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What do you call that fizzy sugar drink where you live?

Poll: What do you call that fizzy sugar drink where you live? Pop 19 / 36% Soda 14 / 26% Soda pop 2 / 4% Coke 6 / 11% Lemonade 4 / 8% Other 8 / 15% 53 total votes

Aunt Dora Baggins Immortal Jan 3 2011, 2:36am Views: 974 What do you call that fizzy sugar drink where you live? This came up in conversation in my family recently. We all say "Pop". My folks are from Nebraska and California/Colorado, and us kids grew up in Colorado. If English is your second language, you can answer "other" and tell us what it's called in your primary language, and/or what you learned to call it in English. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories leleni at hotmail dot com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hamfast Rohan Jan 3 2011, 2:43am Views: 612 It's always been soda to me... Top 5 flavors... Dr. Pepper 7UP A&W Root Beer IBC Cream Soda Orange Crush ( I don't drink much soda at all anymore though....I like to keep ginger ale in the fridge for something bubbly when you need it)

Oiotári Tol Eressea Jan 3 2011, 3:33am Views: 598 almost always pop though sometimes I call it soda, never soda pop The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out You can only come to the morning through the shadows

Ethel Duath Half-elven Jan 3 2011, 3:34am Views: 626 Pop! Goes the Mom. My daughter calls it soda (but she grew up in the North East, not in Nebraska or Colorado which both use the proper term).

Ataahua Forum Admin / Moderator Jan 3 2011, 4:12am Views: 639 Other - fizzy drink or soft drink. /   Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..." Dwarves: "Pretty rings..." Men: "Pretty rings..." Sauron: "Mine's better." "Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded b*****d with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak. Ataahua's stories (This post was edited by Ataahua on Jan 4 2011, 7:27pm)

acheron Gondor Jan 3 2011, 4:28am Views: 682 Soda now I grew up in Ohio calling it "pop", but I converted to "soda" pretty quickly when I went to college in New England. (I live in Virginia now and still say "soda".) For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much -- the wheel, New York, wars, and so on -- while all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man, for precisely the same reasons. -- Douglas Adams

Magpie Immortal Jan 3 2011, 5:29am Views: 615 pop... Michigan & Minnesota But Minnesotans call rubber bands 'rubber binders'. Once, when I was a kid, my cousin from across the street came over and said her mom wanted to borrow a poke. My mom could not get out of her what my aunt wanted so she finally called over and found out a poke was a bag. Which, of course made perfect sense when you consider a 'pig in a poke'. I've also had to explain what an English muffin was for people visiting me from the UK. They'd never heard of it. LOTR soundtrack website ~ June 2010 : ROTK Lyrics Update! magpie avatar gallery ~ Torn Image Posting Guide

Idril Celebrindal Tol Eressea Jan 3 2011, 5:43am Views: 631 It's all pop to me ... Here's a detailed, interactive, county-by-county breakdown of American names for soft drinks: http://popvssoda.com:2998/...ts/total-county.html I live smack in the middle of Pop land, but my husband comes from Soda land. Somehow we overcame our language differences ... With caffeine, all things are possible. The pity of Bilbo will screw up the fate of many. (This post was edited by Idril Celebrindal on Jan 3 2011, 5:45am)

Compa_Mighty Tol Eressea Jan 3 2011, 7:23am Views: 656 Mmmm... we generally call it "refresco" As in Refreshment. Short and colloquial for refresco is "chesco" much in the same we call beer (cerveza) "chela". Film translations usually call it either "soda" or "gaseosa" (as in gassy), but have never heard someone call it the latter in "real life". I guess the cult term is "bebida carbonatada" = carbonated drink. Of course there are people that only call it "Coca" = Coke... but that's not generally well-seen. Oh well... too much dissertation on soda... Visit Mexico from A to Z! Index to the whole series here. Essay winner of the Show us your Hobbit Pride Giveway!

macfalk Valinor Jan 3 2011, 9:00am Views: 651 Läsk Läsk, or Läskedryck is the general word used for drinks that are sweet and that are carbonated like Coca-cola. The translation I have always used for that is soda. The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.

