Pop/Soda/Coke

[James Smith]

Although 'coke' is not a generic term for soft drinks
here in Utah, I believe "Wanna coke?" would typically
be understood to mean "Wanna soft drink, any kind you
wish?".



--- Derrick Chapman <derrickchapman at MINDSPRING.COM>
wrote:
> As a native Georgian from the non-'lanta area, I can
> certify that "coke" is
> used as a generic term much the same as kleenex or
> tupperware or xerox.  I
> don't know how far outside of Georgia's boundaries
> it goes, but there's also
> a tendency to say "Co-cola" (emphasis on the first
> or second "co" is
> optional) instead of "Coca-cola."  There's even a
> guy on the daily stock
> market reports on Georgia Public Radio that
> pronounces the company's name
> with the "ca" syllable silent.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: American Dialect Society
> [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf
> Of Herb Stahlke
> Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 1:07 PM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: Pop/Soda/Coke
>
>
> Even in Atlanta, where I lived from 74-80, rootbeer,
> 7-Up, etc. are all
> coke.  The question "ya wan a coke?" would
> frequently be met with "yeah,
> what kind ya got?"
>
> Herb Stahlke
>
> >>> thompsng at ELMER4.BOBST.NYU.EDU 04/19/00 11:50AM
> >>>
> 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
>

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James D. SMITH                 |If history teaches anything
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                               |or slowly and cautiously.

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