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Watching2
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07-07-2001

Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 9:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
Csnog - that has to be eastern NY(?) since most of us here in Western NY call it pop. I know the kids from the "big city" and Long Island (Of should I say Lon Giland? lol) called it soda in college. That's where I got my combo expression for it.

Panda
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07-15-2005

Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 9:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Panda a private message Print Post    
definitely eastern, I am from NJ/NY area and everyone I know says "soda"

Merrysea
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08-13-2004

Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 10:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Merrysea a private message Print Post    
We've also called it soda pop.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 10:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
We usually call it by the brand name (though we tend to use "Coke" to describe most colas).

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 12:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
pop
or brand name

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 12:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
16. Soda
In the northwest it's soda, in the midwest it's pop and in the south it's coke. east coast, I dunno.

Skootz
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07-23-2003

Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 1:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
16 Pop (we are SW Ontario)

Wink
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10-06-2000

Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 6:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wink a private message Print Post    
Pop

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Friday, December 12, 2008 - 3:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
Where I live now (CA), it's soda, but where I grew up (OH) it's pop.

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 12:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
I was in a discussion group quite a few years ago and apparently different states in the south call it either Coke or Pepsi. I'll be darned if I can remember which, but there was a big discussion about it. Also if I want a cola, I used to say Coke and now I say Coke or Pepsi, whatever you have. Asking for the alcoholic drink I used to ask for a rum and Coke. Everyone I know called it that.

I remember as a teen when you'd ask for a Coke, they'd always say, "Is FRIENDLY COLA OK?," at Friendlys. Had some friends who worked there and we'd giggle at them when they had to say it.

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 5:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
When I was in college, a friend of mine and I would pick up cases of carbonated beverages at the distributor and then sell them in the dorm. As she was from Pittsburgh, and I was from the Philadelphia area, our signs read "Soda available ok room 8 Thompson Hall, pop available in room 9."

Csnog
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07-18-2002

Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 5:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Csnog a private message Print Post    
Remote or Clicker

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 5:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
You threw me for a loop there for a minute Csnog. LOL. I take it that's a new question?

If so, lets see if I can get my numbering system right this time, and this would be question #17 now, right?

I call it a remote.

Couchtomato
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09-09-2008

Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 5:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Couchtomato a private message Print Post    
17. Remote

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 6:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
17. remote

Csnog
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07-18-2002

Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 6:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Csnog a private message Print Post    
LoL Who, I lost the clicker first then the remote. The clicker works the TV in some rooms and the remote works the system for me so I thought why not here.

Merrysea
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08-13-2004

Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 7:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Merrysea a private message Print Post    
17. Remote

Skootz
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07-23-2003

Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 7:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
17. Remote

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 8:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
Remote

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Sunday, December 14, 2008 - 2:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
17. Remote

Pippin04
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10-26-2007

Sunday, December 14, 2008 - 7:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pippin04 a private message Print Post    
17. remote

Babyruth
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07-19-2001

Sunday, December 14, 2008 - 3:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
17. I say Remote, she says Clicker. I tell her the clicker is what we trained the dog with, does she want that to train the TV?

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Sunday, December 14, 2008 - 7:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
16. Soda or by the product's name
17. Both - remote or clicker

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Sunday, December 14, 2008 - 8:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
16. soda or product's name
17. remote (sometimes I call it the changer)

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, December 15, 2008 - 12:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
17. remote/channel changer