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Rhodechill 06/26/17 7:39:30 AM #1:	i mean cmon --- It's easy as the ocean... <cite>Rhodechill posted [p:881824936] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote>i mean cmon</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Cacciato 06/26/17 7:56:10 AM #2:	Because who the fuck does that <cite>Cacciato posted [p:881825243] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote>Because who the fuck does that</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
frozenshock 06/26/17 7:57:43 AM #3:	I never had a generic name for those things. If it's coke, I call it "a can of coke" or "a bottle of coke" if it's in a plastic bottle. If it's pepsi I say pepsi, if it's 7up I call it 7up. If I'm talking in general I might say "soft drinks" but only in the context of saying something like "soft drinks are bad for you if you drink too much" or something, but I would never say "I'm going to buy a soft drink" .... I just say what it is --- I don't hate people, people hate me. <cite>frozenshock posted [p:881825275] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote>I never had a generic name for those things. If it's coke, I call it "a can of coke" or "a bottle of coke" if it's in a plastic bottle. If it's pepsi I say pepsi, if it's 7up I call it 7up. If I'm talking in general I might say "soft drinks" but only in the context of saying something like "soft drinks are bad for you if you drink too much" or something, but I would never say "I'm going to buy a soft drink" .... I just say what it is</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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frozenshock 06/26/17 8:52:58 AM #5:	Zangulus posted... Rhodechill posted... i mean cmon Because the term Coke to mean carbonated beverage is common in some areas. Pepsi is not. I heard about it but never actually saw anyone do that. Where is this? --- I don't hate people, people hate me. <cite>frozenshock posted [p:881826624] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zangulus posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Rhodechill posted...</cite> <quote>i mean cmon</quote> Because the term Coke to mean carbonated beverage is common in some areas. Pepsi is not.</quote> I heard about it but never actually saw anyone do that. Where is this?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BlackScythe0 06/26/17 8:57:48 AM #6:	Pepsi has never been used a generic term, it's very specific. Coke isn't. Coca Cola is specific in the way Pepsi is. <cite>BlackScythe0 posted [p:881826793] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote>Pepsi has never been used a generic term, it's very specific. Coke isn't. Coca Cola is specific in the way Pepsi is.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ReggieTheReckless 06/26/17 9:01:38 AM #7:	frozenshock posted... Zangulus posted... Rhodechill posted... i mean cmon Because the term Coke to mean carbonated beverage is common in some areas. Pepsi is not. I heard about it but never actually saw anyone do that. Where is this? It's some weird Texas thing or something "I'll have a coke." "ok,what kind of coke you you want" "uh, ginger ale, please" --- http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/Kiyala/GM.gif http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/Kiyala/SB.gif http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/Kiyala/Rt.jpg <cite>ReggieTheReckless posted [p:881826890] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote><cite>frozenshock posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Zangulus posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Rhodechill posted...</cite> <quote>i mean cmon</quote> Because the term Coke to mean carbonated beverage is common in some areas. Pepsi is not.</quote> I heard about it but never actually saw anyone do that. Where is this?</quote> It's some weird Texas thing or something "I'll have a coke." "ok,what kind of coke you you want" "uh, ginger ale, please"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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frozenshock 06/26/17 9:10:12 AM #9:	Hhmmm well okay no wonder I never heard it Texas is a bit far from Vermont --- I don't hate people, people hate me. <cite>frozenshock posted [p:881827137] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote>Hhmmm well okay no wonder I never heard it Texas is a bit far from Vermont</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
myghostisdead 06/26/17 9:21:01 AM #10:	It is common in the South. --- Don't hit the pig in the road by McDonalds in Dardanelle <cite>myghostisdead posted [p:881827460] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote>It is common in the South.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sir_Linebeck 06/26/17 10:30:01 AM #11:	Calling it Coke is just a gross southern thing. It only extends to Coca cola and Pepsi though. I've never seen it used to describe Sprite or anything else. --- 3DS FC: 3823-9041-3254 <cite>Sir_Linebeck posted [p:881830145] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote>Calling it Coke is just a gross southern thing. It only extends to Coca cola and Pepsi though. I've never seen it used to describe Sprite or anything else.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mead 06/26/17 10:53:34 AM #12:	myghostisdead posted... It is common in the South. Never in my experience. --- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mead "I'm Mary Poppins ya'll!" <cite>Mead posted [p:881831162] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote><cite>myghostisdead posted...</cite> <quote>It is common in the South.</quote> Never in my experience.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GinsuVictim 06/26/17 11:02:58 AM #13:	It was more common to use Coke in the eighties. --- I'M RUNNIN' THIS MONKEY FARM NOW, FRANKENSTEIN!!! - Capt. Rhodes, Day of the Dead (1985) <cite>GinsuVictim posted [p:881831570] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote>It was more common to use Coke in the eighties.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
