The Consolidated "Coke? Soda? Pop? Or?" thread
Mar 24, 2003 | 12:30 pm
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I'll see that bump and raise you two... 
Also from Kansas, where it was always "pop." But certainly not a pop; we always asked for some pop.
And now, for the really fun stuff: Who ever asked for, and got, Graveyards at the little league games? I've also heard these referred to as Suicides.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by warmsnickers:
I guess I'm linguistically confused. I grew up in Kansas saying "pop," went to school in Utah where I continued saying it, but spent a summer in NYC where I felt like such a rube that I switched to "soda." I still say it now that I'm back in SLC. However, I would say "Coke machine" or "pop machine," not "soda machine." A lot of people here seem to use the generic "drink" to mean a nonalcoholic, sweetened (usu carbonated) beverage, as in, "let's go to 7-11 and get a drink" (insert your Utah liquor joke here). My nephew born & raised here always wants a "drink" from the Coke machine, not a soda/pop/Coke, etc.</font>
I guess I'm linguistically confused. I grew up in Kansas saying "pop," went to school in Utah where I continued saying it, but spent a summer in NYC where I felt like such a rube that I switched to "soda." I still say it now that I'm back in SLC. However, I would say "Coke machine" or "pop machine," not "soda machine." A lot of people here seem to use the generic "drink" to mean a nonalcoholic, sweetened (usu carbonated) beverage, as in, "let's go to 7-11 and get a drink" (insert your Utah liquor joke here
). My nephew born & raised here always wants a "drink" from the Coke machine, not a soda/pop/Coke, etc.</font>
And now, for the really fun stuff: Who ever asked for, and got, Graveyards at the little league games? I've also heard these referred to as Suicides.
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Mar 24, 2003 | 12:32 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by wingless:
First of all I am amazed that this thread still is alive.
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First of all I am amazed that this thread still is alive.
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Mar 24, 2003 | 1:00 pm
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Growing up in Atlanta, my parents always told me we call it "Coke" there because that's where Coca-Cola's headquarters are. Not sure if that's the reason though.
Why do Michiganders (- especially Detroiters - ) continue to mididentify convenience stores with that other highly misleading term?
And one of our famous downtown restaurants is "Nelson's Buffeteria."
Why do Michiganders (- especially Detroiters - ) continue to mididentify convenience stores with that other highly misleading term?
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">it's pop in Tulsa. Says so right on the cash register receipt from Frank's, home of the 100 item bodacious buffett</font>
Jan 8, 2006 | 12:20 am
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Jun 25, 2010 | 11:00 am
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Coke? Soda? Pop? ...let's go to the map, shall we?
This is actually pretty interesting!
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Which do *you* say?
http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.c...pvssodamap.gif
Which do *you* say?
Jun 25, 2010 | 11:18 am
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Jun 25, 2010 | 11:26 am
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I use the term "soft drink" generically, or "cola" if referring to a particular, non-fruit-flavored type of soft drinks "Pop" sounds crude, and "soda" is not much better. As for saying "Coke" generically, to refer to any soft drink? Never heard the word used that way.
And you, ConcordeBoy, what do you say?
And you, ConcordeBoy, what do you say?
Jun 25, 2010 | 11:27 am
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I'll be you didn't grow up in Texas, then? A completely unexceptionable statement would be: "What kind of cokes do y'all want: I have cokes, Big Red, Dr Pepper, and Grape Nehi."
Jun 25, 2010 | 11:32 am
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I wish they'd do a survey of bag vs. sack
