Drink Moniker

[Areya]

Oldie but goldie.

Around these parts we call everything a coke!

[Majestica]

It's POP damnit!

[Ryudei]

I'm sure I've asked this before but I've forgotten the answer so remind me:  In areas where you call soda "coke", how do you specify that you want a coke?

[Majestica]

In my experience, you say "I'll take a coke." and they say "Sure. What kind?" lol

[Ryudei]

And then you say "A coke dammit!"

But really, do you say Cola instead?  Or do you have to say Coca-Cola?  Or maybe coke-coke!  What do they do!

[Ennaor]

Coke or Pepsi?

[Ryudei]

That's a totally different discussion!  Though I'll drink either.

[LoneKenT]

Canned drink in Indonesia.
Toronto is pop.

[Zerila]

It was always "pop" while growing up. But now that I'm better traveled and so much more sophisticated, it's "soda"

[Majestica]

lol well I grew up in Ohio, and we called it pop. Even at the grocery store, the aisle sign said "Pop" I moved to Japan, then to SC and then to Florida and I still call it pop, and my kids call it pop so NYA (Much to their daddy's dismay! heehee)

[Kyuuketsuki]

It's "boisson gazeuse" in French (carbonated drink), but they almost always just say "soda".

[Suji]

I grew up with everything being called "coke" too, even pepsi or mountain dew or anything from a soda fountain, basically. if you actually wanted coca cola, you had to clarify by saying you wanted a "coke coke"

[Areya]

Yeah, Suji knows what I mean.

It's funny though, when I went to Phoenix on a band trip, a girl at a concession stand actually said "coke" too.  Usually it's the South where that term is prevalent, from what I've seen.

Soda doesn't really bug me, but "pop"...  *shudder*

[Majestica]

What's that? I couldn't hear you... I was opening my can of pop.

[Areya]

*steals your can of coke*

[Ryudei]

The lines have been drawn!

[Zerila]

Oh, wow! My whole state is solid blue! Well, except for a little green... since blue equals "pop" and I say "soda", that means that I am such a unique snowflake!

[Ennaor]

Now what do you call your hats? http://waywordradio.org/great-knitted-hat-survey.html

[Ryudei]

Trust an engineer to turn this into something infinitely more complicated...

;p

I think I'd call those all beanies but I'm definitely too lazy to make sure!