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As someone who recently moved to Detroit, still fresh enough to be an outsider, I have to say that it is VERY ironic that most of the roads around the "Motor City" are murder on cars.
I live in Buffalo. Guess what, it snows, it's cold and the bars are open till 4am. That means put some clothes on dammit!
Niagara Falls, it's water falling over a cliff. I don't always want to take you there, maybe I want to take you to the places around here that are a bit more interesting than just the touristy areas.
Also, it's chicken wings! Just chicken wings. Not Buffalo wings or whatever.
And finally, I'm not a native, I'm sorry I hurt your brains when I say soda instead of pop. Believe me, I do the same whenever I leave the "pop" area, I will call it pop in those areas. It's a subconscious thing I do.
Ahhhhh, the great american pop v. soda debate. I never understood how rabid some people get if you use the wrong word for carbonated sweetened beverages. And I have been jumped on for it, oh yes. "Soda? What's a soda? Ohhhhhh, you mean POP! Cause that's what WE call it!"
Ahhhhh, the great american pop v. soda debate. I never understood how rabid some people get if you use the wrong word for carbonated sweetened beverages. And I have been jumped on for it, oh yes. "Soda? What's a soda? Ohhhhhh, you mean POP! Cause that's what WE call it!"
Which is funny cuz they all are wrong it's actually soda pop. So calling it soda or pop is just a preference for which part of the name you don't say.
True, Jackfaire. But try telling THEM that. I have, and they just look at you blankly for a minute and them continue the argument. "Well, 'round here, it's POP!"
What's funny is, in some places, it's not either. I was always amused in New Orleans when people would come to my McDonald's and ask for a "cold drink', for example.
As someone who recently moved to Detroit, still fresh enough to be an outsider, I have to say that it is VERY ironic that most of the roads around the "Motor City" are murder on cars.
Well, how else could GM continue to sell their vehicles if they weren't?
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