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So I was in the store today to pick up some Mexican Coke, and spied some Root Beer on the shelf that was advertised "Made with Pure cane Sugar", none of that HFCS stuff that tears up my insides. On top of that, list of ingredients is very short and all can be pronounced easily (try and read the side of a diet coke can!)

I had my first cold root beer 2 hours ago and not a single problem.

Have to share it!


http://www.boylanbottling.com/
 
have you ever seen stuff called China Cola?
thats pretty good too! and all natural stuff. easy to pronounce
 
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Something like that, I'd imagine. Maybe that's what they mean by "pure cane sugar". :hippy:

No, but seriously, what is it? :tongue:
 
Mexican Coke is made in Mexico with sugar instead of corn syrup. Jones brand of soda is made with Cane Sugar. They also have stuff made with Aspertame, so you have to watch which you are buying.

Cane sugar is made from Sugar Cane as opposed to Sugar Beets.

Dan
 
Pepsi has released a "throw back" version of both Pepsi and Mountain Dew, both made with sugar rather than HFCS. I haven't tried the Pepsi, but the Mountain Dew has a more "natural"taste...more citrusy.


On a side note, somebody told me the other day that when Coke made the switch to "New Coke" in the 80s, it was so that they could re-introduce Coca-Cola Classic with HFCS instead of sugar and nobody would notice the difference because New Coke would serve as the "bridge" between the two. Thought that was interesting.
 
kello82 said:
have you ever seen stuff called China Cola?
thats pretty good too! and all natural stuff. easy to pronounce
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All of it's easy to pronounce, I think people get psyched out easily by the length of the words and don't realize most words consist of base components that repeat in different arrangements....break up some of the big words and it's not nearly as intimidating. There's a reason when we all started reading the big people would say sound it out when we got that look on our faces.

My gf teases me because I can read the ingredients on shampoo bottles by doing this....they're all just versions of chemical naming conventions. Bi, tri, phospho, oxy, methyl, carbonate, poly, mono, malto, iso, hydro, tetra, chloro, ....start looking at them as chunks of words and not one word. A lot of them end in similar ways too, "tate", "tine", "zine", "mide", "trate"....I don't know, maybe I've read too many labels. :)

Edit: I found a word that follows this principle, and it's not a scientific word, but appears massive, and it's a real word:

Antidisestablishmentarianism

Break that up, and you'll see, anti, dis, establishment, arian, ism....See? :)
 
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you make an excellent point. this shampoo ingredient:
methylchloroisothiazolinone
is pretty easy to break down and pronounce.

but what about these two:
acesulfame (sweetener)
benzoylmethyl ecgonine (cocaine)

theres a number of different ways that the pronunciations could go....is it ecgo-NINE or ecgo-KNEEn?? that just one example
and how the hell do you say ecgo? EK-go? echo? is the g silent or something??


and looking it up in a dictionary and then answering doesnt count, mister :D
 
I just use 'precedents' and common sense in those cases (that is to say I base it on other usages or words like them), unless I come across one without them, then I use an educated guess. :) (sounding it out)

I know of "phenylalanine" and know the "nine" is actually pronounced "NEEN" so I'd use that as a precedent, because generally speaking, scientific words don't change prefix/suffix pronunciations or deviate like cultural language does.

I'd guess acesulfame is an easier one too "Ace-eh-suhl-fayme" would be how I'd "try" (probably correct, but could be "ass-eh" instead).

The other would start with Benzoylmethyl, which is easy as well since it looks like benzoyl and methyl put together (benzoyl peroxide for example). But the next part, though trickier, appears to be "Ek-go" as you guessed, but said fast probably sounds like "echo"...so, ek-go-neen....very small chance it's pronounced like an "s" as in "ess-go-neen" but doubtful as an actual "s" would most likely be there due to a more logical implementation of letters in science.

Again just guesses on those two but the thing I like about scientific pronunciations and chemical nomenclature is that it is all logical to me, you rarely have silent letters unlike the English language, or exceptions to rules, or duplicate words with different meanings, alternate spellings, etc.... no conjugation of verbs like in Spanish, etc... nice and tidy like an OCDish person admires.. :)
 
I just like things structured and logical. Put me in the city of Chicago where a street has several names, isn't grid-like, and people don't abide by the assigned number of lanes and I appear stupid. :D

ask my gf, I won't drive down there.
 
Regarding pronunciation of long words, I usually follow the principle: "who's going to tell me I'm wrong?"
But, in general I detest all manifestations of unnecessary grandiloquence

Antidisestablishmentarianism is usually quoted as the longest word in the english language, but as Benson pointed out, it's a compound word really, so a bit of a cheat!
 
Speaking of soda, I have a question for you all - does soda burn your stomach? I don't mean just hurt, cause nausea, or make you have the big D - really BURN?

I haven't been able to drink soda in years.
 
