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so there are people that call any kind of soft drink coke?
sounds strange to me
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Soft drink or coke.
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I don't get the ones that call all soda Coke. Coke is a brand name. That's like calling all cars Chevy or all TVs Sony. Soda is just a shortened form of soda pop. Just as pop is. Both of those make sense.
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I don't get the ones that call all soda Coke. Coke is a brand name. That's like calling all cars Chevy or all TVs Sony. Soda is just a shortened form of soda pop. Just as pop is. Both of those make sense.
It's actually quite common.
http://coolrain44.wordpress.com/2010/03/23/brand-names-that-we-call-generic-products/
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Yeah I still don't get it. The Coke one just makes no sense to me. It's not like that is the biggest one by a clear margin that it eclipses all others.
Most of those others on that list most people couldn't name a second brand.
I am guilty of the band-aid and Jell-o ones though.
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Yeah I still don't get it. The Coke one just makes no sense to me. It's not like that is the biggest one by a clear margin that it eclipses all others.
Most of those others on that list most people couldn't name a second brand.
Yeah, I don't get it either.
You could make the argument that since Coke was started in Georgia, that's why everyone calls all soda Coke, but Dr. Pepper (Texas) and Pepsi (North Carolina) were also born in the south.
Language is a funny thing sometimes.
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Calling all sodas "coke" is really no different than calling all adhesive bandages "Band-Aid" or calling all facial tissues "Kleenex" or calling all brands of tampons "Tampax".
It would be interesting to see the population of those counties in the map in the OP though. I suspect that the numbers of PEOPLE vs. numbers of counties would be vastly different than it appears on the map.
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Theres a pretty big difference. A "band-aid" or "kleenex" have the same functions and no real variation. There a pretty big damn different between a mountain dew and a root beer, especially if they're both called a coke which is something else entirely.
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Theres a pretty big difference. A "band-aid" or "kleenex" have the same functions and no real variation. There a pretty big damn different between a mountain dew and a root beer, especially if they're both called a coke which is something else entirely.
The difference is a matter of perspective.
To me, there's almost no difference - they're all drinks meant to provide liquid intake and be refreshing and flavorful. Beyond that, it matters little.
Further, the point was that linguistically there is no difference between calling all carbonated beverages "Coke" and calling all facial tissues "Kleenex".
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Southerners call all soda 'coke' because they live in a hotbed of ignorance and stupidity.
How is anyone genuinely surprised that southerners do something irrationally dumb?
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I have an issue with that map. How do they represent a county if 30-50 percent call it coke, another 30-50% call it soda, and another 30-50% may call it pop?
I think this map was made to support the authors desired outcome!
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Taliesihne posted:
Tych2 posted:
I don't get the ones that call all soda Coke. Coke is a brand name. That's like calling all cars Chevy or all TVs Sony. Soda is just a shortened form of soda pop. Just as pop is. Both of those make sense.
It's actually quite common.
http://coolrain44.wordpress.com/2010/03/23/brand-names-that-we-call-generic-products/
I'm guilty of a number of those. ^^
And it's called pop.
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I don't get the ones that call all soda Coke. Coke is a brand name. That's like calling all cars Chevy or all TVs Sony. Soda is just a shortened form of soda pop. Just as pop is. Both of those make sense.
they seem to be from the south
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Boy howdy beaver cleaver, I could sure use a pop! 
Seriously that word makes you sound like you're from the '50s. The idea of calling sprite, dr. pepper, or other soft drink 'coke' is even more bizarre.
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Boy howdy beaver cleaver, I could sure use a pop!
Seriously that word makes you sound like you're from the '50s. The idea of calling sprite, dr. pepper, or other soft drink 'coke' is even more bizarre.
How the hell would you order in a restaurant, especially in any place that wasn't the south?
Scenario 1:
Waitress: What will you have to drink?
Southerner: I'll have a coke.
*waitress brings a coke and southerner takes a sip*
Southerner: WTF IS THIS! I ordered a coke and you brought me a Coke! You should have known I meant I wanted a coke!
Scenario 2:
Waitress: What will you have to drink?
Southerner: I'll have a coke.
Waitress: I'm sorry, we only serve Pepsi products.
Southerner: Ok, I'll have a coke.
Waitress: Sir, we only serve Pepsi.
Southerner: I know, I heard you the first time, I'll have a coke.
*waitress shoots southerner in the face and serves 20 years for what should have been justifiable homicide*
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Szerek posted:
Sea_of_inK posted:
Boy howdy beaver cleaver, I could sure use a pop!
