Minerals

imeddyhobbs

I was out with my non irish friend last night and we were talking about stuff,i happened to describe carbonated drinks as a "mineral"and he asked my why do we(irish) call fizzy drinks as a mineral???i was stumped,i still am!

Maybe I am showing my age by calling a carbonated drink a mineral but why do some of us call sugar water a mineral?

Kold

It's not just carbonated drinks. It's all non-alcoholic drinks I believe.

Senna

Think its to do with using mineral water in soft drinks.

ASIL1983

I dont know we just get it from our Grandparents. I personally hate the word

Orange69

Soft drinks trace their history back to the mineral waters found in natural springs.

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_drink

Ross_Mahon

Min-d-erals...I dunno

anonymous_joe

Who calls them minerals?

dr.bollocko

Isnt minerals a cockney slang for nuts? I have a vault of testicle based information. It's really handy at pub quizzes.

Gran Hermano

anonymous_joe wrote: »

Who calls them minerals?

Culchies

imeddyhobbs

Orange69 wrote: »

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_drink

Yea yea i read this,there is no explanation there it just states the obvious

Ruu_Old

Great word, still use it.

FlutterinBantam

Give us two pints of shtouh dere boss, an two minerals for de childer.




That's who:rolleyes:

Kold

anonymous_joe wrote: »

Who calls them minerals?

People buying, selling and legislating them.

imeddyhobbs

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Give us two pints of shtouh dere boss, an two minerals for de childer.




That's who:rolleyes:

sounds familiar

sinjin_smythe

Yes, its boggers that call them minerals. Dont like the word either meself

Fast_Mover

I always use that word.

Remember being out foreign about two years ago and a manager of one of the pubs we were in offered myself and my friends a drink on the house. I asked for any mineral...he came back with a miller!! You wouldn't mind but I hate beer..I drank it to be nice though. Ughh.

carlybabe1

Ross_Mahon wrote: »

Min-d-erals...I dunno

No, I think its Minr-dls, and peter-dal, and clatter-den, and cather-dine (catherine) :):)

Gran Hermano

Minerals and crips


Need I say anymore?

Dyr

culchies call them "minirils" because culchies hate the letter "e"

imeddyhobbs

Bambi wrote: »

culchies call them "minirils" because culchies hate the letter "e"

im a culchee and i like e e e e e e e e(well i used too)

brianthebard

Bambi wrote: »

culchies call them "minirils" because culchies hate the letter "e"

Don't forget to roll the "r".

mikemac

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Minerals and crips

Taytos, not crisps

imeddyhobbs

brianthebard wrote: »

Don't forget to roll the "r".

like

wapid foyo buzzo wound - aka - rapid fire buzzer round

Kold

You people are deplorable.

imeddyhobbs

micmclo wrote: »

Taytos, not crisps

how bout crips

brianthebard

Kold wrote: »

You people are deplorable.

Whatcha mean you people? Shure we're all human beans at the end of the day like bass.

Acacia

That's what my granny calls fizzy drinks.

mikemac

Ah, Cadete Lemonade

Wonder if they still make it

The_B_Man

its the same people who are too old to use the word "cool" that say it.

anonymous_joe

I've honestly never heard it. ^^

Must be a non-Dublin thing alright. :pac:

dSTAR

weedhead wrote: »

Yes, its boggers that call them minerals. Dont like the word either meself

Not so. Both my grandparents (got rest their souls) used the word and they were hardcore Dubliners that grew up in the city.

When I hear the word I smile

deleriumtremens

micmclo wrote: »

Ah, Cadete Lemonade

Wonder if they still make it

They still do afaik...although somebody was telling me once that, because of the presence of some chemical in the water supply from which the water in the drink is sourced, drinking cadet lemonade makes your dick smaller.

Kold

deleriumtremens wrote: »

They still do afaik...although somebody was telling me once that, because of the presence of some chemical in the water supply from which the water in the drink is sourced, drinking cadet lemonade makes your dick smaller.

Haha, that's some anti-marketing tool. Voting Yes in Lisbon 2 will make your dick smaller!

mikemac

Yeah, wasn't sure if it was Cadete or Cadet

Thanks for clearing that up

Epic Tissue

deleriumtremens wrote: »

They still do afaik...although somebody was telling me once that, because of the presence of some chemical in the water supply from which the water in the drink is sourced, drinking cadet lemonade makes your dick smaller.

Also Lilt kills sperm!

Come to think of it I haven't seen lilt in awhile

mikemac

Lilt is most definitly still around

They got rid of Coca Cola Vanilla after a few months.
Don't know why, it seemed to sell well. That was back in 2004

FearDark

Im from Tipp and we love our TK red lemonade here...

We also love: Tae, cake, wagun wheels and taytos, not crisps.

Kold

FearDark wrote: »

Im from Tipp and we love our TK red lemonade here...

We also love: Tae, cake, wagun wheels and taytos, not crisps.

A good mate of mine is from Two Mile Borris and she's always asking if I "want tae, I just med it." Sometimes I want to kill her.

FearDark

Kold wrote: »

A good mate of mine is from Two Mile Borris and she's always asking if I "want tae, I just med it." Sometimes I want to kill her.

Ah you'll have a cuppatae so?

emeraldstar

The only two people I've ever heard actually use the term are my grandparents. I think it sounds stupid.

Sir Gallagher

carlybabe1 wrote: »

No, I think its Minr-dls, and peter-dal, and clatter-den, and cather-dine (catherine) :):)

Now you have it, don't forget Shar-dn!

I can't believe there's dubs in here who've never heard of them being refered to as minerals.

kraggy

Discussed almost a year ago

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055222665&highlight=mineral

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

deleriumtremens wrote: »

They still do afaik...although somebody was telling me once that, because of the presence of some chemical in the water supply from which the water in the drink is sourced, drinking cadet lemonade makes your dick smaller.

That will explain some things, have been drinking it since I was a kid, not much has grown since...

Mimikyu

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Sir Gallagher

Solitaryman666 wrote: »

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Hahahaha thats brilliant.

Darragh29

anonymous_joe wrote: »

Who calls them minerals?

Culchies...

Sir Gallagher

Plenty of dubs call them minerals too, you're just not old school enough.

biko

We'll go get some minerals after we've been for our messages

Roadend

biko wrote: »

We'll go get some minerals after we've been for our messages

Are you getting a sliced pan in your messages?

Jip

Yeah, it's defo a Dub thing too. Anyone remember the mineral man that used to come around on Sunday afternoons back in the 80s ? He'd have an oul Hi-ake and all the minerals a kid could want and boxes of King Crisps, used to love Sunday evening suppers I did ! Lots of bread and butter to make crip-sambos, a bit of Gateux cake and minerals to wash it all down with. No Taytos though as they were for culchies. You don't hear us Dubs going around calling everything King do you ? <Homer voice>Stupid Culchies </Homer voice>
Coming up to Christmas he's also have a Christmas club so come Christmas week you'd get a massive delivery of King and minerals.

Roadend wrote: »

Are you getting a sliced pan in your messages?

Definately, because then you'd have to go the chipper to get 2 large and a small with lots of salt and vineger. And if you then had to get the bus home from the city centre you'd give the conductor the fare and tell him it's for "1 all the way please".

TerrorFirmer

Would have gotten it from parents/grandparents, would personally just refer to the drink in question it's name. Wouldn't use the term fizzy drink but wouldn't call them minerals either. Usually just...mixer.