It Is All Coke To Me

[KopiKat]

https://goo.gl/images/dGWmQm

link (safe) Google image of map, compiled nationally, county-by-county somehow (lol), to illustrate the preferred uses between coke (southern), pop (northern), and soda (dominant in Northeast, typically Yankee). Map details coloration intensity to demonstrate how strong (or not) a given county, it's people, lean towards a given use. For example the Mississippi River counties in Kentucky are darkest red to show their use of "coke" when generically referring to soft drinks is more solidified than other west KY counties. East KY . . . "pop" . . . as in Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota . . . a divided state indeed.

Anyway, the part I found most interesting is the large area radiating from St Louis, indicating preferred use of "soda" clear down to the Arkansas border.

 

[B Rax_rivals210137]

It’s all “Coke” when you’re speaking in general terms about soft drinks ie “I stopped drinking Coke for this diet” or “I’m stopping by McDonald’s do you want a coke or anything”. In these instances “Coke” is just a substitute for the word soft drink. However, if you are ordering a drink in a restaurant you order the exact drink you want. Nobody orders “Coke” when they want a sprite. This is easy stuff fellas

 

[John Henry]

It’s all “Coke” when you’re speaking in general terms about soft drinks ie “I stopped drinking Coke for this diet” or “I’m stopping by McDonald’s do you want a coke or anything”. In these instances “Coke” is just a substitute for the word soft drink. However, if you are ordering a drink in a restaurant you order the exact drink you want. Nobody orders “Coke” when they want a sprite. This is easy stuff fellas

Thank you that was well stated and the point of the article. When I was dating my wife I would say, "Let's go get a coke". She liked root beer but understood I was saying let's go get a carbonated drink. If we were in Eastern Kentucky someone would say let's go get a bottle of pop. My using "coke" had nothing to do with the brand name Coca Cola. Since I was raised in the south it is all Coke to me just like it is all soft drinks to somebody up North or where ever they say that. And "pop" in the midwest. They don't go into a restaurant and say give me a pop. Do they?

 

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[Get Buckets]

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[awf]

Interesting how different regions of the country refer to soft drinks. Where I was raised everything was coke. It could be Mountain Dew, Dr. Pepper or Nehi Peach but we call it coke.

When I was in school in Kentucky it was "pop". I lived a short time in Eastern North Carolina and they called all soft drinks dope. Here is an interesting article as to why and a map of the U.S. showing what regions call the drink.

https://www.southernthing.com/heres-why-southerners-refer-to-all-soft-drinks-as-coke-2587867345.html

The first time I heard it reffered to as dope was from my FIL......We had taken our tobacco to Ashville. My first thought was Hot damn........I had a Mt. Dew.....

 

[awf]

RC is best. Less sugar than coke or pepsi. Much better

RC and a Moon Pie.....and I ain't talking about one of those new fangled triple decker ones they sell now.....

 

[DSmith21]

Coke will make you smile.

 

[awf]

Let me explain how it works. You get a "pop" out of your fridge, brand doesn't matter. You're out in a country store, you yell at your friend, "hey, you want a pop?" He gets what you pick out unless he specifies a specific brand.

If you're at Texas Roadhouse and want a Mt Dew, that's what you order, not Coke, unless you want Coke.

And at Pizza Hut in Brussels when you ask for a lemonade you will get a Sprite.

 

[Catman100]

Nobody with a brain actually calls a Sprite, a Dr. Pepper, or a Pepsi a Coke. That’s ridiculous and makes the south look stupid.

‘Can I have a Coke?”
“Sure.”
“No, sweetie. I wanted one of them clear cokes with lemon lime”

GTFOH

What he said.