See, and I hadn't met anyone who called it soda till college. I knew a few people who said pop--I have some cousins in Indiana--but never, ever soda. That's what people say on TV, like supermarket for grocery store, that no one in real life ever says. *shrug*
Well, in my area of the country, you can either say Coca-cola or, you say coke first, then specify. Like, if you ask company if they want coke, they'll say, "Yeah, what do you have?" And then you name it off--Dr. Pepper, Sprite, whatever.
Of course, in most areas of the Deep South, people call everything Co-cola (really, it's coca-cola, obviously, but they say it so quickly that it loses the second syllable). Things are a bit trickier there: you mostly learn to ask for specific brand by name if that's what you want. Though I don't drink any kind of coke at all, so I avoid most of these discussions.
All of this has to do with the fact that Coca-cola was the first soft drink, and it was invented in Atlanta. So for us, for years, that was the only thing there was. Kind of like the way you say Kleenex or Band-Aid. Who really says facial tissue or bandage? The brand has become so closely associated with the substance that there's no line between them.
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Well, in my area of the country, you can either say Coca-cola or, you say coke first, then specify. Like, if you ask company if they want coke, they'll say, "Yeah, what do you have?" And then you name it off--Dr. Pepper, Sprite, whatever.
Of course, in most areas of the Deep South, people call everything Co-cola (really, it's coca-cola, obviously, but they say it so quickly that it loses the second syllable). Things are a bit trickier there: you mostly learn to ask for specific brand by name if that's what you want. Though I don't drink any kind of coke at all, so I avoid most of these discussions.
All of this has to do with the fact that Coca-cola was the first soft drink, and it was invented in Atlanta. So for us, for years, that was the only thing there was. Kind of like the way you say Kleenex or Band-Aid. Who really says facial tissue or bandage? The brand has become so closely associated with the substance that there's no line between them.