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Location: Houston, TX | Unbelievable. Read all the posts and the last one nailed it.
As I was reading through this thread I was thinking about my own experience growing up in a small town in western North Carolina. I was 18 or 19 and traveling well north of Richmond the first time I heard anybody refer to that kind of carbonated drink as a pop or a soda. It was always "What kind of coke you want?" when I was growing up.
There's probably some subtext about the power of branding in the TV age. Here's a Kleenex, I need a Q-tip, etc.
Every now and then I'm ok with the branding thing, because sometimes it just sounds better than saying "tissue" or "cotton swab".
Seriously, come on...
"What'll it be buddy?"
"A pop"
Somehow there is an implied lisp when a guy orders a pop. I don't make the rules, it's just how it is. |
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Location: Midland, MI | Originally posted by intermetroman:
Seriously, come on...
"What'll it be buddy?"
"A pop"
Somehow there is an implied lisp when a guy orders a pop. I don't make the rules, it's just how it is. Which is why it's properly referred to as soda. ;) |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by Northcountry:
I used to like a soda called Verner's Ginger Ale. I always thought they stopped making it then I was pleasantly surprised to see it was still available in Canada (where it is made)when I ventured north of the border a while back. Great soda. Nothing quite like it. Still hard to get here in my part of the states though.
Randy One of my fav's also. Still available at most supermarkets down here in Fl. I usually get a 12 pack when I get to do the shoping duties.
And, BTW, when I moved here from NY, I was informed that it IS soda, and not POP. (ya'll) :D |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | It was Coke for us in PA as well.
What about regional beers? When I lived in the Great Northwest, we had Raineer Beer. Some of the best commercials ever put out. |
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | The use of the word "Coke" instead of "pop" or "soda" was used more prevalently in the South since Coca Cola (Coke) was invented in Atlanta by a pharmacist named Doctor John Pemberton.(in 1886)
I was born in Washington,D.C. and growing up there in the '50's to early '60's (moved down South in '63) everyone outside my family would say "pop" or "soda" but I always called it "coke" because my parents were born and raised in the South and thats how they referred to it!!(My father was born in Travelers Rest,S.C. and my mother was born in Anderson,S.C.)
I liked Pepsi over Coke but would still say...."I'm going to get a coke"...... |
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Location: Omaha, NE | In Evansville, it was "Coke". A typical conversation might be:
"Do you want a coke?"
"Yeah, as long as you are up"
"Ok, what kind"
"Seven-up"
Regional beers: Evansville had "Sterling", but we moved away before my beer drinking days kicked in. Here in Omaha, the only brewery left when I got to town was Fallstaff. Years ago, my Father in law worked at the Storz brewery, but they've been shut down for years.
I remember back in the '70's when Coors came to town. They had the cans with two little push button thingys on top to open. Dad didn't like them, so he made me open them. |
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Location: NJ | first let us establish that it is soda. Pop was my father.
we had newport soda made in camden NJ until the late 70's he also distributed utica club beer which my dad liked. these sodas had the best flavors cherry, grape, lime the cola was horrible. I keep looking for a lime soda that tasted that good.
liberty bottling works another small timer in camden he lasted until the early 70's. good flavors again but not a good cola spelled kola.
crescent bottling works again in camden nj. bottled up until the 90's good flavors great ginger ale. horrible cola |
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | Originally posted by alpep:
.....utica club beer which my dad liked. Al,don't you mean "utica beer which my Pop liked."
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Location: NJ | Originally posted by Trboy:
Originally posted by alpep:
.....utica club beer which my dad liked. Al,don't you mean "utica beer which my Pop liked."
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I grew up in Milwaukee, where we had more regional beers than I can remember. I know we had regional pops, but I'm too old to remember those.
When I moved to Kansas, they always went out for a "coke", too, even though they might be going to the A&W for a root beer or the Tastee Freez for a shake. We never got out of the cars. Even had a drive-up at the liquor store. |
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