Aunt Dora Baggins Immortal Jan 3 2011, 2:36pm Views: 613 That map is fascinating! I'm trying to figure out those five yellow/green counties in Colorado. The ones in the mountains make sense, since those mountain resort towns are more like California socially than like the rest of Colorado. But El Paso County is out on the plains and should be like the Midwest. Hmm.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories leleni at hotmail dot com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (This post was edited by Aunt Dora Baggins on Jan 3 2011, 2:39pm)

Aunt Dora Baggins Immortal Jan 3 2011, 2:41pm Views: 578 Oh! Interesting. //   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories leleni at hotmail dot com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

TolkienOtaku Rivendell Jan 3 2011, 3:03pm Views: 585 Devil's urine Not my idea to call soda that, though. Some guest doctor on Dr. Oz came up with it. Mainly because of how unhealthy soda is. And yet I still drink it on occasion. Weird. So many are still waiting for their new beginning. Their birth by sleep. Even me, and even you.

Aunt Dora Baggins Immortal Jan 3 2011, 3:18pm Views: 585 I can't stand the stuff myself, but that's quite a name! :-D I like carbonated water though. When my kids were little they called it "spaka wata" ("sparkling water"). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories leleni at hotmail dot com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Alassëa Eruvande Valinor Jan 3 2011, 3:47pm Views: 618 It's "Coke", people. As in, "What kind of Coke do you want?" Dr. Pepper, Sprite, or Coke? Yeah, I'm in Texas. And I hate it when restaurants try to give me Pepsi in place of Coke. It's not the same thing at all! So I just order iced tea instead. And suddenly the Tornadoes saw afar off a greenlight, as it were a cloud with a living heart of flame; and they knew that this was no vision only, but that PJ had made a new thing: The Hobbit, the Film that Is.

Kangi Ska Half-elven Jan 3 2011, 3:57pm Views: 578 Fizzy Lifting Drink.//   Kangi Ska Resident Trickster & Wicked White Crebain New Zealand is Middle-earth & today life is good. At night you can not tell if crows are black or white.

Patty Immortal Jan 3 2011, 4:01pm Views: 642 Pop is pop. A soda is a drink made with carbonated water, syrup, and ice cream. and the concoction is consumed with a straw and a spoon, especially, in olden days, by a dating couple at an ice cream store. Now, Pop can be orange, coke, 7 up, etc. but it's all pop, and designated specifically only when you want a specific flavor. And that's the story in Indy. Permanent address: Into the West Must. Have. The Precious! Give us the LotR EE Blu-ray Ultimate Box Set! (This post was edited by Patty on Jan 3 2011, 4:03pm)

Aunt Dora Baggins Immortal Jan 3 2011, 4:10pm Views: 596 Gaseosa! :-D And it also amuses me that the cult term is "bebida carbonatada". It's no surprise that when I see English and Spanish on a sign or package, the Spanish version is always half again as long as the English version :-D ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories leleni at hotmail dot com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Aunt Dora Baggins Immortal Jan 3 2011, 4:12pm Views: 592 Yum! That soda recipe sounds delicious. And makes me think of The Music Man. They had some funny old-fashioned name for it there. Strawberry phosphate, or something. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories leleni at hotmail dot com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Patty Immortal Jan 3 2011, 4:20pm Views: 596 I gather people who call pop "Soda" say "Ice cream soda" to designate that . Much easier to just call it "soda" and call pop, "pop". Yeah, we are great thinkers here in Indy. Permanent address: Into the West Must. Have. The Precious! Give us the LotR EE Blu-ray Ultimate Box Set!

Aunt Dora Baggins Immortal Jan 3 2011, 4:43pm Views: 615 I've heard dentists call it "chainsaw for the teeth" //   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories leleni at hotmail dot com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Donry Tol Eressea Jan 3 2011, 4:52pm Views: 573 We are pop... eh.......speaking of which....I may just have to run down to the store and purchase a pop or two.....back to work tonight....which is worse than a bicycle with no seat..... but only back for a few days and then off to Mexico for a bit..... What's the matter, James? No glib remark? No pithy comeback?"

deej Tol Eressea Jan 3 2011, 5:27pm Views: 615 In Michigan - pop. In Georgia - Coke (regardless of the flavor) I've lived in the South for about 5 years, and I still refer to soda as 'pop', which gets me odd looks.

