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Originally Posted by VEGANGELICA
The tendency of Southerners to say "coke" as a generic term for "pop" has puzzled me since I first heard of it, because it would seem to create unnecessary confusion. Down there if people ask you, "Would you like a coke?" does this mean you won't know if they are asking if you want generic pop or specifically Coke?
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You can tell which company took that region over, I guess. I'm originally from Tennessee and I do indeed use the term coke. They will, in fact, ask if you want a coke in a restaurant and will look at you all confused if you just reply with yes. If you are from the south there is no confusion as most people there refer to it that way as well and will just assume you mean it generically. When I left the south when I was little I was surprised to find everyone didn't call it that. I asked "what kind of coke do you have?" in a restaurant before when I first moved and got some confused looks. I guess I just figured it was everyone's way of acknowledging that Coca-Cola is the most successful carbonated drink company. Like, "congrats now all sodas are coke!"...
We also use soda sometimes, but never pop. I live in a pop region now and it still sounds weird to me. I just say soda now.
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