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[-] hobbicus@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

These are always so weird to me. I grew up in the rural south, and I’ve never once heard Coke used to describe soft drinks generically. In my experience when someone asks for a “coke” they specifically mean Coca Cola and would be pissed if they got something else.

[-] June@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

If you go to Georgia, ‘coke’ is whichever cola they have. At least that’s been my experience when visiting family down there. 99% of the time you get Coca Cola, but that 1% is a kick in the nuts.

Had the same experience when I lived in east Texas and visited rural Louisiana. But it wasn’t that way when I lived in Virginia. Coke meant Coca Cola, and if you asked for coke and they had Pepsi, they’d ask if Pepsi was ok.

In western Washington, it’s a hodgepodge.

[-] yokonzo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Iirc when I lived there the reason is because the Cole bottling plant was there so it just came naturally as lingo

[-] CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

My spouse is from the deep south and grew up saying it.

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