Talk:2108: Carbonated Beverage Language Map - Revision history

172.70.160.220 at 07:45, 26 August 2024

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172.69.130.19 at 02:33, 26 August 2024

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172.70.162.147 at 12:08, 20 March 2022

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162.158.63.12 at 17:45, 22 September 2020

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162.158.63.12 at 17:45, 22 September 2020

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Opticsmith: Complimenting a previous editor's wit

2019-10-30T17:04:50Z

Complimenting a previous editor's wit

162.158.34.112 at 16:55, 12 May 2019

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ProphetZarquon at 20:09, 15 February 2019

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ProphetZarquon: ??? Mercury is a toxin. Not safe to swallow.

2019-02-15T20:05:58Z

??? Mercury is a toxin. Not safe to swallow.

ProphetZarquon at 19:05, 15 February 2019

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	To repeat my ad-hoc edit summary for a change I just made: ''Probably the biggest brand asset of 'Coke' is its laconic contraction. I wonder if anyone considered "Gimme a Pep!" as a branding exercise?'' ...only while writing it (to avoid leaving my edit uncommented in the Edit History) did I realise how true. Apart from the (not entirely incidental) homophonic sharing with cocaine's own name-shortner, it would be interesting to know if "Pep" would have been as useful a name-gimick. Ok, so confusion perhaps with Peptobismol in one direction and its rival's Doctor Pepper in the other, but it seems the only way to go (except "Psi"?) to get deep into the utilitarian phoneme battle... Just thinking out loud. Don't mind me! [[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.147\|172.70.162.147]] 12:08, 20 March 2022 (UTC)		To repeat my ad-hoc edit summary for a change I just made: ''Probably the biggest brand asset of 'Coke' is its laconic contraction. I wonder if anyone considered "Gimme a Pep!" as a branding exercise?'' ...only while writing it (to avoid leaving my edit uncommented in the Edit History) did I realise how true. Apart from the (not entirely incidental) homophonic sharing with cocaine's own name-shortner, it would be interesting to know if "Pep" would have been as useful a name-gimick. Ok, so confusion perhaps with Peptobismol in one direction and its rival's Doctor Pepper in the other, but it seems the only way to go (except "Psi"?) to get deep into the utilitarian phoneme battle... Just thinking out loud. Don't mind me! [[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.147\|172.70.162.147]] 12:08, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

−	Should there be a description of the states that each location of the map is on? I would, but I don't really know US states.	+	Should there be a description of the states that each location of the map is on? I would, but I don't really know US states. {{unsigned ip\|172.69.130.19\|02:33, 26 August 2024}}

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	To repeat my ad-hoc edit summary for a change I just made: ''Probably the biggest brand asset of 'Coke' is its laconic contraction. I wonder if anyone considered "Gimme a Pep!" as a branding exercise?'' ...only while writing it (to avoid leaving my edit uncommented in the Edit History) did I realise how true. Apart from the (not entirely incidental) homophonic sharing with cocaine's own name-shortner, it would be interesting to know if "Pep" would have been as useful a name-gimick. Ok, so confusion perhaps with Peptobismol in one direction and its rival's Doctor Pepper in the other, but it seems the only way to go (except "Psi"?) to get deep into the utilitarian phoneme battle... Just thinking out loud. Don't mind me! [[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.147\|172.70.162.147]] 12:08, 20 March 2022 (UTC)		To repeat my ad-hoc edit summary for a change I just made: ''Probably the biggest brand asset of 'Coke' is its laconic contraction. I wonder if anyone considered "Gimme a Pep!" as a branding exercise?'' ...only while writing it (to avoid leaving my edit uncommented in the Edit History) did I realise how true. Apart from the (not entirely incidental) homophonic sharing with cocaine's own name-shortner, it would be interesting to know if "Pep" would have been as useful a name-gimick. Ok, so confusion perhaps with Peptobismol in one direction and its rival's Doctor Pepper in the other, but it seems the only way to go (except "Psi"?) to get deep into the utilitarian phoneme battle... Just thinking out loud. Don't mind me! [[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.147\|172.70.162.147]] 12:08, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
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		+	Should there be a description of the states that each location of the map is on? I would, but I don't really know US states.

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	I love the "citation needed" regarding "Well, not by someone with your best interests at heart."[[User:Opticsmith\|Opticsmith]] ([[User talk:Opticsmith\|talk]]) 17:04, 30 October 2019 (UTC)		I love the "citation needed" regarding "Well, not by someone with your best interests at heart."[[User:Opticsmith\|Opticsmith]] ([[User talk:Opticsmith\|talk]]) 17:04, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
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		+	To repeat my ad-hoc edit summary for a change I just made: ''Probably the biggest brand asset of 'Coke' is its laconic contraction. I wonder if anyone considered "Gimme a Pep!" as a branding exercise?'' ...only while writing it (to avoid leaving my edit uncommented in the Edit History) did I realise how true. Apart from the (not entirely incidental) homophonic sharing with cocaine's own name-shortner, it would be interesting to know if "Pep" would have been as useful a name-gimick. Ok, so confusion perhaps with Peptobismol in one direction and its rival's Doctor Pepper in the other, but it seems the only way to go (except "Psi"?) to get deep into the utilitarian phoneme battle... Just thinking out loud. Don't mind me! [[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.147\|172.70.162.147]] 12:08, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

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-Im from  new york and i can confirm we do call it mouthbuzz
+Im from  new york and i can confirm we do call it mouthbuzz[[Special:Contributions/162.158.63.12|162.158.63.12]] 17:45, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
 I'm wondering what the joke behind the weird shapes of "softie" and "punch" are about. [[User:Cgrimes85|Cgrimes85]] ([[User talk:Cgrimes85|talk]]) 17:22, 6 February 2019 (UTC)
 :The shapes could easily be random. But at first glance the "softie" shape vaguely represents areas where Mormons represent more than 50% of the population. [[User:Syberiyxx|Syberiyxx]] ([[User talk:Syberiyxx|talk]]) 19:07, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

