It’s (past) time for this week’s This-or-That:
1. Kleenex or tissue? Kleenex.
2. Soda or pop (or tonic or whatever)? Soda.
3. A sandwich on a long roll: sub or hero (or hoagie or grinder, etc)? Sub.
4. Glasses or spectacles? (Snort.) Glasses.
5. TV or television (or boob-tube, or telly, for our friends across the pond)? TV.
6. Movie or film? Movie.
7. Sofa or couch? Sofa, though probably a quarter of the time we use couch.
8. Stove or range? Stove.
9. Remote control or clicker? We used to call it the “binkie,” but Katherine’s version of it has stolen that title, so now it’s the “remote.”
10. Supermarket or grocery store? Grocery store.
Not many of the above are exclusive, though. (Well, I don’t hear many people at all with the “sub” synonyms.)