Elberbeth Tol Eressea Jan 3 2011, 5:48pm Views: 600 Pop. To me, soda is club soda, not the same thing at all I remember when my brother brought his new American wife to visit us. She asked for a soda, so I gave her club soda. Fortunately she thought it was funny. But I normally don't drink pop of any kind. I just don't like it, it's far too sweet. The only one I can stand is Squirt, which tastes more like fruit juice. But we can't get it here, so I stock up whenever I go to the States. "There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark."

Darkstone Immortal Jan 3 2011, 6:14pm Views: 578 Whoa! So in Indy a "Scotch and Soda" would have syrup and a scoop of ice cream in it? Sounds.....interesting. ****************************************** Message on the back of Legolas' cloak: "If you can read this the Dwarf has fallen off."

Darkstone Immortal Jan 3 2011, 6:19pm Views: 408 Soda pop Pronounced "sodie pop". In the old days younger kids would call it "pop-pop". ****************************************** Message on the back of Legolas' cloak: "If you can read this the Dwarf has fallen off."

Patty Immortal Jan 3 2011, 6:20pm Views: 428 So, which way did you vote, Darkstone? I admit, I'm curious to see how this will pan out. Permanent address: Into the West Must. Have. The Precious! Give us the LotR EE Blu-ray Ultimate Box Set!

Aunt Dora Baggins Immortal Jan 3 2011, 6:28pm Views: 415 The reason I put "lemonade" as a choice is that when I spent some time in Germany, that's what they called it there. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories leleni at hotmail dot com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Patty Immortal Jan 3 2011, 6:31pm Views: 411 No, you nutcase... that's soda water! I'm not a Scotch drinker, but let me tell ya, Kahlua with ice cream is yummy. I wonder what it would taste like with soda water in it. Permanent address: Into the West Must. Have. The Precious! Give us the LotR EE Blu-ray Ultimate Box Set!

Patty Immortal Jan 3 2011, 6:32pm Views: 416 You are kidding. I had thought that was a joke. What do they call lemonade? Permanent address: Into the West Must. Have. The Precious! Give us the LotR EE Blu-ray Ultimate Box Set!

macfalk Valinor Jan 3 2011, 6:34pm Views: 409 Lemonade We used to call it lemonade here too, but the word has faded in time. It's not used much more by most. The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.

Aunt Dora Baggins Immortal Jan 3 2011, 6:39pm Views: 401 You're making me thirsty, Patty :-) //   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories leleni at hotmail dot com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Darkstone Immortal Jan 3 2011, 6:51pm Views: 398 I see so far... ...that I am the only one to have voted for "soda pop". Kinda the story of my life. ****************************************** Message on the back of Legolas' cloak: "If you can read this the Dwarf has fallen off."

Darkstone Immortal Jan 3 2011, 7:03pm Views: 418 So what the heck... ...were the Kingston Trio singing about in 1958? Or was it "Scotch and Soda Water" just wasn't metrically pleasing? As for Scotch and Ice Cream, I do use real Scotch to make my home-made Butterscotch Ice Cream, so maybe Scotch, Butterscotch Syrup, and Ice Cream would be pretty good! ****************************************** Message on the back of Legolas' cloak: "If you can read this the Dwarf has fallen off."

Laerasëa Tol Eressea Jan 3 2011, 8:26pm Views: 395 Soda -- Texas My sister and I thought it was hysterical when we were little, and we'd hear my mom's friends talk about drinking "pop" (she's from Michigan). Moonlight's, moon, has, the, mellow, Secrecy, of, mellowing, water's, water- Mellons, mellowly. Moonlight's, a, mellow, Mellower, being, moon's, mellow, daughter. Moonlight's, melody, alone, has, secrecy, To, make, watermelons, sweet, and, juicy. Laerasea's Travelling TORn Journal (with updated link!) Mozart and Chocolate

