Americanisms

[Pyle_PMG]

Interesting. To me, everything is pop, except cream soda because that's a specific name.

Cream soda is a type of pop. But in UK English there's usually the suffix -ade. Orange soda = Orangeade, for example.

Here Orange soda is either Orange soda or Orange drink.

Ginger.

Ale?

I always say Coke or Pepsi.

None of that cheap supermarket stuff for me...

I say Dr. Pepper. Because that stuff is worth paying for.

 

[TheCracker]

Ginger.

Whisky and ginger to be precise.

 

[Liquid]

I always say Coke or Pepsi

I say Dr. Pepper. Because that stuff is worth paying for.

And if you're talking about carbonated soft drinks in general?

Pop.

 

[Famine]

Pop is an old guy who sits on the porch with his 12-gauge. Or what you do to a Pringles tin and then find yourself unable to cease. Or what a four year old calls the fizzy drinks they aren't allowed.

 

[Liquid]

You don't say 'carbonated soft drink', do you? That's just anal.

And pop has never had anything to do with a male parent or any old male person; There's dad, and sometimes old man.

 

[rb26x]

Pop is more regional, my Aunt who lives in Ohio always says "pop", as well as some around the Pittsburg Area. Nobody I've talked to from around the eastern side of PA says pop, they just say soda.

 

[E28]

I say Dr. Pepper. Because that stuff is worth paying for.

I've never had Dr.Pepper...

 

[Omnis]

Depends on how you've said it your whole life.

My family tends to use some British words, like rubber instead of eraser and such. But mom has always been mom.

Lol Canadians. Come down here and ask someone for a rubber. Dare ya.

 

[Famine]

You don't say 'carbonated soft drink', do you?

No. Generally I say "beer".


If I'm referring to soft drinks - and it does happen from time to time - I say what it is. In fact everyone I know says what it is. Lemonade, Coke ("Pepsi?"; "Yeah, whatever."), Cream Soda, Dandelion & Burdock... Never "pop" and I've not heard it being referred to as pop since I was five. Pop is what the weasel does.

 

[88FoxBodyFan]

You don't say 'carbonated soft drink', do you? That's just anal.

And pop has never had anything to do with a male parent or any old male person; There's dad, and sometimes old man.

Actually, where I live, there are a lot of old men with the nickname of "Pops."

 

[dhandeh]

Pop is what my knee does, when playing football. Pop is what I sometimes refer a soft drink to, 'Oi bird, get us a bottle of pop'. The other half will then give me 'that' look.

And as for never having Dr Pepper, wow, just wow.

 

[PeterJB]

I feel this has now become appropriate

 

[Keef]

Coke ("Pepsi?"; "Yeah, whatever.")

So true!

 

[Jimlaad43]

Just found out a way to settle the football arguement. Apparently, it is named so because the ball in the USA is 1 foot long! (Call it a 12 Inch ball then to stop any arguements)

 

[Liquid]

Stiles and Mochrie. Legends.

 

[BobK]

Just found out a way to settle the football arguement. Apparently, it is named so because the ball in the USA is 1 foot long! (Call it a 12 Inch ball then to stop any arguements)

Ah. Calling it a 30 cm ball would be just too weird.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Ah. Calling it a 30 cm ball would be just too weird.

30cm is close but not quite 1 foot.

 

[CMvan46]

Lol Canadians. Come down here and ask someone for a rubber. Dare ya.

That's not a Canadian thing I can tell you that. A rubber up here is definitely what your implying... Not sure where the heck eraser comes from.


As for drinks its called pop not soda pop in no way means dad. There is dad, father, pa, and old man. There is no pop... unless your talking about drinks.

 

[Schwartz]

That's not a Canadian thing I can tell you that. A rubber up here is definitely what your implying... Not sure where the heck eraser comes from.

As for drinks its called pop not soda pop in no way means dad. There is dad, father, pa, and old man. There is no pop... unless your talking about drinks.

They say "soda" on the east coast, "pop" on the west coast, and "coke" in some places in the southeast as wierd as that sounds.

 

[mattythedog]

If I'm referring to soft drinks - and it does happen from time to time - I say what it is. In fact everyone I know says what it is. Lemonade, Coke ("Pepsi?"; "Yeah, whatever."), Cream Soda, Dandelion & Burdock... Never "pop" and I've not heard it being referred to as pop since I was five. Pop is what the weasel does.

I'm with this on the whole fizzy drink argument.

 

[RTSolvalou]

Pronouncing Lieutenant... Oh wait America does this the correct way!

 

[Jimlaad43]

Pronouncing Lieutenant... Oh wait America does this the correct way!

I have no idea which is correct though.
Loo-tenant or Lef-tenant?

 

[mattythedog]

I have no idea which is correct though.
Loo-tenant or Lef-tenant?

It looks like 'loo-tenant', I dunno where the 'lef' bit came in.

 

[Joel]

Lol Canadians. Come down here and ask someone for a rubber. Dare ya.

Rubber means the same thing here too, eh?

Also, he's lying about this whole "cream soda" stuff. If you're specifically referring to it, yeah it's "cream soda" but that's the same as specifically saying "coca-cola" really. It's pop.

"Do you want a pop?"

"Sure, what kind of pop do you have?"

"Coke, Sprite, Cream Soda..."

"I'll take a Cream Soda"

 

[RTSolvalou]

Lef-tenant is what they use in England. Because British Moustache.

 

[BobK]

30cm is close but not quite 1 foot.

Three sixteenths of an inch isn't something one would notice readily, given the size and shape.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Three sixteenths of an inch isn't something one would notice readily, given the size and shape.

Is Pluto a planet or not, you'd think just by looking at it, but measurement can show the truth.

 

[Famine]

Three sixteenths of an inch isn't something one would notice readily, given the size and shape.

Ooooh, siggable.

 

[Jimlaad43]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lieutenant

It comes from Lieu and tenant in the French language.
Therefore it is loo-tenant

 

[Tesla]

Ooooh, siggable.

Tempting, tempting

Also, soft drink is referred to as fizzy in our household.