Soda vs. Soda

[Freya]

A lot of people down south call it coke because that's what they prefer. So by saying, "Get me a coke" Its more of, "Get me a coke product". Since they prefer most coke products and saying get me a coke product is much longer to say.

In my lil' ol' town we have a "Dr. Pepper" street. They just prefer the coke brand over say the pepsi brand in the south.

[Darkswordofchaos]

However, I named this thread "soda vs. soda" because it's not even a real debate. Anyone who makes some childish sound when describing a drink is nothing but a backwoods, uneducated hick. The obvious correct term is "soda."

Go.

i was actually raised around thos backwoods "hicks" and they call it soda to. the only people who call it pop must be yankees or somthing thats the only place ive never been and ive never met people who call it pop cept for one dude from ohio i think

[Madame Adequate]

If a product is successful enough to become a genericized trademark I'd say that's pretty much the free market in operation right there.

You could claim any monopoly is justified, but there's such a thing as too much capitalism. When market leaders become self-perpetuating machines to the exclusion and suppression of any and all competition, intervention is necessary to restore the honesty of the system. This is why we have antitrust laws, and also why anyone who refers to every soda as "Coke" requires swift and decisive reëducation (or maybe just education in the first place).

If a monopoly has been gained or is sustained through means other than fair competition then I wholly agree. If a monopoly is gained or sustained because the company in question provides the best X at the best price, then they have every right to it.

However quite aside from that I entirely agree that people who call soda "coke" (Or "pop" for that matter) should be sent to the camps.

[Raistlin]

There's some "monopoly terms" that are fine as far as I'm concerned: Band-Aid, Xerox, etc. Coke, however, is used out of sheer laziness. There's so many sodas out there it's ridiculous. Even if the Coke company did have a monopoly, it produces a dozen or so different sodas, so using "Coke" as an all-inclusive term would still not be justified.

[rubah]

It's okay, I use contractions out of sheer laziness, too, raistlin

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

However quite aside from that I entirely agree that people who call soda "coke" (Or "pop" for that matter) should be sent to the camps.

Then we have no quarrel.

[rubah]

There's not really anything to it. It's like learning a new vocabulary word. "four legs, tail, big ears and licks you" "dog" "four legs, long tail, meows" "cat", "no legs, dark brown, bubbles and you drink it" "coke".

that's just the word that is used 8) probably has to do with that hole atlanta bottling plant or something, idk. Or all those people that have coca cola signs up in their businesses.

[G13]

I think we all know that the correct term is soda, but I have to say, Once you pop the fun don't stop!

[Agent Proto]

A lot of people down south call it coke because that's what they prefer. So by saying, "Get me a coke" Its more of, "Get me a coke product". Since they prefer most coke products and saying get me a coke product is much longer to say.

When you say it like that, it's understandable to call soda "coke" if expecting a Coca-Cola product.

[rubah]

and with relatively few places offering pepsi, we expect nothing else.

[Shoeberto]

I call it pop when I'm here in Ohio, but abroad usually it's soda - mostly because 'abroad' is usually the south, and I don't really like calling them cokes, but people react strangely if you call it pop.

[Raistlin]

But which Coke product? There are a lot of them!

[Chemical]

Pop. the end.

I was hoping this would come up.

[rubah]

usually, if someone wants a dr. pepper or a sprite, they'll say so. coke is just for non-pruney brown fizzy drinks.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Then what do you call all of them, collectively?