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52. My gramps was the only person I ever had admonish me to 'wash my teeth before bed' ...

Sat Jun 3, 2017, 05:39 PM

Jun 2017

He was born in 1910 iirc ... I'm guessing before 'toothbrushes' and 'toothpaste' became commonplace, there was some other process that was more akin to 'washing' than 'brushing' ... that people did to clean their toofs ...

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Is it soda or pop? [View all] Tiggeroshii May 2017 OP

I voted for pop... LisaM May 2017 #1

RC COLA!!! underpants May 2017 #2

Yep, coke. nt Laffy Kat May 2017 #24

Co-coler. House of Roberts Jun 2017 #32

As a Canadian, True Dough May 2017 #3

I remember a driving vacation through Canada Staph May 2017 #13

Ha ha! True Dough May 2017 #14

I recall seeing a can of "Raisin Crush" soda alongside the road left-of-center2012 Jun 2017 #41

Coincidentally True Dough Jun 2017 #42

My question is where are the people who call it soda-pop from? Tiggeroshii May 2017 #4

Not just New Mexico TomSlick May 2017 #15

Haha so maybe a southern thing? Tiggeroshii May 2017 #18

Perhaps TomSlick May 2017 #19

I live in New Mexico left-of-center2012 Jun 2017 #44

where are the people who call it soda-pop from? left-of-center2012 Jun 2017 #45

Huh. Doesn't seem like you can narrow it down by region. Tiggeroshii Jun 2017 #46

Texas northoftheborder Jun 2017 #53

I used to see commercials calling it soda-pop in 60s LeftInTX Jun 2017 #58

"nectar of the gods" unblock May 2017 #5

actually a lot of people call them "colas" unblock May 2017 #6

Soft drink Polly Hennessey May 2017 #7

pop - western Nebraska nt frogmarch May 2017 #8

Pop. SamKnause May 2017 #9

A regional thing? bobbieinok May 2017 #10

More similar questions bobbieinok May 2017 #12

Old folks at home TomSlick May 2017 #16

My gramps was the only person I ever had admonish me to 'wash my teeth before bed' ... mr_lebowski Jun 2017 #52

My mother in law "drinks" her medicine and also calls insecticide, "medicine" LeftInTX Jun 2017 #59

1961--OK/TX vs Boston bobbieinok May 2017 #11

Soda. Grew up in New Jersey. nt hay rick May 2017 #17

Both Hassin Bin Sober May 2017 #20

Growing up in the Boston area, it was always "tonic". Fla Dem May 2017 #21

Yup ..tonic. amuse bouche Jun 2017 #28

Hey, that's "bublah." Warpy Jun 2017 #30

Yes, calling it"tonic" was popular in MA when i was a kid.. CentralMass Jun 2017 #34

Oh yeah, I forgot about Moxie! Nasty stuff yellowdogintexas Jun 2017 #49

+1 CentralMass Jun 2017 #57

'Tonic" is what I learned bobbieinok Jun 2017 #35

New Englander here also-- these other words have very different meanings. yewberry Jun 2017 #43

Pop Leith May 2017 #22

I'm from the south and it's all coke (little "c"). Laffy Kat May 2017 #23

So if you want a large C... 3catwoman3 Jun 2017 #25

Coka-cola Sophiegirl Jun 2017 #31

Dialect maps are fun Salviati Jun 2017 #26

Soda water demosincebirth Jun 2017 #27

My FIL used to say that...are you from Texas? LeftInTX Jun 2017 #60

Oakland, Ca., born and raised demosincebirth Jun 2017 #62

It's mostly "pop" out west, but "soda" is understood Warpy Jun 2017 #29

yep Boston has some weird names for stuff.... yellowdogintexas Jun 2017 #48

Diet Mountain Dew to keep your engine reeving. democratisphere Jun 2017 #33

Both my parents were Canadian ailsagirl Jun 2017 #36

It's soda here sakabatou Jun 2017 #37

PEPSI! You Didn't Include PEPSI! Doug the Dem Jun 2017 #38

When I wore bell bottoms we called it 'Bottle a Bud' Special Prosciuto Jun 2017 #39

Getranke Solly Mack Jun 2017 #40

Coke, dammit! yellowdogintexas Jun 2017 #47

Liquid candy Major Nikon Jun 2017 #50

i call it pop. im from the pacific northwest and my parents are from the south... samnsara Jun 2017 #51

Pop. (MI) JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2017 #54

Cola! csziggy Jun 2017 #55

In Texas it was a 'coke'. The generic name for a drink California_Republic Jun 2017 #56

Coke. CottonBear Jun 2017 #61

My folks from Pittsburgh called it pop. My sister and I (growing up in Virginia) called it coke. FSogol Jun 2017 #63