Always? Like...if you have people over and have an assortment of soft drinks for them to choose from you ask: "Would you like a Coke, Root Beer, Sprite, Orange Crush, Cream Soda, Gingerale, or Dr Pepper"? Instead of... "Would you like a pop?" or "What kind of soda would you like?"
Sorry that's non-alcoholic carbonated drinks. Bobrek you never hear "pop"? Maybe they are weird in Lakeville. I hear "pop" all the time. Even friends of mine who have moved here from somewhere else say "pop." I refuse though as I'm stubborn.
I heard that used quite a bit in New England and New York. Although it seems mainly limited to older people.
I've lived here my whole life and I've only heard very few people ever say "what kind of coke." I've heard more people say it in talking about that they say it than actually hearing people use it in everyday conversations.
What the hell, I've never heard anyone refer to any brand of soda by "coke". Must be an out of Houston thing.
I hate when people say "coke" to refer to any type of carbonated non-alcoholic beverage. If someone asks me "what kind of coke do you want?" I start thinking of coke, diet coke, cherry coke...
Ha ha. Really? That just seems so odd. What's next, using "McDonalds" to refer to all fast food burgers? "I'm hungry. Want to get some McDonalds?" "Yeah, sure!" "What kind of McDonalds do you want?" "Let's go to Burger King!"
That 'what would you like to drink' after I've agreed to a coke would mess me up too. Be like groundhog day or something. And I suppose it would mess them up if I said 'no' to the coke, and then ordered a 7-up.
Strange. I've lived in Houston nearly my entire life, and I never referred to all such drinks as "coke". And I don't think any I know does so either. That's just confusing. If I say "Do you have a coke?", people may think I'm specifically asking for Coca Cola. That's how I'd interpret it, anyways. I call it "soda" or "soft drinks". Unambiguous.
I say coke. Always have. So does everyone I know (born and raised in Houston) It's like asking for a Kleenex or using a Xerox machine. Both are companies that produced tissue and copiers...
I used to say "coke" all the time when i lived in the south. After moving away, I realize how silly it sounds. I now say soda or soft drinks. Its similar to when you get out of houston, people look at you strange when you say freeway instead of interstate.
Unless you come to Canada. Then you look silly if you call it interstate instead of freeway or highway.
It's not the same. No one cares about the differences between brands of tissue or copiers. They all perform the same basic function. Soft drinks have a different, distinct taste. Coke and Sprite taste nothing alike, so why would anyone use the term Coke to describe Sprite?
