re: SEC school's soft drink classifications

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Sorry in advance to derail this thread cnb.

But this whole "thing" has really started to irritate me the last few years. I've lived in the heart of the deep south my entire life. Not one got damn time in my existence have I ever heard an exchange like "what will you have?" "coke" "what kind of coke?" "dr pepper"

It pisses me off when facebook, buzzfeed, and the like always have these stupid lists like "U know Ur in THE SOUTH when...LOL" and it's always on there "We call everything a coke no matter what yall!"

No the frick we don't. You order a coke if you want a coca cola classic in the red can. Anything else, you specify what you want you tards.

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It's more like when you go somewhere and ask if they have coke, you're asking if they have coke or pepsi products. Nobody ever says I want a coke and then gets a follow up question.

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Had kinfolk in Ohio, and they always used "pop". Where did "pop" come from? The sound when you open the bottle?

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Well yes. The original term was "soda pop" because of the fizzy (pop) noise you get when you open it. Idk what happened though, somewhere down the line somebody said eh, let's just call it "soda", because soda-pop sounds gay. But then, his Yankee brethren became jealous of the term "soda", and started using "pop".

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But this whole "thing" has really started to irritate me the last few years. I've lived in the heart of the deep south my entire life. Not one got damn time in my existence have I ever heard an exchange like "what will you have?" "coke" "what kind of coke?" "dr pepper"

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I agree with this... In SC, there are people that refer to it as coke but personally, I've always said "soda".. I would argue that most people where I'm from in the Lowcountry say "soda"..

But then again, we also have our own dialect here so....

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So, honest question, what do you call it in general? You're not always going to know specifically what kind they have. Say you're at a restaurant or someone's house or something and you ask what kind of ______ they have.

Pop?
Soda?
Coke?

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That's why I laugh at the whole coke vs soft drink, pop, etc. You have to call it a general term to reference all soft drinks. Not gonna call it "coke' for all soft drinks like root beer, mountain dew, Sunkist, etc.

I say "pop" in general term for a softdrink. Like what kind of pop do you want. Do you want mountain dew, root beer, coke, pepsi, Dr Pepper, etc.

People on here sound dumb if you refer to all soft drinks in general as a "coke"

A rootbeer is not a coke, a dr pepper is not a coke, a mountain dew is not a coke. It's a soft drink, a pop, or cold drink.

A better map is the religion map. Religion have more importance over a region than what you call a damn soft drink.lmao.

I've always ordered a coke, but again, Coca Cola is what I'm wanting. Typically you hear "get a coke" here. No one calls it pop, but I have heard soda a fair amount. Regardless, it's not beer, so who cares.

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As yankee-fied and "not-southern" as some folks claim the NW corner of Arkansas is, its interesting how we hold a hard line against Oklahoma and Missouri and their tendencies.

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Basically only 125,000 people took the survey. Never heard of anyone in this county taking it. So if one person in a county says pop, I'm assuming they represent the whole county. Or they used one county to represent the whole section of a state. No way every county chimed in on the survey. That's why I laugh at crap like this.

The only people using the term, "Pop" in Missouri are the heyseeds and hoosiers from the Western part of the State.

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I disagree. Many times I've been over at someone's house and when the host is discussing beverages, they'll use the term cokes as a catch all.

"There are cokes in the fridge in the garage" - only Dr Pepper and Sprite in the back.

Or something to that effect.

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He agreed to that. That wasnt his argument. If you say, "Hey Bob, give me a coke". He wont then say "What kind?"

When I was living in Michigan, people said 'pop'. After the Internet made the whole "What word do people in various parts of the country use?" well-known, people asked me if I said 'coke' for every soft drink. My response was "frick no. If I want a soda, I ask for a soda. If the person asks what kind and gives me a list, I choose a brand. How fricking stupid do you think Southerners are?" I may have left off that last part, but I think the myth has spread precisely because people want to think Southerners are too stupid to differentiate between "Coke" and other soft drinks.

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I love how this lie has spread across the south. Not once ever, have I seen this. When you ask someone do they want a coke, they think you mean actual coca cola. You would tell them specifically Dr. Pepper if that is what you had. We dont call it Pop or Soda, but we call it by its actual name. No freaking way if I said can I have a coke, would someone respond with "what kind?"

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My grandma says it all the time. But then again your bio says nashville so it might just be a new orleans thing