myghostisdead 06/26/17 11:54:46 AM #14:	Mead posted... myghostisdead posted... It is common in the South. Never in my experience. http://discovermagazine.com/galleries/2013/june/regional-us-language-dialect Could be generational. A lot of older folks call it all Coke where I live. --- Don't hit the pig in the road by McDonalds in Dardanelle <cite>myghostisdead posted [p:881834017] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote><cite>Mead posted...</cite> <quote><cite>myghostisdead posted...</cite> <quote>It is common in the South.</quote> Never in my experience.</quote> http://discovermagazine.com/galleries/2013/june/regional-us-language-dialect Could be generational. A lot of older folks call it all Coke where I live.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BlackScythe0 06/26/17 1:16:49 PM #15:	Mead posted... myghostisdead posted... It is common in the South. Never in my experience. People will say coke and mean most dark sodas. Pepsi, Coca Cola, RC, ect. <cite>BlackScythe0 posted [p:881838697] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote><cite>Mead posted...</cite> <quote><cite>myghostisdead posted...</cite> <quote>It is common in the South.</quote> Never in my experience.</quote> People will say coke and mean most dark sodas. Pepsi, Coca Cola, RC, ect.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Peterass 06/26/17 1:18:30 PM #16:	Because no one has ever said, "Give me a Pepsi" and have it mean, "Give me something other than a Pepsi" --- Everything is awesome <cite>Peterass posted [p:881838785] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote>Because no one has ever said, "Give me a Pepsi" and have it mean, "Give me something other than a Pepsi"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Miroku_of_Nite1 06/26/17 1:25:58 PM #17:	Its a southern thing. Especially in Georgia where the Coke Plant is. --- http://i.imgur.com/w3fcH.jpg <cite>Miroku_of_Nite1 posted [p:881839220] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote>Its a southern thing. Especially in Georgia where the Coke Plant is.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mead 06/26/17 1:28:05 PM #18:	BlackScythe0 posted... Mead posted... myghostisdead posted... It is common in the South. Never in my experience. People will say coke and mean most dark sodas. Pepsi, Coca Cola, RC, ect. Oh for sure I misunderstood and thought people were doing that but using the word pepsi --- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mead "I'm Mary Poppins ya'll!" <cite>Mead posted [p:881839345] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote><cite>BlackScythe0 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Mead posted...</cite> <quote><cite>myghostisdead posted...</cite> <quote>It is common in the South.</quote> Never in my experience.</quote> People will say coke and mean most dark sodas. Pepsi, Coca Cola, RC, ect.</quote> Oh for sure I misunderstood and thought people were doing that but using the word pepsi</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BizzyBum 06/26/17 1:55:29 PM #19:	A better question is who the hell says "cold drink" when referring to soda. --- I'm bored at work... <cite>BizzyBum posted [p:881840917] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote>A better question is who the hell says "cold drink" when referring to soda.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NightMareBunny 06/26/17 1:59:28 PM #20:	using coke as the generic term for soda is like using nintendo as the generic term for video game --- PSN: VV_Argost XB1:GamerClawdeen WiiU: GothicNightmare <cite>NightMareBunny posted [p:881841147] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote>using coke as the generic term for soda is like using nintendo as the generic term for video game</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zareth 06/26/17 2:09:28 PM #21:	Because Pepsi is shit. --- It's okay, I have no idea who I am either. http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a374/sage_assassin20/13295475117601.gif http://i.imgur.com/WOo6wcq.png <cite>Zareth posted [p:881841786] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote>Because Pepsi is shit.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