Ok when I said easy to pronounce, I didnt mean it literally, I meant stuff that doesn't come off as some lovely chemical made in a vat with mad tastebud scientist and whatnot. The refined chemicals/sugars/foods processed stuffs is what screws up my insides, and that's the kind of stuff I like to avoid.
 
BWS1982 said:
Antidisestablishmentarianism

Break that up, and you'll see, anti, dis, establishment, tarian, ism....See? :)
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Yeah, my mom actually challenged me to spell that word when it came out as the longest word in the dictionary. I hit it. She knew I spelled well, but she thought it was cool that I could do it.

And yeah, I've always been able to pronounce the words too. No idea what they mean, like when I read Spanish, but I can read them. Once you know the conventions for a language you can pronounce it. Knowing what it means? That's a different story. :)
 
I'm an awesome Spanish reader and speaker... now forming sentences coherently... thats another issue. I think I've already said this on here... but I'm so analytical that I always spell and pronounce things correctly... in general.

I think I know those big scientific words simply due to the fact that I spend so much time in the bathroom reading the dang things! :)
 
hah we've had that discussion in some thread somewhere about how we all read the bath product bottles. toothpaste tubes. take apart floss boxes. etc.
 
Procyon said:
cocainen.jpg


Something like that, I'd imagine. Maybe that's what they mean by "pure cane sugar". :hippy:

No, but seriously, what is it? :tongue:
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Sugar cane is the best! We grow it here in Louisiana, it's where a lot of sugar comes from. It looks like regular old cane, but you chop it and scrape the insides where the sugar is. My grandpa would get it and chew it up like candy! It makes me smile to think about it. :)

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I can tolerate sugar, but the carbonation in soft drinks is what gets me. Coke is the worst, although I've found that the generic PC type brands are not as bad. I just let it get flat.
 
i LOVE boylan's soda pop!! its the only soda i will drink. thats the best darn cream soda i've ever had...

try the BIRCH BEER that is good stuff. i definitely avoid pop.. but a boylans soda is no pop
 
Agent X20 said:
Antidisestablishmentarianism is usually quoted as the longest word in the english language, but as Benson pointed out, it's a compound word really, so a bit of a cheat!
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Here's a longer one: esophagogastroduodenoscopies - well I guess I only made it longer by making it plural, so I guess that's cheating, too!!
 
I've found the only pop I can handle is flat ginger ale.

Boy I would love to down an ice cold coke right now.
 
crohnsappleadams said:
The true longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

I learned it in the 4th grade. :D
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I can't even say that! I love Dr. Pepper, but only if not flaring. Otherwise the carbonation upsets me. I have never really tried Jones soda, they have a ton of wacky flavors though. I think that is the one that has special Thanksgiving flavors.
 
Had my first Vault Zero in ages, mmmm, mutant chemicals. My throat was making some noises from the carbonation like usual, but no issues afterwords.
 
teeny5 said:
I have never really tried Jones soda, they have a ton of wacky flavors though. I think that is the one that has special Thanksgiving flavors.
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They do! I think they are even made with pure cane sugar (some if not all). They have cranberry, pecan pie, even turkey and gravy flavor. They have black licorice at Halloween. They make a really yummy berry lemonade flavor that I freeze and make into slushies for the kids.

The longest town name is
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu.
It's in New Zealand. They sang it on a Mountain Dew commercial, but I can't find it =(
 
teeny5 said:
I can't even say that! I love Dr. Pepper, but only if not flaring. Otherwise the carbonation upsets me. I have never really tried Jones soda, they have a ton of wacky flavors though. I think that is the one that has special Thanksgiving flavors.
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new-mono-ultra-microscopic-sill-lick-oh-volcano-co-neo-sis
 
lol mbh i was gonna say the same thing about the turkey flav!

they have weird xmas flavors too. i got my brother a pack once that was: holiday ham, egg nog, christmas tree, and sugar plum.
mmm tree flavored beverage yum.

here is this it? -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu

edit: oh.... der. i get it, you couldnt find the COMMERCIAL, not the wiki page. ugh im on a dumb streak lately...
 
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boylans is good stuff.
i haven't had a soda in so long maybe a year & maybe even 5 since having a coke/pepsi/type soda.
 
kello82 said:
hah we've had that discussion in some thread somewhere about how we all read the bath product bottles. toothpaste tubes. take apart floss boxes. etc.
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Not sure I've seen that thread -- but I always do that when I'm "on the throne," so to speak. Whatever is within reach -- I'll just read it to pass the time... :)
 
prettykitty said:
Not sure I've seen that thread -- but I always do that when I'm "on the throne," so to speak. Whatever is within reach -- I'll just read it to pass the time... :)
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Hahaha! yep :}
 
my dad and i went to Mystic Seaport last week and they had Boylan's there and i remebered this and i got some! grape flavor mmm it was yummy.
turned my poo green. ahh how festive :D
 

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