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#176698 - 05/07/08 06:23 AM Re: this/next [Re: The Pook]
Faldage Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 11418	Originally Posted By: The Pook ...actually soda is a caustic byproduct of smelting isn't it? Don't they use coke in the smelting process, too?
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#176701 - 05/07/08 07:58 AM Re: this/next [Re: Faldage]
The Pook The Pook addict Registered: 02/20/08 Posts: 468 Loc: Tasmania	Originally Posted By: Faldage Originally Posted By: The Pook ...actually soda is a caustic byproduct of smelting isn't it? Don't they use coke in the smelting process, too? heh heh, yup I b'lieve so
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#176708 - 05/07/08 11:19 AM Re: this/next [Re: The Pook]
Jackie Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 9598 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	here, "pop" is lemonade. Even brand-name soft drinks such as Coca-cola? It's all lemonade?
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#176722 - 05/08/08 12:05 AM Re: this/next [Re: Jackie]
The Pook The Pook addict Registered: 02/20/08 Posts: 468 Loc: Tasmania	yup pretty much. Lemonade is anything fizzy with sugar in it. It's not usually used to describe the stuff that Charlie Brown and Lucy make and sell for 5 cents a cup - that's Lemon juice. So it's a generic term, but Lemonade also refers specifically to the product called Lemonade - that is, soda or pop that is just sugar and water without the food colouring and flavours. So Lemonade is lemonade, but so is Coke, Lime, 7-up, etc. Soda is only used of soda water - carbonated water with no sugar in it.
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#176729 - 05/08/08 08:33 AM Re: this/next [Re: The Pook]
of troy of troy Carpal Tunnel Registered: 10/17/00 Posts: 5362 Loc: rego park	What is it? Soda's (coke, pepsi, fanta, 7up, etc) are all so generic that they are POP (south east US) or lemonade? I wonder if it is related to my in laws(RIP) who would use the generic soda (to my kids "do you want soda? we bought some for today.." and you'd never know what you'd get. Pineapple flavor. or 'champaign cola'* or grape... they treated soda like a generic.. no reguard to flavor. (i used to drink cola's --but they are bad for your bones.. so now i only drink lemon/lime flavored soda.. (any brand will do..) * do you guys have champaign cola? It looks like cola (brownish) but it taste like cherry bubble gum! is is this a NY speciality (like Malta?--(ok so malta can be found in most East coast cities.. and PR.. (anywhere else?)) _________________________ my other obsession
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#176731 - 05/08/08 08:56 AM Re: this/next [Re: of troy]
etaoin etaoin Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 6045 Loc: Vermont	used for generic sweet, carbonated beverage (Coke, Pepsi, Sprite, etc.) "pop" in the Great Plains (mid-west) of the US. "soda" in New England, US.
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#176733 - 05/08/08 10:14 AM Re: this/next [Re: The Pook]
Jackie Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 9598 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	Lemonade is anything fizzy with sugar in it. Wow, I never knew that! Kewl! Where I live, anything fizzy with sugar in it is Coke.
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#176737 - 05/08/08 11:31 AM Re: this/next [Re: of troy]
The Pook The Pook addict Registered: 02/20/08 Posts: 468 Loc: Tasmania	Originally Posted By: of troy (i used to drink cola's --but they are bad for your bones.. so now i only drink lemon/lime flavored soda.. (any brand will do..) I've got bad news for you, it's not the Cola that is bad for your bones, it's the carbonate. Calcium plus carbonate equals chalk!
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#176738 - 05/08/08 11:32 AM Re: this/next [Re: Jackie]
The Pook The Pook addict Registered: 02/20/08 Posts: 468 Loc: Tasmania	Originally Posted By: Jackie Lemonade is anything fizzy with sugar in it. Wow, I never knew that! Kewl! Where I live, anything fizzy with sugar in it is Coke. Coke is only coca-cola or cocaine here. Pop is your mother's father. And soda you use to clean drains (NaOH) Edited by The Pook (05/08/08 11:34 AM)
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#176744 - 05/08/08 07:00 PM Re: this/next [Re: etaoin]
Faldage Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 11418	Originally Posted By: etaoin used for generic sweet, carbonated beverage (Coke, Pepsi, Sprite, etc.) "pop" in the Great Plains (mid-west) of the US. "soda" in New England, US. Dunno bout these days but back in 1970±1 year it was "tonic" (pronounced tawnik) in Boston.
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