phobia881 06/26/17 3:37:56 PM #22:	I didn't know people called it anything besides Mineral tbh --- http://www.last.fm/user/bobo9390 <cite>phobia881 posted [p:881846948] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote>I didn't know people called it anything besides Mineral tbh</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PrettyBoyFloyd 06/26/17 3:50:38 PM #23:	frozenshock posted... I never had a generic name for those things. If it's coke, I call it "a can of coke" or "a bottle of coke" if it's in a plastic bottle. If it's pepsi I say pepsi, if it's 7up I call it 7up. If I'm talking in general I might say "soft drinks" but only in the context of saying something like "soft drinks are bad for you if you drink too much" or something, but I would never say "I'm going to buy a soft drink" .... I just say what it is Pretty much this. I call it by the name of what I'm getting. --- The Evil Republicans - Est.2004 - WoT [Government Destabilizing Branch] <cite>PrettyBoyFloyd posted [p:881847694] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote><cite>frozenshock posted...</cite> <quote>I never had a generic name for those things. If it's coke, I call it "a can of coke" or "a bottle of coke" if it's in a plastic bottle. If it's pepsi I say pepsi, if it's 7up I call it 7up. If I'm talking in general I might say "soft drinks" but only in the context of saying something like "soft drinks are bad for you if you drink too much" or something, but I would never say "I'm going to buy a soft drink" .... I just say what it is</quote> Pretty much this. I call it by the name of what I'm getting.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheCyborgNinja 06/26/17 4:01:14 PM #24:	NightMareBunny posted... using coke as the generic term for soda is like using nintendo as the generic term for video game Exactly: for ignoramuses. --- "message parlor" ? do you mean the post office ? - SlayerX888 <cite>TheCyborgNinja posted [p:881848354] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote><cite>NightMareBunny posted...</cite> <quote>using coke as the generic term for soda is like using nintendo as the generic term for video game</quote> Exactly: for ignoramuses.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NightMareBunny 06/26/17 7:30:07 PM #25:	TheCyborgNinja posted... NightMareBunny posted... using coke as the generic term for soda is like using nintendo as the generic term for video game Exactly: for ignoramuses. or using disney as a term for all cartoons --- PSN: VV_Argost XB1:GamerClawdeen WiiU: GothicNightmare <cite>NightMareBunny posted [p:881860674] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote><cite>TheCyborgNinja posted...</cite> <quote><cite>NightMareBunny posted...</cite> <quote>using coke as the generic term for soda is like using nintendo as the generic term for video game</quote> Exactly: for ignoramuses.</quote> or using disney as a term for all cartoons</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
InfernalFive 06/26/17 8:01:17 PM #26:	myghostisdead posted... It is common in the South. Not really. --- http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyfabsU4xH1qzy531o1_500.jpg http://i.imgur.com/ggCrHk8.jpg <cite>InfernalFive posted [p:881862501] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote><cite>myghostisdead posted...</cite> <quote>It is common in the South.</quote> Not really.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Duck-I-Says 06/26/17 8:18:40 PM #27:	BlackScythe0 posted... Pepsi has never been used a generic term, it's very specific. Coke isn't. Coca Cola is specific in the way Pepsi is. This is highly regional. Where I've lived if you ask for a coke and they only serve pepsi products they will always ask "is Pepsi ok?" <cite>Duck-I-Says posted [p:881863622] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote><cite>BlackScythe0 posted...</cite> <quote>Pepsi has never been used a generic term, it's very specific. Coke isn't. Coca Cola is specific in the way Pepsi is.</quote> This is highly regional. Where I've lived if you ask for a coke and they only serve pepsi products they will always ask "is Pepsi ok?"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PurpIePerson 06/26/17 8:22:16 PM #28:	It's not too uncommon to hear Coke as a catch-all for dark colas in the parts of Texas I've lived in. <cite>PurpIePerson posted [p:881863843] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote>It's not too uncommon to hear Coke as a catch-all for dark colas in the parts of Texas I've lived in.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
myghostisdead 06/26/17 9:58:30 PM #29:	InfernalFive posted... myghostisdead posted... It is common in the South. Not really. http://discovermagazine.com/galleries/2013/june/regional-us-language-dialect ...and again here is a map showing the usage...it is probably a generational thing as are many of the other words used in this study. This is the one that got me on that lists of dialect and wording mapping is caught and cot..I pronounce them differently. --- Don't hit the pig in the road by McDonalds in Dardanelle <cite>myghostisdead posted [p:881869927] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote><cite>InfernalFive posted...</cite> <quote><cite>myghostisdead posted...</cite> <quote>It is common in the South.</quote> Not really.</quote> http://discovermagazine.com/galleries/2013/june/regional-us-language-dialect ...and again here is a map showing the usage...it is probably a generational thing as are many of the other words used in this study. This is the one that got me on that lists of dialect and wording mapping is caught and cot..I pronounce them differently.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Conner4REAL 06/26/17 10:05:17 PM #30:	"Other"- poison. --- "Now I'm in THREE cowboy hats!!!" ~ Senator Bluto Blutarsky <cite>Conner4REAL posted [p:881870341] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote>"Other"- poison.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CyborgSage00x0 06/26/17 10:18:20 PM #31:	myghostisdead posted... It is common in the South. This, spent 6 years of my youth in LA, I still sometimes call it "coke" --- PotD's resident Film Expert. <cite>CyborgSage00x0 posted [p:881871179] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote><cite>myghostisdead posted...</cite> <quote>It is common in the South.</quote> This, spent 6 years of my youth in LA, I still sometimes call it "coke"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
