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<font size=3>At 5/14/2009 10:50 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:<br>
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Were Colbert from NYC or LA, I'd consider that he may have meant<br>
selzer water or some such as a possibility. But, he's from South<br>
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Perhaps Colbert was assuming a regional dialect since show biz and its
audience are predominantly West or East Coast.<br><br>
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BTW, do Northerners consider seltzer or other flavorless carbonated<br>
drinks to be "(soda) pop"?</font></blockquote><br>
This one doesn't. "Pop" implies sweetened (and not merely
"flavored") to me.<br><br>
I'd expect DARE will have something to say?<br><br>
Joel<br><br>
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