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Posted on 08-16-11 06:25:46 PM Link | Quote
Oh, yeah, I kinda do that too. I like using outdated or obscure slang for irony. It's the bee's knees.

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Posted on 08-16-11 09:16:30 PM Link | Quote
Accent-wise, I'd say generic American. I don't distinguish the pronunciations of Mary/marry/merry or cot/caught like a lot of you East Coast people do.

I tend to prefer British spellings for many words, though.

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Posted on 08-16-11 10:04:24 PM Link | Quote

Originally posted by Sofi
Oh, yeah, I kinda do that too. I like using outdated or obscure slang for irony. It's the bee's knees.

I like using flapper slang because flappers are the berries.

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Posted on 08-16-11 10:22:30 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Auxiliatrix
Originally posted by Sofi
Oh, yeah, I kinda do that too. I like using outdated or obscure slang for irony. It's the bee's knees.

I like using flapper slang because flappers are the berries.

This has got to be the best post I've read all day. :J

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Posted on 08-16-11 11:32:58 PM Link | Quote
I have a midwestern-type dialect of American English. Not surprising since I've lived here all my life. I have a very light accent though, and I don't speak like a stereotypical Chicagoan by any means.

According to this though, I pronounce 'cot' and 'caught' the same

Also it was kind of a shock when I learned that a lot of people who speak English pronounce apricot as APE-ri-cot. Around here, it's APP-ri-caught. :U

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Posted on 08-16-11 11:39:22 PM Link | Quote


on that note who here
calls that fizzy brown stuff pop?


that's just wrong its soda!!

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Posted on 08-17-11 12:00:51 AM Link | Quote
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Here in California we just call it coke.

Also I have no accent and spell everything British English-wise but use American English word-meaning wise.

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Posted on 08-17-11 12:19:25 AM Link | Quote
Oh interesting, I do say soda and I do pronounce "cot" and "caught" differently.

I used to work in a small convenience store and it would piss me off when people would ask for coke when referring to Pepsi. :| Some people would call it "pepsi-cola" ... I was like, wtf?
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Posted on 08-17-11 12:40:46 AM Link | Quote
I say "pop".

Not sure why "soda"-sayers get so uptight about people saying "pop"; in my experience "pop" sayers rarely have a problem with people saying "soda".

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Posted on 08-17-11 12:46:48 AM Link | Quote
Supposedly people around here say "tonic", but I've never heard anyone actually say that. It's definitely "soda" territory.

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Posted on 08-17-11 12:51:09 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by FieryIce
Oh interesting, I do say soda and I do pronounce "cot" and "caught" differently.

I used to work in a small convenience store and it would piss me off when people would ask for coke when referring to Pepsi. :| Some people would call it "pepsi-cola" ... I was like, wtf?

It's officially called "Pepsi Cola". Cola is a certain type of drink.

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Posted on 08-17-11 12:54:13 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Sofi
Originally posted by FieryIce
Oh interesting, I do say soda and I do pronounce "cot" and "caught" differently.

I used to work in a small convenience store and it would piss me off when people would ask for coke when referring to Pepsi. :| Some people would call it "pepsi-cola" ... I was like, wtf?

It's officially called "Pepsi Cola". Cola is a certain type of drink.

Ugh, that is so confusing! Why can't one be just Pepsi and the other one be just Cola? I did have a few people ask for "pepsi-cola" when they meant coca-cola.
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Posted on 08-17-11 01:12:45 AM Link | Quote
Dude, you can't stop calling fermented grape drinks "wine" just because a particular brand of it might have market share dominance. :T I know it's kinda confusing but in the end they're just "cola drinks", drinks flavored by the kola nut and vanilla and stuff.

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Posted on 08-17-11 01:42:28 AM Link | Quote

Originally posted by Metal_Man88
Here in California we just call it coke.

Not all parts of California by any means, actually. In fact, I've never heard it referred to as anything other than soda in California, unless you are specifically referring to cola.

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Posted on 08-17-11 01:45:43 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Sofi
Dude, you can't stop calling fermented grape drinks "wine" just because a particular brand of it might have market share dominance. :T I know it's kinda confusing but in the end they're just "cola drinks", drinks flavored by the kola nut and vanilla and stuff.

Oh I didn't mean to imply that; if they're all cola drinks, then call neither a cola when you want to be specific (coke and Pepsi works fine). Problem solved. The equivalent of my dilemma is someone going into a wine shop and ordering "wine."
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Posted on 08-17-11 01:46:57 AM Link | Quote
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Originally posted by Imajin
Supposedly people around here say "tonic", but I've never heard anyone actually say that. It's definitely "soda" territory.

Regular pop would be Tonic and energy drink would be Mid Tonic?

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Posted on 08-17-11 03:36:05 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by krutomisi
on that note who here
calls that fizzy brown stuff pop?
*Waffle Ryebread nervously raises his hand

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Posted on 08-17-11 03:40:41 AM Link | Quote
*high-fives BMF*

We "pop" people should unite against this flood of "soda" people

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Posted on 08-17-11 03:50:45 AM Link | Quote


BURN THE HEATHENS!!


but really I've been in an area
where it was still called

SODA POP

DUN DUN DUN ...


I get a kick out of the
little word differences like that

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Posted on 08-17-11 04:53:52 AM Link | Quote
You're all wrong. It's "soft drink".

While I'm Canadian, I tend to use American spelling (color, not colour) and - despite being from the Great White North - pronounce the letter Z as "zee" and not "zed".

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