Hey this ones for you beeeph.
http://tommcmahon.net/
This was in washington's other responses, i found it quite funny. However he musn't be a native because washington is 75% pop callers by default.
"the only time i use pop is when i pop a cap in someones ass for calling it pop....its soda"
Pop vs. Soda
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I'll second that, and raise you...
... syrup... to make Carbonated sugar syrup beverage.
I call it soda, because I got tired of the Eastsiders making comments. It's been soda for the last 10 years or so. It also sounds a bit better. (Probably the larger reason I switched.) I don't really even like crabonated sugar syrup beverage that much, except the occasional Ramune.... mmmmmmmm.... Ramune.......... mmmmmmm......
I call it soda, because I got tired of the Eastsiders making comments. It's been soda for the last 10 years or so. It also sounds a bit better. (Probably the larger reason I switched.) I don't really even like crabonated sugar syrup beverage that much, except the occasional Ramune.... mmmmmmmm.... Ramune.......... mmmmmmm......
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My personal experience is that the use of "pop" is closely linked to the percentage of the population living in trailer/mobile homes.
Good visual of the controversy:
http://www.popvssoda.com
and for more language wackiness throughout the states:
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~golder/dialect/maps.php
(did you know the firefly is sometimes called a "peen willie?" But only in Wisconsin and Texas)
Good visual of the controversy:
http://www.popvssoda.com
and for more language wackiness throughout the states:
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~golder/dialect/maps.php
(did you know the firefly is sometimes called a "peen willie?" But only in Wisconsin and Texas)
I ordered the 3-in-1 breakfast maker for my mom for xmas. Its the least I could do for her for getting me the perfect pancake maker for my birthday. The 3/4" gap between the plates allow for awesome food fights when someone is within 2 ft of you when you flip the pan. She'll see how funny it is when I drill 1/8" dribble holes in her new coffee maker.
Oh, and I drink da other.
Oh, and I drink da other.