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I am not making fun of the south and I am not calling southerners stupid rednecks. And I am well aware that Coke originated in Atlanta having visited the museum there when I was younger. What I am saying is that it does not make sense to add an extra step in there when what you want is not Coke at all. It wastes time. If someone were to order a coke from me, my response would be either "Ok, be right back with your Coke." or "We don't have Coke products, is Pepsi (or whatever brand) ok?" Coke is a brand. If I'm looking for a pair of running shoes, I don't ask for Nike when I really want Adidas. Maybe this is because I'm not from the south, but none of the people I've met that live down there or are from there, both friends and family, ask for a Coke instead of a soda/pop/*specific brand*, so it doesn't seem practical to me. And no, they are not the same. Colas and rootbeers may be the same color, but they all taste different. If I wanted a Coke and someone gave me a Pepsi, I'd be pissed, because Pepsi is fucking nasty.
Essentially what that paragraph means is: It doesn't make sense to me, but it definitely doesn't make people who call every soda Coke stupid. I don't think it makes ordering drinks efficient for your server and it causes confusion for other people who don't know the lingo.
tl;dr
I don't really care what you call it. Your Coke is my soda. Whatevs.
KharBevNor:
Man, if only you people could develop as much passion about, say, the genocide in Darfur as you can about what you call a fucking carbonated beverage.
jhocking:
--- Quote from: calenlass on 13 Feb 2008, 07:23 ---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
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As a matter of fact, this is where the term "soft drink" comes from. Beer is a hard drink because it contains alcohol, so to contrast them with beer sodas are referred to as soft drinks. Following this logic, both hard and soft drinks are kinds of drinks.
Eli:
I'm from SE Georgia and I've never heard anyone use "coke" to encompass all carbonated beverages. I've been all over the Southeast and have never heard someone say "Which kind?" when I ask for a Coke. Now, "coke" could mean Coca-cola, Sam's Cola, or Pepsi, but not all sodas. When I'm talking about all carbonated beverages, I say soda.
Saying "tea" always meant sweet tea. Now that I live in Colorado, I am sad that most places don't have sweet tea. They have some fruity tea or just hot tea.
Also: http://popvssoda.com:2998/
calenlass:
--- Quote from: KharBevNor on 13 Feb 2008, 11:15 ---Man, if only you people could develop as much passion about, say, the genocide in Darfur as you can about what you call a fucking carbonated beverage.
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Seriously.
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