Siffy
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9475666#post9475666 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by thecichlidpleco
In my geography and planning class, we viewed a chart that shaded all the areas of the United Stated, where "carbonated beverages" were called differently. The South, all the way to Texas, says, Coke. Now that bothers me because if I go into a restuarant and ask for a coke and they say what kind of coke, I assume, diet, regular, and maybe vanilla. I do not get Coke, to mean Dr. Pepper. The midwest does refer to pop, and the east, mainly calls it soda. Can't remember the majority of the west, I think they call it soda. It is all an interesting geographical concept. Maybe one should do a study about where people call the "Z" word differently. I will pay for the funding.
Don't forget cherry. And zero? And they had a 2 for a while.
So you actually meant Classic? As do I every time I say it. I'm going with the ask for Coke get a Dr. Pepper peeve as well. I live in the South, so I hear it often enough. I just won't drink a Pepsi.Another geographical concept for you... In the South we typically refer to things by their most successful/established brand name even when they mean product type. Coke, Kleenex, ... I've seen lists of these with about 30 brands. At work (electrical construction) we all refer to Lineman's Pliers as Kleins when each and every one of us owns a bag/box full of other Klein brand tools. I wonder how many reefers in the south say they need to mix up some new instant ocean water.
