America - Regional Maps

[Buckeye Maniac]

It's called a soft drink.


Jesus Christ...buncha dumbasses.

 

[Crump's brother]

Springfield area. Her accent really only comes through when she gets mad. I know to duck and cover when I hear it come out.

Tell her to go back to Chicopee if you really don't like your testicles.

My girlfriend gets on my case for my pronunciation of Ohio and washing machine. I also sweep the floor even with a vacuum cleaner, which I refer to as a sweeper.

 

[Saw31]

We can do all the arguing we want. The fact is that every newscaster, radio host, weather channel whore...all speak midwest. Not Brooklyn or Boston or Minnesota or Austin or Mississippi or Canadian. They speak midwest...

So it's "pop", not fucking soda, or coke or whatever...

 

[BrutuStrength]

What would you like to drink?
I'll have a coke.
What kind?
Mt Dew.


BECAUSE THAT MAKES SENSE

That's similar to the conversation I had with a friend when I moved from NC to OH.

Friend: Would you like some Coke?
Me: Sure, what kind do you have?
Friend: Coke... why would you ask that?
Me: Because that's what we called everything like that in NC.
Friend: We call everything pop.

And so then it became pop, until I moved to DE and it became soda. Now I usually use some interchangeable combination of soda and pop.

And to anyone asking how calling all soda/pop "Coke" makes sense, I'll simply point out that's it's not any different than having referred to copies as Xeroxes or tissues as Kleenex. It's simply about having a dominant brand name that replaces the regular term. Kind of like what can happen if someone is fortunate enough to witness a McNeiling.

 

[MolGenBuckeye]

And to anyone asking how calling all soda/pop "Coke" makes sense, I'll simply point out that's it's not any different than having referred to copies as Xeroxes or tissues as Kleenex. It's simply about having a dominant brand name that replaces the regular term. Kind of like what can happen if someone is fortunate enough to witness a McNeiling.

Calling all pop "Coke" would be more like calling tissues, paper towels, and toilet paper all "Kleenex". :)

 

[DubCoffman62]

Calling all pop "Coke" would be more like calling tissues, paper towels, and toilet paper all "Kleenex". :)

and cotton swabs "q-tips"

 

[BUCKYLE]

I can't name another single brand of tissues or cotton swabs. Pepsi owns a rather large market share.

 

[buclife]

and cotton swabs "q-tips"

This. and band-aids vs. adhesive bandages. I don't think I ever heard anyone ask for an adhesive bandage.

 

[jwinslow]

Yes, I'd like to order a bud.

(Bartender leaves)

Wait, you didn't take my order!!!!

 

[Nutriaitch]

holy crap it's not coke unless it's from coke. how is that even a thing?

this country is just going to hell.

no, they're all cokes

What would you like to drink?
I'll have a coke.
What kind?
Mt Dew.


BECAUSE THAT MAKES SENSE

absolutely

This. and band-aids vs. adhesive bandages. I don't think I ever heard anyone ask for an adhesive bandage.

exactly

 

[Muck]

Sometimes people get bent out of shape when I mention the fact that southerners are in general, fucking stupid...and then occasionally, threads like this come along and I get to bask in the warm glow of vindication.

 

[BUCKYLE]

This. and band-aids vs. adhesive bandages. I don't think I ever heard anyone ask for an adhesive bandage.

JFC. When one company dominates the market for a particular product it makes sense to call an item by its brand name. When a company has major competition, that should be stopped, less one sounds stupid. No one goes "new Ford shopping" anymore.

 

[WyoBuck]

Sometimes people get bent out of shape when I mention the fact that southerners are in general, fucking stupid...and then occasionally, threads like this come along and I get to bask in the warm glow of vindication.

Agreed. I am subjected to it daily. It also seems that the population down here is disproportionately lazy and/or slow.

 

[OHSportsFan]

Bags or cornhole?

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

I'll just stroll in to McDonalds and order a Whopper....then call them stupid for not knowing that I call all cheeseburgers "Whoppers".