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Re: What do YOU call it?
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:17 pm
by mikeintexas
Growing up in Iowa, everything was pop. While probably not as big a seller as Coke, Pepsi was bigger in Iowa than it is in Texas.
My wife, Texas born, laughs when she used to read my hometown paper and the local grocery store offered a special of a hot dog and pop for $0.50!
She thinks everyone in Iowa talks funny. That is until she talks to the grandkids in Minnesota!
Re: What do YOU call it?
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 11:26 pm
by strider67
papajohn1964 wrote:What kind of Coke would you like?
I'll have a Dr Pepper please.
Re: What do YOU call it?
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 11:33 pm
by jimlongley
My grandpappy called it Coke, so I picked it up, my kids called me Pop, so that wouldn't do, and soda is something you put in your biscuits to make them rise.
I confuse the heck out of people when I ask for a soft drink.
Re: What do YOU call it?
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 1:43 am
by codeguy
I usually call it a "soft drink," unless I'm asking for something particular, like a Diet Coke (which I call... "Diet Coke"). Guess I'm weird!
Re: What do YOU call it?
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:05 am
by The Annoyed Man
Keith B wrote:The Annoyed Man wrote:MasterOfNone wrote:Keith B wrote:RPB wrote:IOne I recall hearing only from one person, I forget where ... was "COdrink"
After asking and him repeating several times I figured out he mean "cold drink"
Yeah, that is the found a lot in the green areas in North Carolina and southern Virginia I think. At least that's where I have heard it.
And when I visit my great aunts in NC, they always ask if I want smice (some ice) with it.
Actually, the correct form is "Yawnt smice inat codrink?"
And "Jeet yet? We're fixin ta."
Bring annextra fokennife widjadidja?
Re: What do YOU call it?
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:57 am
by texasmusic
Been to the land of "pop" before. The first time they asked me if I wanted one I was legitimately confused by it... the 2nd time I was just being hardheaded
