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Post by saitamasuplex on Jun 3, 2016 23:30:54 GMT -5
Soda.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Jun 4, 2016 0:06:33 GMT -5
I call it pop because I'm not a goddamn animal. I live in the Midwest. Can't believe people just call all pop "Coke." HOW DO YOU PEOPLE LIVE!? We don't call it Coke. Capital C means Coca Cola. We call it coke. Lower case c means anything up to and including Coca Cola. |
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Post by Father Dougal McGuire on Jun 4, 2016 0:21:04 GMT -5
I think the reason I call soft drinks cokes is because most of the time I buy one, it was from a vending machine advertising Coca Cola, so it was called the coke machine.
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Post by ayumidah on Jun 4, 2016 1:24:37 GMT -5
Central Illinois. It's been soda my entire life. you see I'm also from that area it's always been pop  |
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Post by denna5 on Jun 4, 2016 1:29:12 GMT -5
Usually I say pop because I live in Kansas. Sometimes I say soda but a lot of times it is pop.
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Post by 67 more on Jun 4, 2016 1:33:06 GMT -5
I call it pop because I'm not a goddamn animal. I live in the Midwest. Can't believe people just call all pop "Coke." HOW DO YOU PEOPLE LIVE!? We don't call it Coke. Capital C means Coca Cola. We call it coke. Lower case c means anything up to and including Coca Cola. And how do you differentiate this verbally? Do you say "Can I have some coke with a lower c?" Or when you want Coca Cola, do you go "Can I have some COKE?!!" |
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Jun 4, 2016 1:35:48 GMT -5
Heh no. It's basically just how your refer to it. "I'm goin to the store to get a coke."
"What kind do you want?"
"Coke." (or Pepsi or whatever)
Down here, you just sorta know how people mean it.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Jun 4, 2016 5:02:55 GMT -5
Civil War: I'm with Soda.
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Post by Father Dougal McGuire on Jun 4, 2016 5:45:47 GMT -5
It is all in context. Since terms like coke, pop, and soda are used in a general term, like I am going to the store to get a coke. If you were at a fancy restaurant, you wouldn't order "filet mignon, duck truffle fries and a coke/soda/pop." You would ask for a specific brand.
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Jun 4, 2016 8:08:14 GMT -5
Waitress: "Would you like a Coke? "
Me: "Yes."
Waitress: "What flavor?"
Me: ""Pepsi."
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2016 8:10:10 GMT -5
Where I'm at in the south end of West Virginia basically everyone calls it pop.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2016 8:28:09 GMT -5
Midwesterners for pop.
My aunt lived in New Jersey, she always called it soda.
Now, marrying into my wife's Southern family and hearing coke, that threw me.
Can we just all agree anybody who calls it "soda pop" deserves a smack with a wet newspaper?
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Post by The Unconquered Sun on Jun 4, 2016 8:43:28 GMT -5
For everyone that says coke. "No Coke, Pepsi."  It had to be done. |
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Jun 4, 2016 9:26:47 GMT -5
I do know that in some extreme sections of the North East US that you might not traditionally consider part of the North East (Buffalo area of New York, far Western Pennsylvania) they use Pop, but that's very much an exception to the norm of the area. In my travels from DC to Maine Soda is the preferred term of choice. I like that the Vernor's can has Soda written on it. If I remember correctly from my trip to Detroit, Vernor's was a lot sweeter then just about any other brand of Ginger Ale I've ever tried. Maybe that's why they call it "Ginger Soda"? All I know is that city got me hooked on Faygo Rock & Rye for a good long time. |
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Post by Shai on Jun 4, 2016 10:16:39 GMT -5
While most of Kansas calls it pop, I find it to be a mixed bag in the Kansas City area. I ought to pay attention to who I talk to, because I don't know if it is an all around mixed bag or it depends on whether you live on the Kansas or Missouri side. I live right near that area and it seems to be Pop on the KCK side and Soda on the KCMO side to me. |
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