The Battle Continues

Dear Peoples,

The battle between Pop and Soda has a long and dark history in the United States. However, what is truly interesting is the battle that goes on in the rest of the world. In the United States the primary battle is over Soda, Pop, and Coke. There are many different carbonated factions in the rest of the world.

Leslassa

This is the name for Ethieopian carbonated beverages. The word leslassa literally means "smooth"

汽水

The symbol above means "Air or Gas Water" which is the Chinese term to refer to Carbonated Beverages

炭酸飲料

The Japaneese call Carbonated Beverages 炭酸飲料 or Carbon Drink. Although I know what's going on it doesn't sound to appetizing.

газирано

The Bulgarians pronounce it "gazirano" and it means "Something Fizzy". Very Accurate

αναψυκτικά

The Greeks call it "anapsyktika" which means refreshing. Also very accurate.

It is possible to go on for days and days with what other countries call there Carbonated Beverages. Just check it out on Wikipedia HERE if you are going to a foreign country soon.

Where Soda, Pop, and Coke come from is more of a mystery.

Soda is a French word that Americans adopted. The french still use Soda to refer to tasty drinks to this day as do many other countries such as Kenya and Denmark

Pop does not seem to have a know origin although it is very popular in Canada and England

Cola is a derivative of Coca-cola, which is one of the most widely known carbonated beverages. Coca-cola was invented by John Pemberton who had intended Coca-cola to be used as a medicine and not a drink. The original Coca-cola was manufactured with the Coca plant meaning that it had Cocaine in it. Pemberton invented the drink to get off Morphine, a drug he was hopelessly addicted to.

So in the United States 3 powers are competing for control of the Carbonated Beverage's naming rights. A french name, a Canadian name, and a name thought up by a druggy. I don't think this fight is going to end anytime soon so stay tuned.

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Best,

The Renegade Rabbit

The Gathering War

Dear Peoples,

I have been observing a war that has been slowly escalating in places where many people from different areas of the country meet. The most notorious areas of conflict are Airports and Colleges. Many lives, young and old, have been affected by this war

I am talking of course about the war between Soda and Pop

I have a large group of friends from College that are from many different places. We have internal feuds about this subject almost every week. New information has surfaced about the War in the form of this color coded map

This preticular graph is old but it was only brought up reciently by students from East Central University in Oklahoma on a web site called The Pop vs Soda Page. If you look closely at the picture the Blue Areas are Pop, the Yellow Areas are Soda, and the Red Areas are Coke. The darker the color the more people call our favorite carbonated beverate what they call it. As it is clearly seen, The Northern US is primarly made up of Pop Supporters, the Southern US is primarly made up of Coke Supporters. Soda is supported in the St. Louis Area, The Southwestern US, and the Northeastern US. Hawaii is dominated by Soda and Alaska is dominated by Pop.

The real question is why all of this controversy. The war has even lurked into kid's TV shows like Digimon in this clip found on YouTube. Although, if you are strongly for one side you can see the problem with hearing your delicious drink called the wrong name. It still remains a mystery as to why the battle has gotten so far out of control.

What is certain is that our favorite carbonated beverages hold the ultimate power in the universe. Radical things can happen if you mix it with Mentos as seen here or Pop Rocks as seen here.

Whatever may happen make sure that your carefull when you decide to name your delecious tasty beverage becouse you might start the war up again.

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Feel free to leave any comments or questions that you have.

Best,

The Renegade Rabbit