Laerasëa Tol Eressea Jan 3 2011, 8:27pm Views: 380 It was limonade when I went to school in France //   Moonlight's, moon, has, the, mellow, Secrecy, of, mellowing, water's, water- Mellons, mellowly. Moonlight's, a, mellow, Mellower, being, moon's, mellow, daughter. Moonlight's, melody, alone, has, secrecy, To, make, watermelons, sweet, and, juicy. Laerasea's Travelling TORn Journal (with updated link!) Mozart and Chocolate

RosieLass Valinor Jan 3 2011, 8:52pm Views: 428 Soda Because I made the conscious decision to call it that. I've always lived in Colorado, but I don't really know what the "Coloradoan" word is. My mom, however, is from Alabama, so I'm used to asking for a "coke" and then being asked what kind. I think they also called it "Cocola." And then there was my aunt who tried to offer me a "Yeller Meller." It is always those with the fewest sensible things to say who make the loudest noise in saying them. --Precious Ramotswe (Alexander McCall Smith)

dernwyn Forum Admin / Moderator Jan 4 2011, 12:13am Views: 393 Well... I can join with you in calling it "soda pop". Comes of growing up in New England with Ohio parents! (Did other strange things too, like instead of the traditional New England Saturday night supper of baked beans, we'd have calves' liver with corn-filled pancakes...) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I desired dragons with a profound desire" "It struck me last night that you might write a fearfully good romantic drama, with as much of the 'supernatural' as you cared to introduce. Have you ever thought of it?" -Geoffrey B. Smith, letter to JRR Tolkien, 1915

batik Tol Eressea Jan 4 2011, 2:55am Views: 369 ditto For many years, Coke = any and all types of "soft drinks". These days, I do find myself thinking "soda" as well as telling the grandkids "no soda". But, old habits die hard--I voted coke! (This post was edited by batik on Jan 4 2011, 2:56am)

Altaira Superuser Jan 4 2011, 3:01am Views: 445 To my Kiwi better half, Lemonade = Sprite/7-up Since one of my fav drinks is Minute-Maid light lemonade, and we both like diet 7-up, we have to specify "American lemonade" or "Kiwi lemonade" in our household to guarantee we get what we're wanting. Koru: Maori symbol representing a fern frond as it opens. The koru reaches towards the light, striving for perfection, encouraging new, positive beginnings. "Life can't be all work and no TORn" -- jflower "I take a moment to fervently hope that the camaradarie and just plain old fun I found at TORn will never end" -- LOTR_nutcase TORn Calendar

silneldor Half-elven Jan 5 2011, 1:52am Views: 430 Fizzies- pick a flavor, what else;-), Just don't put one in your mouth, you will have the Shelob-bite-Frodo effect.\\   ''Sam put his ragged orc-cloak under his master's head, and covered them both with the grey robe of Lorien; and as he did so his thoughts went out to that fair land, and to the Elves, and he hoped that the cloth woven by their hands might have some virtue to keep them hidden beyond all hope in this wilderness of fear...But their luck held, and for the rest of that day they met no living or moving thing; and when night fell they vanished into the darkess of Mordor.'' - - -rotk, chapter III May the grace of Manwë let us soar with eagle's wings! In the air, among the clouds in the sky Here is where the birds of Manwe fly Looking at the land, and the water that flows The true beauty of earth shows With the stars of Varda lighting my way In all the realms this is where I stay In the realm of Manwë Súlimo

Starling Half-elven Jan 5 2011, 8:48am Views: 415 I thought he took an antacid to counteract the effects of elven bread ;-) //

Darkstone Immortal Jan 5 2011, 3:33pm Views: 395 Root beer fizzies really gross people out. /   ****************************************** "The ring cannot be destroyed, Gimli, son of Gloin, by any craft that we here possess. The ring was made in the fires of Mount Doom. Only there can it be unmade. The ring must be taken deep into Mordor and cast back into the fiery chasm from whence it came. One of you must do this," *crickets*

