What do you think of the name "liseuse?"

[Shaggy]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

But I prefer my cola without extra flavoring.

I prefer mine with Rum.

[Shaggy]

Originally Posted by Sparrow

My liseuse tastes better than Coke!!!

My tissues taste better than Pepsi!!!

[Crowl]

Originally Posted by delphidb96

Vanilla? Ack, hack, ptui! May just as well bole of a mess a water, sugar and vanilla 'n jest swig it raht down!

The only reasonable time vanilla should be mentioned in conjunction with a drink would be when its a vanilla milkshake.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Shaggy

My tissues taste better than Pepsi!!!

Used or unused?

[Shaggy]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Used or unused?

Yes.

[bookfanmd]

Originally Posted by kazbates

There is NO purity to the English language, particularly as it can vary greatly from one English speaking country to another. A truck is a lorry. Try using the word lorry here in the US and people will think you are talking about a girl (Laurie).

The differences can be distressing. I feel odd evey time I go to use the ladies room at an Australian themed Outback Restaurant and the door is labeled "Sheilas".

Sheila C.

[Lemurion]

Originally Posted by kazbates

Most words that were borrowed for use in the English language from other languages had "zero legitimacy" (not a phrase I would use) before they became assimilated into common usage. Your argument for the legitimacy of a word within the confines of the English language is illogical. There is NO purity to the English language, particularly as it can vary greatly from one English speaking country to another. A truck is a lorry. Try using the word lorry here in the US and people will think you are talking about a girl (Laurie). English is fluid and growing, just as it should be.

English has 'hybrid vigor' rather than Habsburg inbreeding.

While I agree completely about the uselessness of the word "lorry" in the US, I don't think it sounds that much like the name Laurie at all.

[ShortNCuddlyAm]

Originally Posted by delphidb96

It's not so much the cherry I object to in Pepsi, Coke or Dr. Pepper. Nosirree! No what raises *MY* dander to the point of demanding "a killing" is when they stuff *VANILLA* into the mix! GAAAAAaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh! (There oughta be a law against "vanilla" as the predominant "flavor" in a soda - where's them thar firing walls when we need them?)

Derek

Ahh but vanilla (proper vanilla, that is, not the synthetic crud that seems to end up in too much foodstuffs - and, I daresay, drinkstuffs) is the second most expensive spice (saffron is the most expensive). And it has a very nice, rich taste (again, the real stuff, yada yada)

[kazbates]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Please note that this study was for SUGAR-CONTAINING beverages. Does not hold for diet beverages.

Actually, my peridontist (yes, I can no longer go to just a REGULAR dentist, I've moved on to the specialists now) tells me that diet drinks are just as bad if not worse than the sugared drinks. Something to do with the chemicals they use. Since I don't drink pop of any kind, I really didn't pay that much attention other than to note it was bad for your teeth so I could pass the sad news onto my children. Needless to say, they were not happy!

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by kazbates

Actually, my peridontist (yes, I can no longer go to just a REGULAR dentist, I've moved on to the specialists now) tells me that diet drinks are just as bad if not worse than the sugared drinks. Something to do with the chemicals they use. Since I don't drink pop of any kind, I really didn't pay that much attention other than to note it was bad for your teeth so I could pass the sad news onto my children. Needless to say, they were not happy!

Well, the acidity may have something to do with it as well, but I'm sure the sugar is what the bacteria grow on/in and cause the decay.

All I know is that I drink diet soda constantly and have all my life and have recently had better checkups than every before.

[brecklundin]

Originally Posted by kazbates

Actually, my peridontist (yes, I can no longer go to just a REGULAR dentist, I've moved on to the specialists now) tells me that diet drinks are just as bad if not worse than the sugared drinks. Something to do with the chemicals they use. Since I don't drink pop of any kind, I really didn't pay that much attention other than to note it was bad for your teeth so I could pass the sad news onto my children. Needless to say, they were not happy!

Dunno how the thread got to this topic but there are ways to help satisfy the urge for carbonation, sweetness pretty cheaply. There is this device I have:

http://www.sodaclub.com/

Here is another: http://www.sodastreamusa.com/

But you can make your own flavorings as well as control the total carbonation...I use something called Stevia as a sweetener it is 100% natural and zero carbs and been used for 1000s of years...it has what can be a somewhat odd flavor for some. It can have a slight licorice taste but it is TONS sweeter than sugar or any of the artificial sweeteners...but I learned to like it simply because we consume just way too much sugar (other carbs as well) these days. Just a note...if you do look for stevia in the market beware some brands actually add either sugar, maltodextrin (not good for many people and debatable for diabetics) or artificial sweetener...buy the pure extract/powder...but go VERY easy with it. I buy a bottle of pure stevia powder and I think it is 3-4oz and it will last me about a year or more...costs about $5-$6...and you can bake with it but need to compensate for the lost bulk compared to sugar or other sweetener options.

What I like is I can always have fresh soda ready in an instant. There are even small bottles you can fill, close up and take with you or just store in the fridge.

Also, I KNOW what is in the beverage and know it's all healthy, well, as healthy as food is anymore now that it's nothing more than an assembly line product with dubious genetic heritage... I like to use fresh juices though I have been known to, well, experiment...and not all experiments are, well, edible?!?!

Anyway, just adding there is a safer (for your teeth and stomach as well) way to go...and yeah a bottle of tonic water is OK too but it is still not fresh and will go flat and cost a lot more (I think anyway)...plus I got the cool Penguin looking device because it was fun!!

[delphidb96]

Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

Ahh but vanilla (proper vanilla, that is, not the synthetic crud that seems to end up in too much foodstuffs - and, I daresay, drinkstuffs) is the second most expensive spice (saffron is the most expensive). And it has a very nice, rich taste (again, the real stuff, yada yada)

Yes. In ice cream. In puddings. In *anything* but colas!!! Heck gosh durnit, I'd rather have *saffron* in colas over a predominant vanilla taste. (Of course, to my mind wasting saffron on something as plebian as cola should be a firing-squad offense. )

Derek

[astra]

Originally Posted by kazbates

No one is pushing the term, except maybe in the Lounge where that sort of thing is accepted and even encouraged. I actually thing this thread should be in the lounge because we are starting to move toward the ridiculous. If you don't like the term, don't use it. Pretty simple, really.

Far from that simple because it migrated from lounge and appears in thread titles in News and Commentary. So, the usage of the word is imposed on us leaving no choice such as:

If you don't like the term, don't use it

Really, why not to use 電子書籍 (as ardeegee suggested)? You cannot read it? You don't understand it? Not your language? Who cares?

[Jellby]

Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

Ahh but vanilla

And "vanilla" is not an English word either, it's a modified Spanish word ("vainilla") meaning "little pod" (and the spice too, of course). That's another word English speakers wouldn't properly pronounce (something like vy-NEE-yah).

[astra]

Originally Posted by Moejoe

You English-speaking pig-dogs. You sons of a motherless elderberry! I fart in your general directions! You silly kniggits!

Liseuse or Death!!



*posted while reading from Rosinante his Liseuse

R.I.P.