Comments on: What in God’s Name Are You Blathering About?

By: Delia Jean Streefkerk

Delia Jean Streefkerk — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 15:42:59 +0000

In the Detroit area, “pop” is quite dominant as a word for soft drinks. You get the rare “soda” drinker, but they might have sneaked in from the east. We call liquor stores “party stores,” which is where we all need to go after repeat viewings of the “Lollipop Adventure.”

By: Ward

Ward — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:03:23 +0000

That map is incredible! Coke marketing for the win!

By: Brendan McGinley

Brendan McGinley — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:40:34 +0000

I’ve been having this conversation way too often this year.

http://popvssoda.com:2998/countystats/total-county.html

One thing all Americans can agree on is anyone who calls soda pop “lemonade” needs to be burned from the Earth. We can’t allow that. Not even Sprite.

By: ZeroCorpse

ZeroCorpse — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:47:17 +0000

At least you’re not from the south and call every carbonated drink a “Coke” despite the fact that it might be some other brand.

Here in Michigan we split the difference. Some of us say “soda” and some of us say “pop” and some of us say “soda pop”. Many of us just refer to the beverage by its specific name, so instead of asking for a pop, we ask for a cola, or a root beer, or a creme soda.

When it comes to “lollipop” and “sucker”, we use both here, too. The difference being the shape of the thing. A “sucker” is a spherical or cylindrical hard candy on a stick, a “lollipop” is one of those flat, round, disc-shaped hard candies on stick that is usually much bigger than a sucker.

And because this is a cartoon blog, I have to say that that cartoon is getting more and more frightening as you show clips of it… I can’t believe they got VO actors to say those lines! It’s like the entire production was done on a dare.