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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Eurotalk - New Words - Food
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Roney, Jr. PKT)
Mon Oct 31 18:39:15 2011
In-Reply-To: <6.2.5.6.2.20111031151505.0561a728@flyingstart.ca>
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:39:00 -0400
From: "Michael Roney, Jr. PKT" <nahqun@gmail.com>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 6:18 PM, Robyn Stewart <robyn@flyingstart.ca> wrote:
> At 15:12 31/10/2011, you wrote:
>>
>> >> How then
>> >> should we say "Dr Pepper",
>> >
>> > <Dr Pepper 'awje'> or <Dr Pepper qo'la' 'awje'>
>>
>> Why would one use the word "cola" to refer to something that is not a
>> cola?
>
> I thought this one was going to be an undefinable matter of opinion, but it
> appears that "In 1963 the United States Fifth District Court in Dallas
> declared that Dr Pepper was not a cola, thus allowing Dr Pepper to expand
> its reach."
>
> So if Klingons are up on their American cola law, I shouldn't call it that.
>
>
> What's a cola, then? If I asked for a cola of some kind and someone gave me
> a Dr Pepper, I would consider the request satisfied.
A cola is apparently flavored by the kola nut (or artificial versions of it).
Pepsi, Coke, and RC are major cola brands here in the US.
Dr Pepper {Qel 'awje'}, OTOH, is not flavored with the same
ingredients as a cola.
It has a distinctive blend of 23 flavors and is in a category of its own.
Root beer is different from colas which are different from Dr Pepper.
(I'm from Plano, TX where the Dr Pepper offices are located...)
~naHQun
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