tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780869564504404279.post3722279283193682627..comments2023-05-27T07:32:46.856-04:00Comments on Bob Warr 'n Picket Fences: Hop on Sodavanillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780869564504404279.post-11286190016030289632014-09-16T10:58:47.988-04:002014-09-16T10:58:47.988-04:00Jim, I think naming the drink specifically is a go...Jim, I think naming the drink specifically is a good idea. In certain regions of the country, every soft drink is a coke. "Would you like a coke?" might yield who knows what.<br /><br />Grace, never referred to my dad as "Pop," but I hear what you are saying. Especially about the "kick."<br /><br />Chuck, the truly astounding part of my tale is that I did not make this up, or fake it in any way. I really thought she wanted a bicarbonate. Dumb me.vanillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780869564504404279.post-54876789476125214782014-09-16T10:25:05.519-04:002014-09-16T10:25:05.519-04:00Oh the joys [and pitfalls] of language and culture...Oh the joys [and pitfalls] of language and culture.Secondary Roadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05116234285533139701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780869564504404279.post-6183476882072076682014-09-16T00:14:14.322-04:002014-09-16T00:14:14.322-04:00'Pop' was my father, soda was a flavored c...'Pop' was my father, soda was a flavored carbonated beverage. There is an unflavored carbonated beverage called seltzer. Then of course there is an alcoholic carbonated beverage called champagne...from which I do indeed get a kick. Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02779872914493612101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780869564504404279.post-18168649985937969092014-09-15T22:16:22.654-04:002014-09-15T22:16:22.654-04:00I grew up calling it pop. Then I moved down here a...I grew up calling it pop. Then I moved down here and everybody called it soda. Where I grew up, sonny, soda had ice cream in it. But after enduring the thousandth "hunh?" look when I called it pop, I capitulated ... to always naming the exact carbonated beverage I mean, whether Dr. Pepper or Vernor's or Diet Caffeine Free Cherry Coke.Jim Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06941665968757241278noreply@blogger.com