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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Feb 13, 2017 9:54:10 GMT -5
Why do Americans call braces "suspenders"? It's very odd. Braces are what you use to hold your trousers up instead of a belt; suspenders are what women use to hold their stockings up. For Americans, suspenders are what men hold their pants up with, braces go on teeth, and garter belts hold up a gal's stockings. We however can't come up with a country wide term for soft drinks or the evening meal. That varies about as much as Power Girl's costume has over the years. |
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Post by tingramretro on Feb 13, 2017 10:03:56 GMT -5
Why do Americans call braces "suspenders"? It's very odd. Braces are what you use to hold your trousers up instead of a belt; suspenders are what women use to hold their stockings up. For Americans, suspenders are what men hold their pants up with, braces go on teeth, and garter belts hold up a gal's stockings. We however can't come up with a country wide term for soft drinks or the evening meal. That varies about as much as Power Girl's costume has over the years. Oh, the evening meal thing is much the same here. It's either dinner, tea or supper depending on what part of the country you're from and, to an extent, whether you are upper class, middle class or working class. |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Feb 13, 2017 10:21:39 GMT -5
For Americans, suspenders are what men hold their pants up with, braces go on teeth, and garter belts hold up a gal's stockings. We however can't come up with a country wide term for soft drinks or the evening meal. That varies about as much as Power Girl's costume has over the years. Oh, the evening meal thing is much the same here. It's either dinner, tea or supper depending on what part of the country you're from and, to an extent, whether you are upper class, middle class or working class. I grew up in the midwest US, and it was always, breakfast, lunch, dinner. I moved to the south where dinner is lunch and supper is the evening meal. They also call soda "pop" down here. Or even better; all soda is Dr Pepper. I kid you not.  |
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Post by comicsandwho on Feb 16, 2017 1:37:32 GMT -5
I thought the South was where everything was 'Coke', even when it was 'Pepsi Coke'?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2017 2:21:39 GMT -5
I thought the South was where everything was 'Coke', even when it was 'Pepsi Coke'?  -M |
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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 16, 2017 7:19:31 GMT -5
This just shows that there's a chart for everything.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2017 7:23:37 GMT -5
This just shows that there's a chart for everything. Here is a chart...of charts.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Feb 16, 2017 10:23:48 GMT -5
I thought the South was where everything was 'Coke', even when it was 'Pepsi Coke'? -M Idaho is about 50/50 pop to soda. With soda trending in recent years. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Feb 16, 2017 11:00:31 GMT -5
I thought the South was where everything was 'Coke', even when it was 'Pepsi Coke'? -M Some older folks in Massachusetts still call soda "tonic." |
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Post by Crimebuster on Feb 16, 2017 11:43:49 GMT -5
Some older folks in Massachusetts still call soda "tonic." My great grandmother used to call it tonic. We have all sorts of regional words up here that nobody else seems to use. Most of them are fading away as pop culture homogenizes everything, which is too bad, as I quite enjoy regional flavor. |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Feb 16, 2017 12:35:10 GMT -5
-M Some older folks in Massachusetts still call soda "tonic." My father in law calls it soda pop which is what soft drinks are really. It wasn't until I was drinking age I realized soda is just carbonated water. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 16, 2017 12:47:16 GMT -5
I started drinking Seltzer about 15 years ago as a substitute for soda. It has the carbonation kick without the dyes and sugar.
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Post by The Captain on Feb 16, 2017 14:09:36 GMT -5
I thought the South was where everything was 'Coke', even when it was 'Pepsi Coke'? -M They really should cut Pennsylvania in half on this map. Harrisburg and east through Philadelphia call it "soda", most likely due to the NY/NJ proximity, while the western part of the state calls it "pop". |
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Post by MDG on Feb 16, 2017 14:12:38 GMT -5
They really should cut Pennsylvania in half on this map. Harrisburg and east through Philadelphia call it "soda", most likely due to the NY/NJ proximity, while the western part of the state calls it "pop". Same with western NY--west of Syracuse, it's mainly "pop." |
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Post by berkley on Feb 16, 2017 21:03:51 GMT -5
When I was growing up in Nfld we just used to say "bottle of drink" or, later on, "tin of drink", when those came out. I assume it was a shortened form of "soft drink" but I don't know for sure. "Pop" was considered a la-de-da Mainland expression.
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