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From: dce@hammer.UUCP (David Elliott)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Pop vs. Soda
Message-ID: <1178@hammer.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 20-Apr-85 23:34:12 EST
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Posted: Sat Apr 20 23:34:12 1985
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Reply-To: dce@hammer.UUCP (David Elliott)
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Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR
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Summary: 

Back in NC, where I is from, we call 'em "drinks" (pronounced "draynks"),
'cept when we is talkin' to someone 'bout gettin' somethin' ta draynk,
in which case we call 'em "cokes". When I camed out here t' Orygun, I
thought it wuz kinda strange that folks called 'em "pops" and "sodas".

Alcoholic beverages are called "likker", "beers", and "Thunderbird".

Here's another question: How do you pronounce "Appalachian", as in the
mountain range of the same name? My parents are from the Appalachian
mountains, and they and their relatives and friends pronounce it with
the second 'a' short (as in "cat"). I used to see TV commercials about
the poor people in Appalachia (pronounced with the second 'a' long, as
in "hate"), and I could never figure out where that was.

			David
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