Soda or Pop...or Soda Pop?

[Necromancer]

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My head explodes whenever I hear someone say pop. It's f*cking soda.

 

[ssjcb1186]

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How is "pants" translated as "underwear"...they are totally different...that makes no sense.

*starts laughing at the ridiculousness of the fact*

 

[Tsuyu]

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Panties? There must be some sort of logic to it.

EDIT:
Post number 6.666! And its about panties! Score! Now, to celebrate:

Spoiler

 

[ssjcb1186]

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he said "boxer shorts"...which is clearly underwear...I don't know, that panties thing might be logical...but right now it doesn't.
It might something from the Renaissance or something

 

[droded]

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Originated from the character Pantalone in the French Commedia dell'arte who wore distinctive single-piece breeches worn by the character.

Pantalone evolved into the English word Pantaloon, which meant womens' underwear which covered the waist to the knee. Pantaloon eventually evolved into Panties and then Pants for men in England.

Americans however use it as the word for underwear; this actually is because of one of the iconic comic characters - Superman, who wears his 'pants on the outside' or something to that extent.

Thus, Americans use the word Pants to refer to anything that goes on the outside, and underpants for anything underneath them.

EDIT: Congrats Tsuyu, I was going to point it out to you in case you had not noticed. ^_^

 

[HeroOfCrapsalot]

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This just went from soda to underpants...

 

[TRA Rotid]

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First of all I`d like to congratulate Tsuyu for such a marvelous achievement.

Second, I`m going to agree with Tsuyu`s first post: I call drinks by their brad name too; a collective word for the drinks in question in Estonia would be "limonaad". Sounds very similar to "lemonade" and it`s probably derived form there.

 

[Steve]

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I'm the only one that says "pop" in this house. Shaz and Jessica are from "daan sarf, innit" so they don't speak proper English. Jake's too young to speak but I'll make sure he says "pop".

 

[Shirosaki]

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I'm Scottish so I say ginger. Bottle o' ginger or something.

Either that or I say the specific brand name or just ask for a "drink."

 

[ssjcb1186]

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Originated from the character Pantalone in the French Commedia dell'arte who wore distinctive single-piece breeches worn by the character.

Pantalone evolved into the English word Pantaloon, which meant womens' underwear which covered the waist to the knee. Pantaloon eventually evolved into Panties and then Pants for men in England.

Americans however use it as the word for underwear; this actually is because of one of the iconic comic characters - Superman, who wears his 'pants on the outside' or something to that extent.

Thus, Americans use the word Pants to refer to anything that goes on the outside, and underpants for anything underneath them.

EDIT: Congrats Tsuyu, I was going to point it out to you in case you had not noticed. ^_^

This is an excellent history lesson...very interesting, I had no idea ...I love it

 

[Tsuyu]

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Pantalone - Panties.

Panties - Pantalone.

See, I told you!

 

[ssjcb1186]

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you did you did

 

[Dark Drakan]

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Originated from the character Pantalone in the French Commedia dell'arte who wore distinctive single-piece breeches worn by the character.

Pantalone evolved into the English word Pantaloon, which meant womens' underwear which covered the waist to the knee. Pantaloon eventually evolved into Panties and then Pants for men in England.

Americans however use it as the word for underwear; this actually is because of one of the iconic comic characters - Superman, who wears his 'pants on the outside' or something to that extent.

Thus, Americans use the word Pants to refer to anything that goes on the outside, and underpants for anything underneath them.

EDIT: Congrats Tsuyu, I was going to point it out to you in case you had not noticed. ^_^

+Rep for the detailed explanation.

This just went from soda to underpants...

Both are regional variations thats why.

 

[Arseface]

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We don't say any of those in Australia. We usually just say the brand name. Coke, Sprite, Fanta, whatever. Generically, we call them soft drinks. I have no idea where the name comes from.

Alcohol is similar. We generally just use the brand name, or slang.

 

[Dark Drakan]

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And I have another one, though not as fun as soda/pop or as interesting as trousers/underwear, but...

I have a sofa in my bedroom and a couch in my living room - the "sofa" and "couch" are distinctly different from each other in function, I sleep on one and sit on the other. Yet everyone I know makes no such distinction between the two. Am I crazy or are these people just unlearned? Please tell me I'm crazy, I can accept that one.

I guess because they are used for different functions then the name difference makes sense. Though personally i never usually say 'Couch'. Then again i havent got one i sleep on just 2 sofas in my living room. However if i did sleep on one then 'Sofa Bed' would make more sense than 'Couch' i suppose but thats more a personal preference than anything.

 

[Zjuggernaut]

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Pop as we dont say Soda over here unless its Cream Soda or Soda Water etc.

Precisely it, really. I personally believe soda sounds better but It's just what we call it.

 

[ssjcb1186]

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A couch is the armless variety of furniture that one would have seen in the Victorian period, as in "fainting couch." It was a place for the ladies wearing those tight fitting corsets which restricted breathing to be able to "sit a spell." The root of the word from the French has to do with "to lie down."

In our more modern times, we've added arms, taken off the legs, and call it a sofa, which is in keeping with the Arabic roots of that word which implies a meaning along the lines of "a bench" or someplace meant for reclining or sitting, but not laying.

So there it is. Here in America what most folks have in their living room is a sofa. They may call it a couch but a sofa by any other name is still…a sofa. Use this information with caution. You can go ahead and feel superior when you overhear someone using the wrong term but don't point it out. It won't do to go around irritating all the 'sofa potatoes.


sourced: http://ezinearticles.com/?Is-it-Couch-or-Sofa?--Which-Goes-Best-with-Potato?&id=109321

I think that's the source...I don't know, these aren't my words. (I got the idea because of the "pants/underwear" "debate")...

So, according to this, you have a couch in your bedroom and a sofa in your living room.

Though this source has more modern information about the difference.
http://www.homelivinganswers.com/home-accessories/sofa-and-couch/

It goes on to say that Sofas are generally longer and can have a pull out bed (couch sofa bed/couch sleeper sofa) for "unexpected guests staying the night."

This negates the history of the furniture names...or it's just wrong, I don't know...I'm not a linguist, so sorry if I don't have the correct information:blush:

 

[Zjuggernaut]

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^ WTF are you talking about?

SODA. Not SOFA.

 

[Dark Drakan]

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^ WTF are you talking about?

SODA. Not SOFA.

:lol: other regional variations got brought into the conversation Pants/Trousers and Couch/Sofa etc.

 

[ssjcb1186]

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yeah, if you read any of the other posts, you'd know