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[David Minton <dminton AT mindspring.com>]

In NYC we always referred to carbonated, caffeinated soda as "coke," but
then again, that is usually what was served (as I recall) when you did.

David

On 04/28/05 1:43 PM, "Chad Ingham" <wap AT visi.com> wrote:

> It's "pop" in MN and, hence, the term I grew up using.
> The whole "Coke" thing threw me off while visiting Texas once.  My
> obvious question was, "What if you want a Pepsi?".  The answer: ask for
> a Pepsi Coke.  The poor Pepsi marketing dept. obviously has an uphill
> battle in the grand 'ol state of Texas.
> Years later, while visiting Orlando I stopped by a fast-food
> restaurant.  Not knowing the proper Floridian terminology to use when
> ordering my beverage I went with the ambiguous "Coke" term, instead of
> my default "pop".  I asked her which word they use since a) I was
> curious and b) the girl behind the counter was really cute and wanted to
> start a conversation.  I was informed that "most people called it soda,
> sometimes Coke, and then occassionally we get the 'real hicks' in here
> who call it pop".  That cute little fast food girl caused me to never
> use the term "pop" again. :)
> 
> - Chad
> 
> Michael Czeiszperger wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Apr 28, 2005, at 12:51 PM, Lyman Green wrote:
>> 
>>> I dunno.  I never heard the term pop used until I came south.  It was
>>> exclusively soda in New England where I grew up.  Which I'm pretty
>>> sure is as Yankee as you get.
>> 
>> 
>> I never heard the term "soda" until I moved out of Ohio, which its
>> exclusively "pop".  "Soda" to mean means "baking soda".
>> 
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