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Jun 25, 2010 | 11:41 am

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So when you want to order a Coke, you have to say "I'd like a Coke coke"?

Jun 25, 2010 | 11:46 am

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Yes. Again, perfectly normal statement at least where I grew up: "I'll have a coke." "What kind of coke?" "A Coke coke."

Jun 25, 2010 | 11:58 am

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It kind of spoils the good work when the map claims it's based on 120,464 respondants. Sigh.

I'm also surprised "soda pop" wasn't allowed as a valid expression. Has no one read S.E. Hinton lately?

Jun 25, 2010 | 12:16 pm

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Originally Posted by cblaisd

Yes. Again, perfectly normal statement at least where I grew up: "I'll have a coke." "What kind of coke?" "A Coke coke."

I used to say "regular". I was raised calling everything coke too, even though we lived in the northeast. My is originally from Maryland though, so that's probably why. I switched to saying "soda" though.

Jun 25, 2010 | 12:22 pm

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I see that Indiana and Missouri are the Pop states, and my state is a yellow state!

I lived in MO for a while. STL and COU say Soda. MCI and places like that say pop.

Parts of IL around STL say soda, but parts of CHI say pop.

Pretty much educated people say soda and hicks say pop.

Jun 25, 2010 | 12:25 pm

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Just FYI, StrangeMaps is an awesome blog.

I've got it bookmarked.

Both coke and soda, for me.

Jun 25, 2010 | 12:35 pm

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Yes. Again, perfectly normal statement at least where I grew up: "I'll have a coke." "What kind of coke?" "A Coke coke."

And if your preference happened to be Pepsi, it would be "I'll have a Pepsi coke"?

Jun 25, 2010 | 12:35 pm

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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."

That's exactly right.

In fact, I'm surprised to find that there are even six counties in Texas that refer to it as "soda".

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Jun 25, 2010 | 12:37 pm

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And if your preference happened to be Pepsi, it would be "I'll have a Pepsi coke"?

Nope. Just Pepsi.

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Jun 25, 2010 | 12:45 pm

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The whole "coke" thing in the South must drive the Brand Management folks nuts. On the one hand, the Coke people must love the notion that their name is synonymous with cola. On the other, they could hate it when something bad happens related to the competition, and it's attributed to "coke."

Imagine a Pepsi recall because of contamination. The headline on the news that night is "coke contamination prompts massive recall...."

Jun 25, 2010 | 12:46 pm

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No Coke, Pepsi!

Can I haz cheezburger wif dat Pepsi?

Jun 25, 2010 | 12:47 pm

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Nope. Just Pepsi.

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That seems to contradict what the map says...which is that people in that part of the country use "coke" to describe all kinds of colas.

If they say "Pepsi" when they want a Pepsi, wouldn't it be more accurate to say that they just use the brand name, instead of a generic like "soda" or "pop"?

Jun 25, 2010 | 12:47 pm

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Diet coke with a little wedge of lemon, please.

Jun 25, 2010 | 12:49 pm

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Originally Posted by MarqFlyer

If they say "Pepsi" when they want a Pepsi, wouldn't it be more accurate to say that they just use the brand name, instead of a generic like "soda" or "pop"?

Learning all the idiosyncrasies of a foreign language is difficult and can take years.

Jun 25, 2010 | 12:52 pm

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Learning all the idiosyncrasies of a foreign language is difficult and can take years.

True dat!