# Words you Hate but have resigned yourself they are here to stay

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-but-have-resigned-yourself-they-are-here-to-stay/756311>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 2, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-but-have-resigned-yourself-they-are-here-to-stay/756311 "2016-06-02T15:06:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-but-have-resigned-yourself-they-are-here-to-stay/756311/261 "2016-07-01T20:48:20Z")

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> [@Pleonast](#):
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> Use of “soda”, instead of “pop”. Soda is used to make cakes rise; it’s not something to drink.

This is, of course, a [regional thing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_drink#Terminology):

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> In the United States, the 2003 Harvard Dialect Survey tracked the usage of the nine most common names. Over half of the survey respondents preferred the term “soda”, which was dominant in the Northeastern United States, California, and the areas surrounding Milwaukee and St. Louis. The term “pop”, which was preferred by 25% of the respondents, was most popular in the Midwest and Pacific Northwest, while the genericized trademark “coke”, used by 12% of the respondents, was most popular in the Southern United States. The term “tonic” is hyperlocal to eastern Massachusetts, although usage is declining. In the English-speaking parts of Canada, the term “pop” is prevalent, but “soft drink” is the most common English term used in Montreal.

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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-but-have-resigned-yourself-they-are-here-to-stay/756311/262 "2016-07-01T21:10:31Z")

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> [@Gatopescado](#):
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> Well, I’m officially over “Brexit”. It needs to die. I don’t expect it to go away anytime soon.

You think that’s bad - wait 'til Germany tries it.

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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-hate-but-have-resigned-yourself-they-are-here-to-stay/756311/263 "2016-07-01T21:12:06Z")

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heighth.

height is pronounced hite.

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