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calenlass:
Guys it is just a colloquialism. It grew out of the fact that actually Coke was the first carbonated beverage to be marketed in America (1886, anyone?), and since it came out of Atlanta, and in fact still is based there, the locals tend to refer to every carbonated beverage as a "coke".
I do not see how it makes us stupid rednecks. How many times have you asked someone for a Kleenex, when you actually meant whatever brand of facial tissue they happen to have on hand? How many times have you referred to knock-off brands of cereal by their better-known brand name? In the UK I have heard people ask for a pack of Durex and be asked "what kind you want, mate". Scotch Tape (or Sellotape in the UK) is the same way - you actually mean some cheap plastic sticky tape that you use for gift wrapping or hanging things from doors that you can take off easily, but you don't always actually get that kind. It is the same damn thing.
0bsessions:
The difference, Katie, being that you don't fucking taste scotch tape and kleenex. I do both, but a tissue is a tissue and transparent tape is transparent tape, but a Sprite is not a Coke. If I were working in a restaraunt and I were expected to ask "what kind?" when someone ordered a Coke, I would slap them in the mouth for being an idiot.
For one thing, one would be dopey enough to ask for a soda or a pop in a restaraunt rather than specifying which and save us both thirty seconds. It gets even worse when you run into the confusion factor it arises. If someone asks me for a Kleenex, it's unlikely that someone will say "wait, aren't you going to ask me what kind of kleenex I want, you idiot?" It just doesn't happen.
The Budwieser one, regardless of the fact it wasn't the first beer out there, was a good example. Another would be someone telling you "Hey, I want to play pong" and then getting indignant when they bring you Pong instead of Legend of Zelda. Bluntly speaking, it IS a stupid mannerism. Just because it's prevalent in the South doesn't mean the rest of the country has to respect it, regardless of its inherent idiocy.
calenlass:
The Budweiser one was not a good example. It just so happens that no one asks for a type of beer that they do not actually mean. Guinness is a lager; Budweiser is piss. They are inherently different, especially since often people who like one do not like the other; however, you will notice that we call them both "beer"! This is because they share some similarities in both characteristics and how they are made!
The Pong example is also not good, because there isn't any game that is relatively similar to Pong except Pong (and Pong II or whatever). The thing about soft drinks is that they are all carbonated and sweet. So we happen to refer to them by a single word that happens to be a brand name. So what? I mean, seriously, you know we could work on coming up with an overarching term for beer AND soft drinks, because they are kind of similar, did you notice? They are both fizzy and recreationally consumed!
I do not see why this one illogical inconsistency sets everyone off! It just happens this way; why everyone can't go "oh, the south is so silly!" and move on is beyond me. I also do not understand how it makes us stupid rednecks. It is a pretty deeply-ingrained habit, I would say, that predates anyone calling anything "pop" or "soda", given that those words were applied to the concoction in question long after the word "coke" was around. Everyone calls them something different! Just because we happen to use the word that was there first that happens to be a brand name doesn't mean we are wrong!
Oh, and by the way, Jon, I think you'll find that the Puffs moisturized tissues will do a better job of saving your nose next time you have a cold than Kleenex. There is a difference.
KharBevNor:
Guinness is not in fact a lager.
calenlass:
What is it, then? I thought it was. People keep telling me it is. I do not in fact like it at all.
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