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Post by Easton on Sept 15, 2019 7:10:37 GMT -5
I've read about that. Unfortunately, by the time I read it on the Net, I couldn't drink pop (soda) anymore. Still, my imagination allows me to taste it and I think it would taste like a nice, home-made cherry pie without the crust.
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Post by alanankrett1 on Sept 15, 2019 15:23:05 GMT -5
Another difference in words from UK and USA. Soda over here is just carbonated (fizzy) water.
What Americans call soda is called "soft drinks" over here.
E.G. Coca cola, Fanta etc
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Post by Easton on Sept 15, 2019 15:47:57 GMT -5
^ Same here. In Canada, we call it 'pop'. Here, 'soda' is usually preceded by 'club' or followed by 'water'.
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Post by alanankrett1 on Sept 15, 2019 15:56:45 GMT -5
Yes, we call it pop too.
Soft drinks is just a technical term used in retail
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Post by Brenda on Sept 15, 2019 19:29:51 GMT -5
I call it pop, and I live in West Virginia. It was called pop on The Waltons. I remember in “The Grandchild” episode, Cassie went into Ike’s store to buy a bottle of grape pop.
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Post by Brenda on Sept 15, 2019 19:38:53 GMT -5
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Post by alanankrett1 on Sept 15, 2019 19:56:03 GMT -5
Agree with all of this but soda in the UK is just carbonated water.
On draught in public houses it is just water passed through a carbonater and compressor
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Post by Easton on Sept 15, 2019 20:18:41 GMT -5
@ Brenda's map
I liked the generic 'Coke' to cover all the bases.
Canada is virtually all 'pop' with pockets of 'soda' popping up here and there except in Montreal, which uses neither. They are strictly 'soft drink' people there... at least for the English speakers.
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Post by alanankrett1 on Sept 15, 2019 20:44:50 GMT -5
Pop is the main term over here for old school people like myself but soft drinks is more widely used these days
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Post by Johnny on Sept 15, 2019 21:20:20 GMT -5
I've heard people from the U.K. calling soda* fizzy drinks
*soda - a carbonated, flavored, sweetened beverage, often packaged in bottles (glass or plastic) and aluminum cans.
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Post by alanankrett1 on Sept 16, 2019 14:26:18 GMT -5
Agreed. Also called "fizzy drinks" but never as "soda". American term
Was a licensee, publican for over 20 years. I know of what I speak!!!!!
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Post by avaleewalton on Sept 16, 2019 15:48:38 GMT -5
In the M*A*S*H thread in the 'Other TV Shows and Movies' thread, the old Dr. Pepper commercials featuring David Naughton came up and I suddenly remember finding a red-headed Walton making an appearance in one of the commercials. Not only does Eric sing, but he dances as well.
Enjoy:
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Post by Sandra on Oct 2, 2019 9:39:51 GMT -5
This is so cool! I loved this commercial when I was growing up and this is the first time I noticed Eric in it! Great find! I love Dr. Pepper! As an adult,I found myself hooked on Diet Dr. Pepper--I was drinking several 12 oz cans of it each day. However, I had to give up Diet Dr. Pepper last year because I was diagnosed with heart failure--so I have to restrict my sodium intake as well as the doctor wants me to stay away from caffeinated beverages. I admit that I do miss my Diet Dr. Pepper at times, though.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2019 10:00:52 GMT -5
Very true. Don't like Marmite either. Produced not too far north of me up by the Burton brewery using the spent yeast etc from said brewery. If the wind is blowing in the right direction you can smell the horrid stuff from miles away I don't like Marmite either, but I LOVE Burton bitter |
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Post by JeriJet on Oct 2, 2019 10:35:52 GMT -5
I often wondered why my grandparents and parents never drank soda -- wondered, but not enough to ask...
Now, I find as I age that carbonated beverages are not very stomach-friendly, to me and several friends and relatives.... oh, how I miss Diet Coke and/or Diet Pepsi, as well as root beer and some other flavors.... but I do "indulge" occasionally, can't help it !!
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