Maybe the Pop and Soda users can at least band together to get Coke removed forever before returning to their own fight. I don't know really know which of those two I prefer, but it is insane to refer to a Mountain Dew as a Coke.
Not at all surprised where it's concentrated though. The poorest, least educated, least healthful States in the country, where corporate branding has superceded basic terminology.
Just the other day, I tried to order a root beer at a taco bell and the guy said they didn't have it, did I want a dr pepper instead. I was speechless for a second because it was so baffling that he thought that was the closest replacement.
Then he listed the other options and I got a Baja blast, not because it's the closest thing to root beer but because hearing that one reminded me that I don't really care that they don't carry root beer.
And Taco Bell sells pepsi so if they did have root beer, you'd have gotten Mug which is better than Barqs. Jersey Mikes is great because they sell Stubborn root beer (a Pepsi "craft" brand) which is pretty good for a crafty pop.
I'll never forget my horror when I asked for a medium coke and the lady just handed me some random beverage. She didn't even ask what kind of coke I wanted.
Though nowadays the only coke I drink is la croix.
Yeah imagine if we started calling all paper products of any kind "kleenex?" Yeah write that down on a sheet of Kleenex and mail it to me in a Kleenex box.
I'm from GA, and I never understood people calling all soda a coke. Giving someone a Pepsi when they asked for a coke is enough to start an altercation around here -- they are not at all considered interchangeable
Can you show me any other examples of when people use the latter part of the word when shortening it? Or is this somehow the only acceptable one for you?
Soda is carbonated water made with sodium bicarbonate and citric acid (as opposed to natural carbonated water and modern injected carbonation). Pop is something that goes pop.
I grew up almost exclusively hearing "pop," and use it in casual situations, but I prefer to use "soda" in public. Asking a server what kind of "pop" they have seems odd to me, but at the same time asking a friend if I can grab a "soda" seems odd as well.
GOOD! I grew up living in the north-east and we called it "Soda", then moved west and kept hearing people say "pop" and it was the most annoying thing, glad to see everyone else is coming around to the correct name.
Question for the folks in the gray area... Are you all referring to all brands and flavors of carbonated soft drinks as 'Coke,' or has Coca-Cola beat out all competitors there, or how does that work?
All brown sodas are Coke. Sprite and it's equivalents were separate at least where I grew up. you ask for a coke and the person taking your order asks "what kind?" and you clarify "Pepsi" or "root beer" or "coke coke".
I've lived in many locations throughout the gray area for most of my life. I've never heard "coke" used as a generic for all sodas. It's some sort of pervasive myth. Maybe that was the case at some point in history but not in the last 47 years.
I'm doing my part to fight back, moved to California from Michigan and my girlfriend used to say pop ironically but she's said it so much now she uses it too.
pop is getting smaller and towards the midwest, eventually it will just be minisoda.
Ah, a pop joke.
Don't ya know now
Take my upvote damnit!
As a French, I find pop really endearing and might even include it in my vocabulary.
We have them on the run, boys!
If they showed Canada on this map, you'd think otherwise...
We're up here drinking our pop while sitting on the chesterfield
Tabernac!
How aboot some fizzy maple.
As inconsequential as it is, it makes me mildly sad to see things like this become more homogeneous.
https://xkcd.com/1138/
Maybe the Pop and Soda users can at least band together to get Coke removed forever before returning to their own fight. I don't know really know which of those two I prefer, but it is insane to refer to a Mountain Dew as a Coke.
Not at all surprised where it's concentrated though. The poorest, least educated, least healthful States in the country, where corporate branding has superceded basic terminology.
Would you like a Coke?
hands you an orange crush
Have you ever asked for a root beer and been given a Dr pepper?
Just the other day, I tried to order a root beer at a taco bell and the guy said they didn't have it, did I want a dr pepper instead. I was speechless for a second because it was so baffling that he thought that was the closest replacement.
Then he listed the other options and I got a Baja blast, not because it's the closest thing to root beer but because hearing that one reminded me that I don't really care that they don't carry root beer.
Though still, wtf @ them not carrying root beer.
And Taco Bell sells pepsi so if they did have root beer, you'd have gotten Mug which is better than Barqs. Jersey Mikes is great because they sell Stubborn root beer (a Pepsi "craft" brand) which is pretty good for a crafty pop.
I'll never forget my horror when I asked for a medium coke and the lady just handed me some random beverage. She didn't even ask what kind of coke I wanted.
Though nowadays the only coke I drink is la croix.
It's not all that different from Kleenex, Scotch tape, Xerox, etc. Sometimes brand names become the common name for a product.
A Kleenex and any different facial tissue are very similar. A Coke and an Orange carbonated beverage are very different.
Yeah imagine if we started calling all paper products of any kind "kleenex?" Yeah write that down on a sheet of Kleenex and mail it to me in a Kleenex box.
I'm from GA, and I never understood people calling all soda a coke. Giving someone a Pepsi when they asked for a coke is enough to start an altercation around here -- they are not at all considered interchangeable
I mean, I assume part of that standoffishness is simply local pride since Coca Cola is headquartered there.