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 I'm wondering what the joke behind the weird shapes of "softie" and "punch" are about. [[User:Cgrimes85|Cgrimes85]] ([[User talk:Cgrimes85|talk]]) 17:22, 6 February 2019 (UTC)
 :The shapes could easily be random. But at first glance the "softie" shape vaguely represents areas where Mormons represent more than 50% of the population. [[User:Syberiyxx|Syberiyxx]] ([[User talk:Syberiyxx|talk]]) 19:07, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

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	In Northern England and Scotland, I believe sweets (confectionary) are called 'spice'. This makes 'spicewater' as liquid sweets very reasonable and perhaps more likely than a Dune reference.[[Special:Contributions/162.158.34.112\|162.158.34.112]] 16:55, 12 May 2019 (UTC)		In Northern England and Scotland, I believe sweets (confectionary) are called 'spice'. This makes 'spicewater' as liquid sweets very reasonable and perhaps more likely than a Dune reference.[[Special:Contributions/162.158.34.112\|162.158.34.112]] 16:55, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
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		+	I love the "citation needed" regarding "Well, not by someone with your best interests at heart."[[User:Opticsmith\|Opticsmith]] ([[User talk:Opticsmith\|talk]]) 17:04, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

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	I also though "hydro" was a reference to the Canadian oddity of calling electricity "hydro". I added that to the Terms Explanation but someone deleted it. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.62.220\|172.69.62.220]] 14:48, 14 February 2019 (UTC)		I also though "hydro" was a reference to the Canadian oddity of calling electricity "hydro". I added that to the Terms Explanation but someone deleted it. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.62.220\|172.69.62.220]] 14:48, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
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		+	In Northern England and Scotland, I believe sweets (confectionary) are called 'spice'. This makes 'spicewater' as liquid sweets very reasonable and perhaps more likely than a Dune reference.[[Special:Contributions/162.158.34.112\|162.158.34.112]] 16:55, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

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 To be fair, mercury is hardly harmful at all if swallowed [[Special:Contributions/172.68.222.64|172.68.222.64]] 15:05, 7 February 2019 (UTC)
 :That’s correct, so I removed the remark from the table. --[[User:DaB.|DaB.]] ([[User talk:DaB.|talk]]) 16:42, 7 February 2019 (UTC)
-::What? Where are you two getting your information on this subject? Both the AMA & WHO have published warnings about the dangers of mercury ingestion. It is medically classified as a toxin & regulated as an industrial pollutant. Due to the very small quantities required for a spill to elevate mercury levels beyond accepted risk limits in a water table, & the high rate of vaporization & accordant inhalation risk, many municipalities & medical organizations have banned the sale of mercury containing thermometers, altogether. Ingesting a single gram of mercury is sufficient to risk permanent damage, & it's worse if inhaled, which is easy to do because it vaporizes at a relatively low temperature. Mercury inhibits selenium uptake. Even the relatively low absorption rate of elemental mercury within the gastrointestinal tract is still sufficient to warrant serious medical warnings & safety regulations. Unless you can present some peer-reviewed studies indicating that drinking mercury is safe, I don't understand how you can claim it's "hardly harmful at all if swallowed". Bottom line: _Mercury is a toxin._ I'm putting it back in.
+::What? Where are you two getting your information on this subject? Both the AMA & WHO have published warnings about the dangers of mercury ingestion. It is medically classified as a toxin & regulated as an industrial pollutant. Due to the very small quantities required for a spill to elevate mercury levels beyond accepted risk limits in a water table, & the high rate of vaporization & accordant inhalation risk, many municipalities & medical organizations have banned the sale of mercury containing thermometers, altogether. Ingesting a single gram of mercury is sufficient to risk permanent damage, & it's worse if inhaled, which is easy to do because it vaporizes at a relatively low temperature. Mercury inhibits selenium uptake. Even the relatively low absorption rate of elemental mercury within the gastrointestinal tract is still sufficient to warrant serious medical warnings & safety regulations. Unless you can present some peer-reviewed studies indicating that drinking mercury is safe, I don't understand how you can claim it's "hardly harmful at all if swallowed". Bottom line: '''''Mercury is a toxin.''''' I'm putting it back in.
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 I'm pretty sure "crypto" is a joke on cryptocurrency craze, not cryptography or any other crypto-thing. [[Special:Contributions/198.41.242.46|198.41.242.46]] 21:21, 6 February 2019 (UTC)
-:It ''could'' be, but I see no evidence of that in this comic; there's no other reference to currencies ''or'' cryptography here, so there's not much to go on. However, looking through past comics, I see many instances where Randall used "crypto" to mean "cryptography" but ''no'' instances where he used just the term "crypto" alone to mean "cryptocurrency". Randall Munroe seems pretty well versed on both topics & I don't think he thinks that word means what you think he means that word means. Crypto = cryptography. Crypto ≠ crypto-currency; hence the existence of the compound term crypto+currency in the first place.
+:It ''could'' be, but I see no evidence of that in this comic; there's no other reference to currencies ''or'' cryptography here, so there's not much to go on. However, looking through past comics, I see many instances where Randall used "crypto" to mean "cryptography" but ''no'' instances where he used just the term "crypto" alone to mean "cryptocurrency". Randall Munroe seems pretty well versed on both topics & I don't think he thinks that word means what you think he thinks that word means. Crypto = cryptography. Crypto ≠ crypto-currency; hence the existence of the compound term crypto+currency in the first place.
 :[[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 19:04, 15 February 2019 (UTC)