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Soda? Cola? Pop? What do you say? Any other regional words that set you apart?
Question submitted by Gladys.
Well. Where I'm from, which is somewhere inside my head, in the republic of Overupinhereia, we don't use of any of those crazy terms. Instead we say soft drink, which we pronounce like this: sawwwwfhd dreeenkh. You have to let your head swing loose from your neck and and sort of slur it out, like you're drooling soft drink as you say it. And we only have one flavour of soft drink in Overupinhereia, which is Soft Drink flavour. Sometimes we have Soft Drink with Chip Bag, which we can buy at overinflated prices when we watch Movie. We always watch Movie at Movie House, which has Lineup pre-installed at the door so you can never just walk right in, and if by some miracle you get past Lineup to Automatic Ticket Vendor, it's always out of service, which means that you have to either get back in Lineup or try to wedge yourself between Pimple Squad and Resentful Mother. Which never works. Only to find that ticket prices have gone up again, from one Money to three Moneys. Why, when Movie is always the same? Plus concession never has Hot Dog, only Soft Drink and Chip Bag and Food Tub. And you know the seats you want are taken by Obese Guy and His Mullet Friend. Damn. I'm tired of going to see Movie. It's always Hitch.