You ever say "Scotch tape" when referring to a transparent tape that wasn't made by 3M?
Is it any different?
I've been asked if I want a coke before and was handed a diet ginger beer. in what world are those interchangeable?
It's like asking for a piece of Scotch tape and being handed a piece of painters tape
It's pop and I will die on this hill
Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. I prefer the word soda. Prepare to die.
You dropped a D bro
You will get the D later ;)
Can you show me any other examples of when people use the latter part of the word when shortening it? Or is this somehow the only acceptable one for you?
Where do you live? That's horrifying
In Australia, they're called soft drinks because they have little or no alcohol in them.
We call them soft drinks in America too.
I was today years old when I learned that the soft on soft drink is the opposite of hard in terms of liquor.
Soda is carbonated water.
Pop is dad.
It's petty popular to pop open a pop with your pop. You should pop in some time and give it a try.
Dad's is root beer (a type of pop).
Soda is carbonated water made with sodium bicarbonate and citric acid (as opposed to natural carbonated water and modern injected carbonation). Pop is something that goes pop.
Pop propaganda
Sodageddon
Popaganda
Dr Pepper is king either way
The Dr's less educated, libertine cousin Mr Pibb is even slightly better IMO.
Mr. Pibb, may he rest in peace, is no longer with us.. only his edgy gamer brother.
Born in a pop stronghold, and it is still holding. Coke is a brand, not all pop!
Softdrink
sodi pops
But we buried you grandpa. How can you be on lemmy?
i made a deal with the devil
don't tell gam gam
Fizzy drink for me in the UK, although most other people I know call it 'sparkling'
In Australia it's soft drink, which sounds a bit silly now I say it but it's better than fucking coke. I guess soft might refer to non-alcoholic.
Pass me a fizzy beverage, my good sir.
I grew up almost exclusively hearing "pop," and use it in casual situations, but I prefer to use "soda" in public. Asking a server what kind of "pop" they have seems odd to me, but at the same time asking a friend if I can grab a "soda" seems odd as well.
I stopped needing to refer to carbonated beverages in everyday language like decades ago
Congrats
You have transcended the want for fizzy
Now upon your tongue, only pizzy.
This is Sody Pop erasure
Had to scroll all the way to the bottom to find a fellow soda pop enjoyer. Shame.
Bring it back!
I say 'Soda' but with a Midwestern accent to compromise.
*Soder
GOOD! I grew up living in the north-east and we called it "Soda", then moved west and kept hearing people say "pop" and it was the most annoying thing, glad to see everyone else is coming around to the correct name.
"You want a beautiful name? Soda."
I mean, I moved to Michigan from one of the soda areas, and I give people shit when they say pop so. Am I the baddie, no it is they who are wrong.
Question for the folks in the gray area... Are you all referring to all brands and flavors of carbonated soft drinks as 'Coke,' or has Coca-Cola beat out all competitors there, or how does that work?
All brown sodas are Coke. Sprite and it's equivalents were separate at least where I grew up. you ask for a coke and the person taking your order asks "what kind?" and you clarify "Pepsi" or "root beer" or "coke coke".
Yes
I've lived in many locations throughout the gray area for most of my life. I've never heard "coke" used as a generic for all sodas. It's some sort of pervasive myth. Maybe that was the case at some point in history but not in the last 47 years.
Nope. I live in the DFW metro and nobody calls it coke unless it's literally a coca cola.
I'm doing my part to fight back, moved to California from Michigan and my girlfriend used to say pop ironically but she's said it so much now she uses it too.
I say coke not in reference to all soda, but rather it's the only one I drink so naturally it's the only one I say vocally.
I hate when I order a coke and they're like "what kind?" Motherfucker I already said Coke.
The arc of history bends toward justice.
What about Soft Drink?
Yes I'll have a soft drink
-real human
I make it a point to intentionally dead name soft drinks based on the region I am currently in.
Forcing servers to engage in neuron activation is my hobby.
"soda" is easier to hear as it's got two syllables. This is why I switched from v3l "pop".
THE SODA HAS OVERTAKEN THE POP FRONT! COKE HEADS, FALL BACK!!
Agua con gas por favor?
Hands over a Jerrycan of gasoline and a cup of water
New Mexico is still a Coke state.
Same with North Carolina, though we could ask for a Pepsi, depending on preference.
We would ask for a Coke, then we would be asked what kind of Coke, then you would reply Pepsi.
I dunno about southern NM, but ABQ and North is Soda.
sodafest destiny
Grew up as a Pop but switched to Soda in adulthood. Saying "pop" sounds bizarre and crass now.
I usually order "Diet Whatever"
Hey, can you pass me a cola coke soda pop fizzy?
https://youtu.be/80BwqQQY31w?si
I was expecting this and wasn't disappointed
SODA!!! 🤩👊🤙
Divide and conquer.
Now I get why joe screamed SODA on thet one rally.
Some literal tech bro students gave me the whole “har har where the fuck you from” rotting in my early 20s and I never said “pop” again.