[WikiEN-l] Categories for deletion/discussion issues

[ScottL]

Michael Snow wrote:
> Steve Bennett wrote:
> 
>> On 7/29/06, Daniel R. Tobias <dan at tobias.name> wrote:
>>
>>>> Pop? Isn't that what you do to bubble wrap?
>>>>
>>>> Coke? Isn't that a fuel made from heating coal in the absence of 
>>> air, or
>>>> a slang term for cocaine?
>>> Soda?  Do you mean baking soda or the nonalcoholic part of scotch &
>>> soda?
>> I can't think of any other interpretations of "soft drink".
> 
> All it fundamentally means is something non-alcoholic, as in the 
> opposite of "hard drink". Lemonade can be a soft drink (unless of course 
> it's hard lemonade), but it doesn't qualify as pop or soda. As with 
> freeway/motorway/etc., there is no single satisfactory term that both 
> includes all that should be included, and excludes all that should be 
> excluded. If you want to say carbonated non-alcoholic flavo(u)red 
> beverage with absolute precision, that's what you have to say.
> 
> --Michael Snow

   I can see them making space for that on menus world wide :).