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my Louisiana friends Baton Rouge say generic Coke for Soda
<p>Douglas Bigham wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>Concerning
pop/soda:</font></font>
<p><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>Where (geographically) does
'coke' as the generic name enter the picture?</font></font>
<p><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>I know Texans sometimes use
it, but my 6 year old nephew in Cape Girardeau,</font></font>
<br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>MO uses 'coke'. </font></font>
<p><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>He didn't pick this up from
ANYONE in the family, so it made me wonder where</font></font>
<br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>the line is and why he has
it.</font></font>
<p><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>-dsb</font></font></blockquote>
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