Is that not because it's just a short form for hydroelectricity?Originally Posted by Garyhead
Is that not because it's just a short form for hydroelectricity?
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Well yeah....assuming all your power is generated by hydroelectric dams.....
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A while back we had a big thread that covered a lot of this sort of thing. I believe the title was something about pronunciation. I can't seem to find it now.
The graphic in the original post must be a joke. We certainly have words for soft drinks in Vermont, lol. I can't remember the last time I had a soda though.
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I never heard that one. I also didn't know it was possible to make a milk shake without ice cream.
I have heard people refer to soft drinks collectively as coke. Which works fine if you're at home and have only one variety of soft drink there. Call it what you want. If you go out anywhere, and ask for a coke, you get a Coca Cola, or are told (in best John Belushi voice): "No Coke. Pepsi." Or, if you're really daring, you could ask for an RC, which I think stands for "battery acid."
I never heard tonic used to describe anything other than tonic water, the quinine flavored carbonated water used to water down gin.Up there it was "tonic" (pronounced "tawnic").
That's true here, too. Of course, here we don't have soda fountains, but we have lotsa bars.
From that name, I would assume that the electricity is generated in hydroelectric plants. But I don't really know how they generate power in Canada, because down here in the middle and southern latitudes of the US, we are not allowed to hear anything about Canada, due to our government's deep-seated fear and loathing of socialism. Our maps end at the northern border, as does our weather.
I always thought a "grinder" was when you took a hoagie/sub/hero and put it in the oven to toast.
Sure. I get that one. They pretty much dominated the market. But there's no variety in a Q-tip. It is what it is.
Calling a root beer a "Coke" is just stupid.
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"Anyone care for a Coke or anything else?" That's how I've often heard it in the west.
Touring this country, it is fascinating experiencing these differences in person. Dining at a Cracker Barrel many years ago -- that's when I first heard the term sweet tea. In California and some other places at the time, you either ordered hot tea or iced tea.
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"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
Here's a Canadian perspective:
I've never heard that. What I have heard, from friends from Florida and Georgia, is "a rootbeer Coke drink."
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So if one simply asks for a root beer will they be understood? I don't understand the reason for all the extra words.
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Does it also work with birch beer?
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
They work at the Department of Redundancy Department.
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
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"Hey, no wonder the water don’t woik! The pipe is plugged up with wires!"
This is still really silly.
Please don't ask questions, just use google.
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