silneldor Half-elven Jan 5 2011, 9:34pm Views: 389 They say, they brought them back (a 2nd time) in 5 flavors....I believe i recall liking rootbeer ones. But i am not sure. I remember 'DADs Rootbeer and had a lot of that in the 50's. I do remember having contests to see who could keep there mouth closed the longest. I'll tellya it was gross when it ended up coming out someones nose. EEEEEUUUUU. We used to laugh about that for hours. Kids. *rolls eyes* ''Sam put his ragged orc-cloak under his master's head, and covered them both with the grey robe of Lorien; and as he did so his thoughts went out to that fair land, and to the Elves, and he hoped that the cloth woven by their hands might have some virtue to keep them hidden beyond all hope in this wilderness of fear...But their luck held, and for the rest of that day they met no living or moving thing; and when night fell they vanished into the darkess of Mordor.'' - - -rotk, chapter III May the grace of Manwë let us soar with eagle's wings! In the air, among the clouds in the sky Here is where the birds of Manwe fly Looking at the land, and the water that flows The true beauty of earth shows With the stars of Varda lighting my way In all the realms this is where I stay In the realm of Manwë Súlimo

Elentari03 Rivendell Jan 6 2011, 6:07am Views: 349 Not quite correct. This map is interesting, but I am originally from California and I never heard anyone use "pop" or "soda" until I traveled to the Midwest. In California it is always "Coke."

macfalk Valinor Jan 6 2011, 10:09am Views: 325 Coke? Sounds like a name that could cause confusion? I The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.

macfalk Valinor Jan 6 2011, 10:20am Views: 327 Concerning root beer This is a very similar drink http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julmust I'm not sure how long root beer has existed, but this drink, Julmust, is very old (and also very tasty: it's my favourite drink) Americans can buy them in the nearest IKEA store The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.

Kangi Ska Half-elven Jan 6 2011, 10:37am Views: 357 Home Made Root Beer In1972 I met a lady in Morgan Utah that was over a hundred years old. She had come to Utah from Illinois on a handcart pulled by her father. Every year she made root beer. It was marvelous and quite different from the commercial products. It was made from an ancient family recipe and I was not told what went into it. Kangi Ska Resident Trickster & Wicked White Crebain New Zealand is Middle-earth & today life is good. At night you can not tell if crows are black or white.

Wraith Buster Gondor Jan 6 2011, 1:20pm Views: 290 My family calls it Pepsi. //   Bustin' makes me feel good!! I do believe if our honorable friend continues to scrape the bottom of the barrel for objections he is in danger of getting splinters under his fingernails. Have you heard nothing of the stubbornness of dwarves and their elf instigators? The dark spybot will not avail you, flame of Ubuntu!

GAndyalf Valinor Jan 6 2011, 6:33pm Views: 345 Ever see a German label for Capri-Sun fruit drinks? "Fruchtsaftgetrank" or something very close to it. "Be good, be careful, have fun, don't get arrested!" ---Marcia Michelle Alexander Hamilton, 7 Nov 1955 - 19 Nov 2009

GAndyalf Valinor Jan 6 2011, 6:36pm Views: 398 <laughs> So you're gonna go THERE, are you? I prefer Pepsi, far and away. For me, Coke is too thick on the syrup and heavy. "Be good, be careful, have fun, don't get arrested!" ---Marcia Michelle Alexander Hamilton, 7 Nov 1955 - 19 Nov 2009

GAndyalf Valinor Jan 6 2011, 6:37pm Views: 380 I was wondering if anyone would use that reference! Sadly I can't get any TRUE 'fizzy-lifting drinks' or that might well be my choice as well! "Be good, be careful, have fun, don't get arrested!" ---Marcia Michelle Alexander Hamilton, 7 Nov 1955 - 19 Nov 2009

GAndyalf Valinor Jan 6 2011, 6:38pm Views: 389 //mods up//   "Be good, be careful, have fun, don't get arrested!" ---Marcia Michelle Alexander Hamilton, 7 Nov 1955 - 19 Nov 2009

GAndyalf Valinor Jan 6 2011, 6:45pm Views: 426 In some parts of Britain (mostly rural) it used to be called lemonade as well... And at least when I was posted there in the mid-eighties you could still find that term in parts of Scotland. "Be good, be careful, have fun, don't get arrested!" ---Marcia Michelle Alexander Hamilton, 7 Nov 1955 - 19 Nov 2009

