Alaskaball [comrade/them]@hexbear.netM to Main, home of the dope ass bear.@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agoPATRIOTS ARE SLOWLY GAINING CONTROLhexbear.netimagemessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down10
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minus-squareduderium [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 year agoI can understand calling it “pop” but calling all soda “coke” seems really strange to me but maybe I just haven’t hung around enough southerners?
minus-squareDarth_Reagan [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoI agree, coke is either the brand, or the nose candy
minus-squareedge [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoMy paternal family is all southern. I’ve never heard anyone use coke as a generic term.
minus-squareClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-21 year agoMy grandma did it. “Do you want a coke?””Sure””What would you like, we’ve got Dr Pepper and Sprite” was a normal conversation. Absolutely absurd.
minus-squarerandompastalinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI think this is more regional than the map would suggest. I heard this all the time. Even said it. And if you wanted Coca Cola when asked what type of coke, you could just say ‘regular’. Pronounced ‘rag-lur’.
I can understand calling it “pop” but calling all soda “coke” seems really strange to me but maybe I just haven’t hung around enough southerners?
I agree, coke is either the brand, or the nose candy
My paternal family is all southern. I’ve never heard anyone use coke as a generic term.
My grandma did it. “Do you want a coke?””Sure””What would you like, we’ve got Dr Pepper and Sprite” was a normal conversation. Absolutely absurd.
I think this is more regional than the map would suggest. I heard this all the time. Even said it. And if you wanted Coca Cola when asked what type of coke, you could just say ‘regular’. Pronounced ‘rag-lur’.