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- From: ewald@math.lsa.umich.edu (Brian Ewald)
- Subject: Re: Various things
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.035604.19192@lsa.umich.edu>
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- Organization: University of Michigan, Mathematics Department, Ann Arbor
- References: <1992Nov8.042646.10166@news.columbia.edu>
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 03:56:04 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov8.042646.10166@news.columbia.edu> gmw1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Gabe M Wiener) writes:
- >b) What areas of the U.S. still call carbonated beverages "pop" and
- >not "soda" ?
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- Well, where I'm from in Alabama, the generic word for such drinks is
- "coke". As in:
- "What would you like to drink?"
- "Coke."
- "What kind of coke?"
- "Er...do you have root beer?"
- That sort of thing.
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- Brian Ewald
- ewald@math.lsa.umich.edu
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