GAndyalf Valinor Jan 6 2011, 6:53pm Views: 376 Hmmm... Would that happen to have been a "Mello Yello" (Coke's ill-fated attempt at Mountain Dew)? With the "throwback" packaging of Mountain Dew recently I recalled that the original 'challenger' to that market was a drink called "Hillbilly Joos" that apparently was too ethnically linked and eventually lost even though Mountain Dew's early campaign did use the 'hillbilly' character on the original cans yelling, 'Yaaaa-hoo! It's Mountain Dew!" It should also be noted that 'mountain dew' was one of the old code phrases for moonshine, or illegally produced alcohol of a hair-raisingly high percentage (usually 90% or higher alcohol content, about 180+ proof) "Be good, be careful, have fun, don't get arrested!" ---Marcia Michelle Alexander Hamilton, 7 Nov 1955 - 19 Nov 2009

GAndyalf Valinor Jan 6 2011, 7:05pm Views: 429 The online dictionary... Says root beer originated between 1835-45 so it would seem to pre-date must by at least 65 years. That said, I'd like to give must a try. No IKEA stores anywhere near me so I'd have to buy it online. We'll see once I'm working and am sure of a place for me and my boy to stay! <smile> Thanks for the tip though! "Be good, be careful, have fun, don't get arrested!" ---Marcia Michelle Alexander Hamilton, 7 Nov 1955 - 19 Nov 2009

macfalk Valinor Jan 6 2011, 7:16pm Views: 407 GAndy No problem! It's unique you know, studies have shown that Sweden is the only country in the world where Coca-Cola is declining by christmas (50 % sales drop). So they are trying to make their own julmust, but they are also marketing heavily every year to make more Swedes put Coca-Cola on the Christmas table (but failing each year). Their slogan is pretty witty: "Coca-Cola. A must for christmas." The greatest adventure is what lies ahead. (This post was edited by macfalk on Jan 6 2011, 7:19pm)

GAndyalf Valinor Jan 6 2011, 7:22pm Views: 397 I read that... But I wish they'd just leave must alone. One country of 9 million won't kill Coke for ONE month per year. Your entire nation is only about the population of New York City (a skoche over 8 million) but they can't leave it alone. I hate commercialism for just such reasons. Oh well. Unique isn't necessarily a GOOD thing (such as adding 'lark's vomit' to your chocies! hehe) but in this case I agree w/you! hehehe "Be good, be careful, have fun, don't get arrested!" ---Marcia Michelle Alexander Hamilton, 7 Nov 1955 - 19 Nov 2009

RosieLass Valinor Jan 6 2011, 7:26pm Views: 390 Root beer grosses me out. With or without ice cream. Liquid licorice. Yuck! It is always those with the fewest sensible things to say who make the loudest noise in saying them. --Precious Ramotswe (Alexander McCall Smith)

RosieLass Valinor Jan 6 2011, 7:31pm Views: 405 And then there's the "coke" you buy on the street. Which opens a whole different can of worms. It is always those with the fewest sensible things to say who make the loudest noise in saying them. --Precious Ramotswe (Alexander McCall Smith)

macfalk Valinor Jan 6 2011, 7:53pm Views: 371 Aye You gotta give em cred for the slogan though, I love it. The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.

Alcarcalime Tol Eressea Jan 6 2011, 7:59pm Views: 381 Hey, your age is showing! How many here remember Fizzies?

Alcarcalime Tol Eressea Jan 6 2011, 8:01pm Views: 395 Funny! I think Pepsi is too thick and sweet -- no pizzaz!

Elentari03 Rivendell Jan 6 2011, 10:42pm Views: 367 It does.//

Alassëa Eruvande Valinor Jan 7 2011, 12:22am Views: 367 Complete opposite for me. Pepsi is just too sweet and wimpy. Coke has a certain "bite" to it that I crave sometimes. And suddenly the Tornadoes saw afar off a greenlight, as it were a cloud with a living heart of flame; and they knew that this was no vision only, but that PJ had made a new thing: The Hobbit, the Film that Is.