Seriously that word makes you sound like you're from the '50s. The idea of calling sprite, dr. pepper, or other soft drink 'coke' is even more bizarre.
How the hell would you order in a restaurant, especially in any place that wasn't the south?
Scenario 1:
Waitress: What will you have to drink?
Southerner: I'll have a coke.
*waitress brings a coke and southerner takes a sip*
Southerner: WTF IS THIS! I ordered a coke and you brought me a Coke! You should have known I meant I wanted a coke!
Scenario 2:
Waitress: What will you have to drink?
Southerner: I'll have a coke.
Waitress: I'm sorry, we only serve Pepsi products.
Southerner: Ok, I'll have a coke.
Waitress: Sir, we only serve Pepsi.
Southerner: I know, I heard you the first time, I'll have a coke.
*waitress shoots southerner in the face and serves 20 years for what should have been justifiable homicide*
That's a pretty elaborate interpretation. How about
Southerner: "I'll have a coke"
"Waitress: "We serve Pepsi, is that okay?"
Southerner" "Yup"
Problem solved.
When I was younger, I used "Coke" (the term, not the drug...stay with me here), probably because my mom lived in the South for many years. I've never used "Pop" and rarely used "Soda". I usually use "Soft Drink" or the brand name these days.
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ZigmundZag posted:
Szerek posted:
Sea_of_inK posted:
Boy howdy beaver cleaver, I could sure use a pop!
Seriously that word makes you sound like you're from the '50s. The idea of calling sprite, dr. pepper, or other soft drink 'coke' is even more bizarre.
How the hell would you order in a restaurant, especially in any place that wasn't the south?
Scenario 1:
Waitress: What will you have to drink?
Southerner: I'll have a coke.
*waitress brings a coke and southerner takes a sip*
Southerner: WTF IS THIS! I ordered a coke and you brought me a Coke! You should have known I meant I wanted a coke!
Scenario 2:
Waitress: What will you have to drink?
Southerner: I'll have a coke.
Waitress: I'm sorry, we only serve Pepsi products.
Southerner: Ok, I'll have a coke.
Waitress: Sir, we only serve Pepsi.
Southerner: I know, I heard you the first time, I'll have a coke.
*waitress shoots southerner in the face and serves 20 years for what should have been justifiable homicide*
That's a pretty elaborate interpretation. How about
Southerner: "I'll have a coke"
"Waitress: "We serve Pepsi, is that okay?"
Southerner" "Yup"
Problem solved.
When I was younger, I used "Coke" (the term, not the drug...stay with me here), probably because my mom lived in the South for many years. I've never used "Pop" and rarely used "Soda". I usually use "Soft Drink" or the brand name these days.
Actually, in reality it goes like this:
Patron: I'll have a coke.
Server: OK, what kind?
Patron: Do you have 7-up?
Server: We only have Pepsi products, how about a Sprite?
Patron: sounds good.
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If someone asked me for a coke I would bring them a coke. Not ask what kind. They already told you what kind. A coke.
I remember this one time in Myrtle Beach, SC with some friends and we stopped at a place called
Delaneys Dog Haus. Awesome hot dogs. Anyways I asked for some mustard and relish and the lady looked funny at me and asked what relish was. I explained and she said, 'Ohhh chopped pickles!'. She asked where we were from I told her and she said in TN where she is from they call it chopped pickles. I never heard that before. Very nice older lady.
I love the people in the south. They seem to be the nicest people I've had the pleasure to meet. Loved the people in Alabama and Georgia also. Awesome folks.
It's funny but the only people from the south that resemble people from the north are Floridians. I guess because most are transplants.
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I've never asked for a coke expecting a 7-up or any kind of clear drink. "Coke", when used as a generic term, means something brown and fizzy, and your pallet isn't discerning enough to care if it's Coke, Pepsi, or RC (you kind of assume that a restaurant isn't dealing in generics).
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Calling everything 'coke' is just weird.
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Nevermind, Google totally was on that list. 
Probably one of the better and more used examples. First one I thought of.
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Think its more prevalent in Amerca, letting comanies define the language for you though massive marketing.
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you should probably just kick that whole part of the country that calls everythign coke out of the union.
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Soda is the only one that doesn't sound completely retarded. But who actually says "I want a soda/ pop / coke" (unless they actually want a coke)? I only say the brand name. And if I say Coke, I mean bring me a motherfucking Coca-Cola.
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i gave up a long time ago and just started calling it sody pop.
and then, shortly there after, i stopped drinking the garbage sugar water.
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