Why do Texans refer to all soda as "Coke"? (Waco: sales, movies)

[DFWAg]

Calling a Dr Pepper a "Coke" is like spitting in a church.

[theloneranger]

Originally Posted by DFWAg

Calling a Dr Pepper a "Coke" is like spitting in a church.

That's why churches traditionally had spittoons...

Dr Pepper is "coke" with a lowercase c, not with a capital c. It is a "coke," it is not a "Coke."

[DFWAg]

Originally Posted by theloneranger

That's why churches traditionally had spittoons...

Dr Pepper is "coke" with a lowercase c, not with a capital c. It is a "coke," it is not a "Coke."

I was referring to someone spitting on a church floor in disgust or disrespect, just like calling a Dr Pepper, the most delicious of the soft drinks, an entirely different brand of beverage.

I dunno, it just grates on my nerves to hear someone
take a brand, "Coke", and change it to a household item, "coke".

[theloneranger]

Originally Posted by DFWAg

I was referring to someone spitting on a church floor in disgust or disrespect, just like calling a Dr Pepper, the most delicious of the soft drinks, an entirely different brand of beverage.

I dunno, it just grates on my nerves to hear someone
take a brand, "Coke", and change it to a household item, "coke".

So you entirely avoid all brandnomers like "q-tip," "kleenex," "xerox," "band-aid," "lean cuisine," "tv dinner," "hoover," "tupperware," "jell-o," or even "escalator?"

I find this incredibly difficult to believe.

[ETex2]

Originally Posted by DFWAg

I was referring to someone spitting on a church floor in disgust or disrespect, just like calling a Dr Pepper, the most delicious of the soft drinks, an entirely different brand of beverage.

I dunno, it just grates on my nerves to hear someone
take a brand, "Coke", and change it to a household item, "coke".

If you've lived here very long, your nerves must be totally shattered.

[DFWAg]

Originally Posted by theloneranger

So you entirely avoid all brandnomers like "q-tip," "kleenex," "xerox," "band-aid," "lean cuisine," "tv dinner," "hoover," "tupperware," "jell-o," or even "escalator?"

I find this incredibly difficult to believe.

I do say "q-tip"! And "jell-o".
And "band-aid"... Haha you got me.

But these three items don't have a well-known competitor brand. It's only in these cases that I call the item by their brand names.

There's so many different varieties and brands of soft drinks that it makes no sense to call all of them "coke".

[DFWAg]

Originally Posted by ETex2

If you've lived here very long, your nerves must be totally shattered.

Yeah they pretty much are!

[Fullback32]

Funny thread, but true! You know I never had even thought about it until I was up in Boston back in 1981. Calling all sodas "cokes" was just the natural thing to do. So there I was at some outdoor cafe in the middle of Boston and the waitress says,

"What would you like to drink?"

I said, "What kind of cokes do y'all have?"

She says, "we don't have coke."

Being very confused I said, "What do ya mean? You don't have any cokes here?"

She said, "No, we don't have coke. We have Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, and 7-Up."

I said, "Well those are cokes! I'll take a 7-Up."

She says, "Ok, that'll be a 7-Up coke then."

I said, "Exactly."

[TexasReb]

Originally Posted by Fullback32

Funny thread, but true! You know I never had even thought about it until I was up in Boston back in 1981. Calling all sodas "cokes" was just the natural thing to do. So there I was at some outdoor cafe in the middle of Boston and the waitress says,

"What would you like to drink?"

I said, "What kind of cokes do y'all have?"

She says, "we don't have coke."

Being very confused I said, "What do ya mean? You don't have any cokes here?"

She said, "No, we don't have coke. We have Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, and 7-Up."

I said, "Well those are cokes! I'll take a 7-Up."

She says, "Ok, that'll be a 7-Up coke then."

I said, "Exactly."

LOL You mean them yankees actually had Dr. Pepper?? That is more of a wonder than any other confusion as concerns the generic term!

Great story, FB! Matches that one I mentioned earlier of my friends experience completely.

[TXNGL]

"Funny thread, but true! You know I never had even thought about it until I was up in Boston back in 1981. Calling all sodas "cokes" was just the natural thing to do."

Lived in Boston about 8 years. First week there learned that serving iced tea in restaurants was "seasonal." Nearly broke my heart!