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Author: Jim Karatassos
Date: Aug 22, 2008 11:23

..., in /The Fabulous Clipjoint/, written in 1947, mentions "white sodas". In fact, the two heroes in that story ... to one of the characters, is that "you can't make a Mickey with plain white soda so it wouldn't taste". I know what a Mickey is --well, in theory... talking about plain old unweetened club soda in this Chicago-based book of 1947. What I meant...
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Author: Isabelle Cecchini
Date: Aug 22, 2008 07:58

... to one of the characters, is that "you can't make a Mickey with plain white soda so it wouldn't taste". I know what a Mickey is --well, in theory, ... talking about plain old unweetened club soda in this Chicago-based book of 1947. What I meant ...said the bartender. "You couldn't make a Mickey with plain white soda so it wouldn't taste." "That's what I figured," said ...
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Author: Chuck Riggs
Date: Aug 20, 2008 17:34

... advantage, according to one of the characters, is that "you can't make a Mickey with plain white soda so it wouldn't taste". I know what a Mickey is --well, in theory, at ... taking orders at McDonald's, black people would generally order "a soda", when not specifying a Coke or an orange drink, but whites, for some reason, rarely would. -- Regards, Chuck Riggs Near Dublin...
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Author: John Varela
Date: Aug 20, 2008 02:27

...SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote: hazier about "white sodas". American soda = Canadian pop = British ...drinks" = fizzy flavoured water (cf. US soda fountain = bar serving non-alcoholic ...mixed with ice cream.)  The famous US brands of soda in the 1940s Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola,...country. I grew up with "soft drink" in Indiana; I hear "soda" in Houston; I have heard "pop" from folks who came ...
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Author: Jim Karatassos
Date: Aug 19, 2008 23:36

...lot of beer and whiskey or rye, but on that occasion, they are drinking "white sodas", whose big advantage, according to one of the characters, is that "you can't make a Mickey with plain white soda so it wouldn't taste". I know what a Mickey is --well, in theory,... talking about plain old unweetened club soda in this Chicago-based book of 1947. What I meant ...
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Author: Paul Wolff
Date: Aug 19, 2008 22:58

..., according to one of the characters, is that "you can't make a Mickey with plain white soda so it wouldn't taste". I know what a Mickey is --well, in theory, at... mixed with ice cream.)  The famous US brands of soda in the 1940s Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola, ...>country. I grew up with "soft drink" in Indiana; I hear "soda" in Houston; I have heard "pop" from folks who came from ...
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Author: Raymond O'Hara
Date: Aug 19, 2008 22:51

... Brown, in /The Fabulous Clipjoint/, written in 1947, mentions "white sodas". In fact, the two heroes in that story ... lot of beer and whiskey or rye, but on that occasion, they are drinking "white sodas", whose big advantage, according to one of the characters, is that "you can't make a Mickey with plain white soda so it wouldn't taste". I know what a Mickey is --well, in theory, ...
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Author: Cece
Date: Aug 19, 2008 20:53

..., according to one of the characters, is that "you can't make a Mickey with plain white soda so it wouldn't taste". I know what a Mickey is --well, in theory, at...often mixed with ice cream.)  The famous US brands of soda in the 1940s Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola, ... country. I grew up with "soft drink" in Indiana; I hear "soda" in Houston; I have heard "pop" from folks who came from ...
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Author: Default User
Date: Aug 19, 2008 20:51

Isabelle Cecchini wrote: Fredric Brown, in /The Fabulous Clipjoint/, written in 1947, mentions "white sodas". The other possibility would be that it's something like 7-up or Sprite, but which would... the term used. It's generally in the context of cures for a stomachache. When I was a kid, white soda and crackers were supposed to make sick children feel better....
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Author: tony cooper
Date: Aug 19, 2008 20:07

... advantage, according to one of the characters, is that "you can't make a Mickey with plain white soda so it wouldn't taste". I know what a Mickey is --well, in theory, at least... "soft drinks" = fizzy flavoured water (cf. US soda fountain = bar serving non-alcoholic drinks, often mixed with ice cream.) The famous US brands of soda in the 1940s Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola, Dr Pepper...
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