phobia881 06/27/17 2:03:32 AM #32:	I'm going to start referring to Sprite and Club Soda as Coke --- http://www.last.fm/user/bobo9390 <cite>phobia881 posted [p:881881395] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote>I'm going to start referring to Sprite and Club Soda as Coke</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SunWuKung420 06/27/17 2:06:05 AM #33:	Coke may refer to: Coca-Cola, a soft drink, The Coca-Cola Company, makers of Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, Diet Coke, Coca-Cola Zero, etc., Cola, any soft drink similar to Coca-Cola or a generic name for a soft drink. How do people not know this? --- I'm either failing at a silly joke or trying to help. http://i.imgur.com/m8f7VYf.jpg http://i.imgur.com/0Lp7Agd.jpg http://i.imgur.com/47emEDA.jpg <cite>SunWuKung420 posted [p:881881493] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote>Coke may refer to: Coca-Cola, a soft drink, The Coca-Cola Company, makers of Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, Diet Coke, Coca-Cola Zero, etc., Cola, any soft drink similar to Coca-Cola or a generic name for a soft drink. How do people not know this?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
wwinterj25 06/27/17 2:08:42 AM #34:	ReggieTheReckless posted... It's some weird Texas thing or something "I'll have a coke." "ok,what kind of coke you you want" "uh, ginger ale, please" Huh. SunWuKung420 posted... Coke may refer to: Coca-Cola, a soft drink, The Coca-Cola Company, makers of Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, Diet Coke, Coca-Cola Zero, etc., Cola, any soft drink similar to Coca-Cola or a generic name for a soft drink. It also may refer to a drug. SunWuKung420 posted... How do people not know this? British. You say coke to me you get a Coca-Cola. --- One who knows nothing can understand nothing. http://psnprofiles.com/wwinterj - http://i.imgur.com/kDysIcd.gif <cite>wwinterj25 posted [p:881881598] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote><cite>ReggieTheReckless posted...</cite> <quote>It's some weird Texas thing or something "I'll have a coke." "ok,what kind of coke you you want" "uh, ginger ale, please"</quote> Huh. <cite>SunWuKung420 posted...</cite> <quote>Coke may refer to: Coca-Cola, a soft drink, The Coca-Cola Company, makers of Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, Diet Coke, Coca-Cola Zero, etc., Cola, any soft drink similar to Coca-Cola or a generic name for a soft drink.</quote> It also may refer to a drug. <cite>SunWuKung420 posted...</cite> <quote>How do people not know this?</quote> British. You say coke to me you get a Coca-Cola.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
jedirood 06/28/17 5:10:35 AM #35:	I use Cola for dark sodas --- Roses are red, that much is true. But Violets are purple, not f***ing blue. <cite>jedirood posted [p:881948610] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote>I use Cola for dark sodas</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheCyborgNinja 06/28/17 5:47:11 AM #36:	NightMareBunny posted... TheCyborgNinja posted... NightMareBunny posted... using coke as the generic term for soda is like using nintendo as the generic term for video game Exactly: for ignoramuses. or using disney as a term for all cartoons I've never heard of any of this, and it's depressing to learn. --- "message parlor" ? do you mean the post office ? - SlayerX888 <cite>TheCyborgNinja posted [p:881949361] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote><cite>NightMareBunny posted...</cite> <quote><cite>TheCyborgNinja posted...</cite> <quote><cite>NightMareBunny posted...</cite> <quote>using coke as the generic term for soda is like using nintendo as the generic term for video game</quote> Exactly: for ignoramuses.</quote> or using disney as a term for all cartoons</quote> I've never heard of any of this, and it's depressing to learn.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hercular1 06/28/17 5:51:46 AM #37:	Give me a pop. <cite>Hercular1 posted [p:881949474] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote>Give me a pop.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SumerNivek 06/28/17 5:55:34 AM #38:	I think the "Coke" term is big in Georgia, where the world HQ is for Coca-Cola. I have heard people use it once in awhile in the deeper south as a general term for what I call "pop." --- "One more thing. If anything, they're Wisps in Eredar form." -Posted by Doilyn on 5/9/06. <cite>SumerNivek posted [p:881949567] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote>I think the "Coke" term is big in Georgia, where the world HQ is for Coca-Cola. I have heard people use it once in awhile in the deeper south as a general term for what I call "pop."</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 06/29/17 2:56:48 PM #39:	Necro-bumping for outrage. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| In Zeus We Trust: All Others Pay Cash <cite>Zeus posted [p:882037483] in Why is &qu... [t:75502278]...</cite> <quote>Necro-bumping for outrage.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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