Aunt Dora Baggins Immortal Jan 7 2011, 1:25am Views: 408 They used to put that in Coca Cola, you know back in the day (before 1929, according to snopes). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories leleni at hotmail dot com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

film fanNo.7 Bree Jan 9 2011, 5:06am Views: 399 It's "Pop" for me here in Canada... But it was funny when my parents and I went to America last summer though, becase every one kept calling it soda, and it always took me a couple of second s before I realised what everyone meant. You know you're cool when... -You have a nerd-spasm just because you walk by your Lord of the Rings Extended Edition DVDs. -You cry at the end of return of the king even though you've seen it about 13 times. -You check TOR.n for updates when you should be doing your geography project. -You would rather have Richard Taylor's autograph than Merryl Streep's. -You doodle Treebeard in the margins of your math homework. -"Everything you say, or anyone else for that matter, relates to LotR even if it only makes sense to you."-by Gimli'sBox But if that's what I'm like... well than too bad for normal people!

StarElf Rohan Jan 10 2011, 9:33am Views: 362 Re: the fizzy stuff I have no idea. Backstory: I lived my first few years of life in Anaheim (a suburb of Los Angeles which has become a major city in its own right) during the 1980s. while I don't remember what the people in my immediate area called it, I was calling it 'soda' as of the time our family moved to southwest Washington State. That being said, the children who lived in my town (which was notably small) all called it pop. I have no idea what the general rule is anymore, or even if there is one. Where I live now, we have some very diverse backgrounds. I think most people either call it soda or pop, but that's just a guess. Was the world being born what called me...? At the bottom of the deep sea, I could hear a voice.

GAndyalf Valinor Jan 11 2011, 2:43am Views: 344 Pepsi too, for that matter... Pepsi was advertised as "the drink that gives you pep!" when it had cocaine in its formula. It's speculated that the reason soft drinks ever became the majority leisure beverage is because of people getting addicted to those original recipes. "Be good, be careful, have fun, don't get arrested!" ---Marcia Michelle Alexander Hamilton, 7 Nov 1955 - 19 Nov 2009

GAndyalf Valinor Jan 11 2011, 2:45am Views: 400 *Raises hand*//   "Be good, be careful, have fun, don't get arrested!" ---Marcia Michelle Alexander Hamilton, 7 Nov 1955 - 19 Nov 2009

StarElf Rohan Jan 11 2011, 6:30am Views: 374 I remember Fizzies! They actually re-introduced them back when I was a kid (~1990s). Apparently, you can still get them. I haven't seen any in my local stores for years and years and years; but I just Googled, and some places actually do carry them. Was the world being born what called me...? At the bottom of the deep sea, I could hear a voice. (This post was edited by StarElf on Jan 11 2011, 6:36am)

Alcarcalime Tol Eressea Jan 11 2011, 10:56am Views: 359 I didn't know that. In the 50s when I was a kid, my grandmother got some for my sister and me. We loved to watch them dissolve, but didn't like the resultant drink!

StarElf Rohan Jan 11 2011, 12:42pm Views: 381 I may be able to shed some light on this 'lemonade' thing.... Circa the end of WWII, American forces were occupying or remained in other countries which did not, at least as a rule, drink soda. Lemon-lime soda was apparently very popular with the servicemen at the time, and they naturally circulated it among their friends in whichever country they were staying in. To this day, in Japan, there is a soft drink brand called Ramune.... Ramune is a mistransliteration of lemonade, but they actually do make many other flavors under the name of Ramune, including the usual cola, strawberry, cherry, grape, and even some less common ones like mango and (of all things) octopus. If Germans call soda lemonade, I'm thinking that you can probably blame the Yanks. The weird thing is that I've never heard it called lemonade here in the States, at least that I know of. Maybe lemonade was easier for non-English speakers to say than 'lemon lime soda', or maybe it was just a regional thing which fell swiftly out of use. Was the world being born what called me...? At the bottom of the deep sea, I could hear a voice. (This post was edited by StarElf on Jan 11 2011, 12:51pm)

Turambar Bree Jan 11 2011, 4:48pm Views: 413 Fizzy... ... drinks or soft drinks same as Ataahua. That's what they're called in England anyways as far as I'm aware. This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down. (This post was edited by Turambar on Jan 11 2011, 4:48pm)