I say soda. When I want a coke, I say "coke" When I want a sprite, I say "sprite" and so on... In Sweden we say "Cola" for coke. (Cola Light for Diet coke). I remember me saying that when I lived in Philly and the waiter looked at me funny. Oh well.
My Wife's family all calls them "cold drinks." My Dad always said "soft drinks" -no alcohol. My family always used "cokes" -because that's what Mom called them. I now call them "High Fructose Corn Syrup instruments of Satan."
In Minnesota everyone says "pop" which I find annoying. I used to always ask for a "coke" but after always getting the "is Pepsi OK?" question I got sick of it and now ask for a soda since I can't bring myself to ask for "pop".
I say soda and I've lived in Georgia for most of my life. Do young people still say pop in other parts of the country? Plenty of people say Pop in GA, but they are usually >60. I hate when people say Coke as a completely generic term. I hear coke the most though, but I think that is partially because most people have coke and less people have orange soda or sprite. They just assume that you have Coke/Pepsi.
I know that feeling. Living in Georgia everywhere has sweet tea, but when I go out of the Southeast I forget most people don't have sweet tea and waiters look at me funny when I order it. Sugar on the table my a**.
If I say "feeder" up here in Dallas, they have no idea what I'm talking about. To them its the access road
Washeteria is in the dictionary--I've always used the term not thinking it sounded "houstonian". Kind of like saying cafeteria in my opinion. A word that people from the south use, (including me), that isn't a real word is "tump". Does anyone on clutchfans not know what this made up word means?
I've never heard anyone say "take the frontage", always feeder. I didn't know that was incorrect? Can anyone tell that I am a native Houstonian?
