Ditto. Band-Aid is called that even when it's another brand (what ARE the other brands??). But soft drinks where I grew up were just called what they were - Coke, 7-Up, etc. But of course where I grew up (in Georgia), there was only COKE - Vanilla Cokes, Lemon Cokes, Cherry Cokes, Chocolate Cokes, Coke Floats, Co-Cola Cake, Co-Cola Ham... you get the idea.

I remember my first trip to Boston as a teenager. All soft drinks were Pop, Milk Shakes were Frappes (up there, Milk Shakes are exactly that - shaken milk ) ... all very intimidating not knowing how to order something so basic!


[This message has been edited by svpii (edited 09-15-2002).]