"Soda" and "pop" are the two most common terms for carbonated soft drinks, and strong linguistic indicators of where in the country you call home. Both are correct, but we can tell where you're from based on what you call your bubbly beverage.
It's one of the most commonly used words in the English language — so ubiquitous and so short that it slips by almost unnoticed. But "is" is important, and it does some heavy lifting.
Why does an owl say "hoo hoo" in English but "bu-eong-bu-eong" in Korean? While a cat in France makes the same sounds as a cat in Germany, the depiction of those sounds, both written and vocalized, is interpreted very differently.
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