Soda, Pop, Coke or Other?

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  • gobrowns19
    gobrowns19 Posts: 1,447
    Pop
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  • gischick
    gischick Posts: 14
    meistereder wrote:
    I think it is weird that one little county in California -- Trinity County -- says "Coke." All the other counties say soda.

    Weirdos.

    Yeah, you have to cross the county line to say 'Coke'

    I say soda. It was a big issue at Penn State when I was in school the Soda vs Pop debate.

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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Coke....unless you want an RC Coler....
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  • mnicole22
    mnicole22 Posts: 417
    Pop.
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  • drew2420
    drew2420 Posts: 61
    its an addictive drug pumped into us for massive consumption.
  • DeLukin
    DeLukin Posts: 2,757
    What would "other" be?
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  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,959
    Pop...soda is pop woth ice cream. ;)

    And it really bugs me when someone asks me what flavor of coke I want...not meaning regular, diet, cherry, vanilla, etc...but meaning coke, pepsi, sprite, root beer, etc. Ok, it doesn't bother me, but it's weird. ;)
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  • dangerboy
    dangerboy Posts: 1,569
    that map is wrong about central nc. we don't call every soft drink a "coke". at least not people who are from here. mostly, people just say "a drink", like "i'm going to get me a drink out of that drink machine over there". and when you take that outside of here, people think you mean a liquor drink or a mixed drink.


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  • Riverrunner
    Riverrunner Posts: 2,419
    coke it is, and the map was correct at least to our little county in Illinois on the Ohio River. Although it shows the counties right above us as something different - don't believe that.
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  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    DeLukin wrote:
    What would "other" be?

    A question I have been asking myself too...
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  • catch22
    catch22 Posts: 1,081
    Riverrunner wrote:
    coke it is, and the map was correct at least to our little county in Illinois on the Ohio River. Although it shows the counties right above us as something different - don't believe that.

    so when you want an actual coke, do you have to say "coke coke"?
    and like that... he's gone.
  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
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    Tasty carbonated beverage....
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  • Riverrunner
    Riverrunner Posts: 2,419
    catch22 wrote:
    so when you want an actual coke, do you have to say "coke coke"?

    Ha! We say "real coke." No, not really just kidding. Some explanation required. At least in my case, here is an example:

    I am with my friends after a run. We decide to stop at the convenience store because we are thirstly. I say to my friends "I'm going to get a coke instead of water this morning."

    We are at a restaurent and the server asks us what we want to drink. Then we get specific. If you say coke then you are going to get coca-cola. If you want a Dr. Pepper you better say Dr. Pepper.

    So it is more in casual conversation that you refer to a soft drink as a "coke."
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  • meistereder
    meistereder Posts: 1,578
    ledvedderman wrote:
    A question I have been asking myself too...


    If you look at the footnote on the map, apparently some places say "tonic" and stuff like that. Odd.
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  • iamica
    iamica Chicago Posts: 2,628
    In Illinois, most people I know call it "pop". When I moved to Wisconsin for a few years, everyone called it "soda". Go figure.
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