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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 9:23 am
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.
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Panda
Member
07-15-2005
| Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 9:31 am
definitely eastern, I am from NJ/NY area and everyone I know says "soda"
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 10:08 am
We've also called it soda pop.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 10:16 am
We usually call it by the brand name (though we tend to use "Coke" to describe most colas).
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 12:21 pm
pop or brand name
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 12:22 pm
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.
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 1:02 pm
16 Pop (we are SW Ontario)
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Wink
Member
10-06-2000
| Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 6:24 pm
Pop
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Friday, December 12, 2008 - 3:46 pm
Where I live now (CA), it's soda, but where I grew up (OH) it's pop.
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 12:07 am
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.
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 5:36 am
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."
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Csnog
Member
07-18-2002
| Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 5:01 pm
Remote or Clicker
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 5:47 pm
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.
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Couchtomato
Member
09-09-2008
| Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 5:51 pm
17. Remote
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 6:06 pm
17. remote
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Csnog
Member
07-18-2002
| Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 6:26 pm
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.
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 7:40 pm
17. Remote
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 7:53 pm
17. Remote
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 8:11 pm
Remote
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Sunday, December 14, 2008 - 2:14 am
17. Remote
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Pippin04
Member
10-26-2007
| Sunday, December 14, 2008 - 7:55 am
17. remote
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Sunday, December 14, 2008 - 3:41 pm
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?
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Sunday, December 14, 2008 - 7:13 pm
16. Soda or by the product's name 17. Both - remote or clicker
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, December 14, 2008 - 8:09 pm
16. soda or product's name 17. remote (sometimes I call it the changer)
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, December 15, 2008 - 12:34 pm
17. remote/channel changer
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