soda fountains (e.g., Coca-Cola from Burger King or McDonald's), and it doesn't even make sense to call that stuff "soda pop" or "pop".

People were calling it just "soda" many years before the term "soda pop" was even coined, and as such, the word was originally short for "soda water". Today, for some people, it may be short for "soda pop" in their own minds, but not for the people who never bought into the silly "soda pop" terminology in the first place (i.e., pretty much everyone in New England, as well a majority of the U.S. overall).

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I'm not disputing its origins a hundred years ago as soda water. Just saying that it is irrelevant. If I say I am saying soda short for soda pop, then that is what it is short for, and I'd bet that would be the case for most people nowadays.

I completely disagree about the best tasting soda btw. I'd take a bottled over a fountain soda any day. Fountain soda is far too inconsistent and usually not at a mix to my liking. 










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--- Quote from: opt2not on November 02, 2009, 01:33:24 pm ---Anyways, my favourite cabinets of all time are:
Street Fighter (not SF2)

The shape of the cabinet was so cool! Loved the artwork on the marquee, and CP front, and the cabinet shape reminds me so much of the old Commodore logo (we had an old C64 when I was younger, best computer ever!):

Definitely a cabinet out of the norm.


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I love this one as well.  Anyone have a picture of it from another angle?  I'd love to build one like it.

wp34:


--- Quote from: MaximRecoil on November 02, 2009, 08:36:57 pm ---
BTW, the best tasting soda still comes from soda fountains (e.g., Coca-Cola from Burger King or McDonald's), and it doesn't even make sense to call that stuff "soda pop" or "pop".

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Couldn't agree with you more about fountain pop.  Nothing better than a Mountain (we call it Fountain) Dew from Quick Trip.  But I call it pop for the same reason I call the new release from Springsteen a Record even though my kids call it a CD.  Just a habit.

MaximRecoil:


--- Quote from: versapak on November 02, 2009, 09:40:19 pm ---
I'm not disputing its origins a hundred years ago as soda water. Just saying that it is irrelevant. If I say I am saying soda short for soda pop, then that is what it is short for, and I'd bet that would be the case for most people nowadays.
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See my last paragraph. For you, it is short for "soda pop". For me, it is not; because the word "soda pop" is not used around here, nor has it ever been. While your ancestors were coining the term "soda pop", my ancestors were saying "Soda pop? That sounds silly. I'm not calling it that."


--- Quote ---I completely disagree about the best tasting soda btw. I'd take a bottled over a fountain soda any day. Fountain soda is far too inconsistent and usually not at a mix to my liking.
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Get it from Burger King, one which has their soda fountains in order (it should come out of the nozzle smooth, not splattery). McDonald's is usually good too, but not as good as Burger King. And yes, it can be inconsistent, but when its good, it is as good as it gets IMO. However, the worst Coca-Cola I've ever had was also from a soda fountain; one of the little coin-operated ones in a few factories I used to work at (all serviced by the same company). That stuff was even worse than Coca-Cola from a plastic bottle (which I generally consider to be the worst form of Coca-Cola).

My ranking is as follows:

1. Fountain Coke from Burger King
2. Fountain Coke from McDonald's
3. Mexican Coke from a glass bottle (made with sugar)
4. American Coke from a glass bottle (made with HFCS)
5. Coke in an aluminum can
6. Coke in a plastic bottle
7. Coin-op fountain Coke from various places

I most often drink Coke in a can, because my top 4 choices are not available at the grocery store.

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