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I grew up in Communist Yugoslavia and we called it "Кока Кола"... And still is! No Pepsi, please...

 

I like Ginger beer, and Ginger ale

Mark

 

Typical Tito - going his own way, not following the other Eastern Bloc countries!

In Communist Russia, Pepsi was officially available. Pepsi did a cunning deal whereby they licenced the Russians to produce Pepsi and got paid by a combination of the Russians producing ships which Pepsi could sell to get dollars and the export of Stolichnaya vodka. So Coke was the (boo, hiss) 'capitalist' pop while Pepsi was the 'acceptable' one - until the end of the Soviet system, when Pepsi's connection to the old system worked against it.

The only traditional fizzy pop in Britain is Dandelion and Burdock

 

Picky, picky, picky. :cornut:

Jim

 

Us Canucks often call it a washroom, as your more likely going to wash rather than bath, or rest.

Mark

 

Yeah.......
You crazy guy's.....
Always washing after writing your name in the snowbank. The real reason for all that Canadian beer.:beer

 

Does anyone know the difference between "center" and "centre"?

Mark

 

Ahhhhh.....
The e & r are flipped at the end?

 

And why is Brent's last name pronounced Fahr-ve instead of the way it's spelled - "Fav-or"?

 

Besides that, a hockey game starts at "center" ice (the middle) at the local hockey "centre" (a place), followed closely by a fighting match:beer

Mark

 

Neither. It's a shopping trolley.

Being a military brat, I've heard all sorts of regional differences.

Apparently where I grew up we were odd ducks, because I remember hearing "soda pop" or "sodie-pop."

Interesting that the Northeast and SoCal both are strong on the "soda" while most of the rest of the country does "pop" or "cola."

 

Hey!
Leave :devil:Tito:devil: alone!:devil:...

There was Пепси also... I just never cared for it's taste... There was "domestic" cola as well called Cockta (made in Slovenia). This drink is still around and when I feel nostalgic I go for it...

 

Forget Chuck ut:, the drink is really tasty... A nice change from regular "imperialistic" colas...

 

It probably has real sugar in it, so it tastes better than sodas with high fructose corn syrup......

 

Round these parts you can Dr Pepper from the original plant and it has real sugar in it. Sure does taste different but the cost is double that of the other stuff. You can also find Coke from Mexico in a lot of places too. That also is made with real sugar.

Little known outside of the Jewish community but come Passover in the spring look for Kosher for Passover Coke, that is made with real sugar too.