Coke is a Southern thing. Every soda is a coke.
And I was a "pop" sayer till I went to college.
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Strix - Mar 17, 2006 7:34:08 am PST #4533 of 10001
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Dana - Mar 17, 2006 7:34:18 am PST #4534 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
So, what region is it that calls all soda coke?
I think it's Deep South. That quiz didn't have an option for what I call soda, which is "soft drink". I also heard "cold drink" a lot in New Orleans.
Fred Pete - Mar 17, 2006 7:36:59 am PST #4535 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
I picked up "Coke" in North Carolina. So it isn't confined entirely to the Deep, Deep South.
JenP - Mar 17, 2006 7:39:17 am PST #4536 of 10001
OK. My mother is from the South, so that's probably where we got it.
Jesse - Mar 17, 2006 7:39:21 am PST #4537 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My originally-from-Gulf-Coast-Texas grandmother always says "cold drink," but I always assumed it was because she's a teetotaller (how do you spell that, anyway), and doesn't want anyone to think she's offering a cocktail.
Scrappy - Mar 17, 2006 7:39:50 am PST #4538 of 10001
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BF has a french press and a Braun grinder for his beans and he ADORES his coffee that way, although he only drinks one cup a day.
-t - Mar 17, 2006 7:44:21 am PST #4539 of 10001
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I'd offer someone a cold drink, but I'd ask for a Coke. Soft drink seems more like a written on a sign thing.
I've been pretty good at sticking to one cup of coffee a day. One and a half since I can't let the little bit of Blue Mountain that's in the press after we've had our one cup each go to waste. Yum.
flea - Mar 17, 2006 7:46:57 am PST #4540 of 10001
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I have never heard anyone say "BOW-tique" and I think I would have been very confused (before today) had anyone done so. That's just crazy talkin'.
We have the reverse problem wrt coffee and visitors - we have to buy Sanka for mr. flea's mother when she visits - she doesn't like brewed coffee. More crazy.
Today is the 10th anniversary of my First Real Date (we had a leadup of meetings and lunches that felt weird and not-datelike, probably because they weren't dates, since mr. flea had not broken up with his previous girlfriend yet) with mr. flea. We went to an Irish Pub (Murphy's in Clifton) and played darts with two very drunk guys both named Dave, one of whom said, "she might be good, if you'd teach her how to throw."
Calli - Mar 17, 2006 7:48:26 am PST #4541 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I grew up with "pop," but recognize that, in my neck of the woods, Coke=any non-alcoholic carbonated beverage. Now I refer to it as "soda". I think if I asked for a cold drink around here, there's a chance I'd end up with iced tea. And I really don't like iced tea. Pity, 'cause it would be a cheap way to get my summer caffeine buzz.
flea - Mar 17, 2006 7:50:15 am PST #4542 of 10001
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Calli, don't you mean sweet tea? What is this "iced tea" of which you speak?