Pop/Soda/Coke

[Derrick Chapman]

yup, them are all cokes.

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From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf
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Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 12:51 PM
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Subject: Re: Pop/Soda/Coke


Natalie Maynor quotes a student as saying "Sodas are known as cokes
in the South.  Even Pepsi is called a coke in the South."

Does this mean that ginger ale and root beer and Dr. Pepper are
also called "coke"?  If so, how do they specify that they want or
are drinking a cola drink?  If Southerners were to be given a Dr.
Brown's Cel-Ray, what would they call it, other than a vile
concoction?

GAT