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Born: Charlotte
Raised: North and South Carolina
Parents: same
Their parents: same
Their parents: same
When referring to a carbonated beverage: Soda or coke or beverage. i.e., "I'm going to grab a soda", or "I'm parched, will you fix me a coke"?
When referring to alcoholic beverage: drink i.e., "the missus and are are headed out for a drink tonight", or "welcome to the party, what are you drinking tonight?"
When asking company: "would you like something to drink? We have water, milk, juice, Coke, beer..."
Perhaps, within NC and elsewhere, there is great diversity in which word people use to describe soda, based on race, urban/rural, the geographic region (Piedmont, coastal, mountains), educational attainment, age, and economic status. Birds of a feather flock together.
Technically its Soda Pop so either one is fine I dont understand why there is this riff between the two different words. Im from Ohio from a small town an hour from Cleveland and everyone i know says Pop but after living in NY and NC for a while its slowly transitioned to soda or usually just the name like Coke or Dr. Pepper. Once in a while i hear people call it pop and once it a while i call it that too.
Technically its Soda Pop so either one is fine I dont understand why there is this riff between the two different words. Im from Ohio from a small town an hour from Cleveland and everyone i know says Pop but after living in NY and NC for a while its slowly transitioned to soda or usually just the name like Coke or Dr. Pepper. Once in a while i hear people call it pop and once it a while i call it that too.
Actually, technically, it's "soft drink". That's what the industry calls it. "Soda" and "pop" and "soda pop" are all nicknames.
Born: Charlotte
Raised: North and South Carolina
Parents: same
Their parents: same
Their parents: same
When referring to a carbonated beverage: Soda or coke or beverage. i.e., "I'm going to grab a soda", or "I'm parched, will you fix me a coke"?
When referring to alcoholic beverage: drink i.e., "the missus and are are headed out for a drink tonight", or "welcome to the party, what are you drinking tonight?"
When asking company: "would you like something to drink? We have water, milk, juice, Coke, beer..."
I am from Maryland, and this is pretty much the exact thing we say, except nobody in MD refers to all soda as "Coke". A Coke is a Coca Cola.
I hate it when I'm at a restaurant, ask for a "diet Coke", and then I'm told "we only have Pepsi". To me, it's like what's the difference? If I ask for a "Coke" I just want a dark pop. If I ask for a "Sprite", I just want a clear pop. Why do the restaurants have to be so difficult?
I hate it when I'm at a restaurant, ask for a "diet Coke", and then I'm told "we only have Pepsi". To me, it's like what's the difference? If I ask for a "Coke" I just want a dark pop. If I ask for a "Sprite", I just want a clear pop. Why do the restaurants have to be so difficult?
Believe it or not some people are really picky about that sort of thing. Like serious Coke/Pepsi partisans, which isn't helped by exclusivity contracts in foodservice.
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