Coke isn't Texan! or even southern

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Don't worry Penny I'm not going to gloat  <vbg> Just thought I'd 
chime in with the coke thing.  I grew up near Philadelphia and have 
always referred to any carbonated beverage as "coke" ..even though I 
like Pepsi better...its still a coke.

carole



--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., aichambaye at y... wrote:
> Penny and all:
> 
> I lived in Arkansas most of my life and everyone in calls 
it "coke". 
> As in, "get some Coke at the store, ok?" or, "What kind of Coke do 
> you want?" (and they don't mean diet or caffeine free, they mean 
> Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, Mt. Dew.... you get the idea). Arkansas is 
pretty 
> close to texas... But I believe that they do it in Atlanta too (at 
> least the real Southerners do, and not the Yankee 
invaders). 'Course, 
> ATL is the home of Coke Co. It's a Southern thing - In NC they 
> sometimes call it all "Pepsi" (pepsi is from here).
> 
> Heather M.
> 
> PS. Penny, I hope your labor is free and easy and the baby is 
> healthy!!
> 
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer 
> <pennylin at s...> wrote:
> > Hi --
> > 
> > Gee Catherine -- you've made me look silly.  *I'm* the one who 
told
> > Carole that Brits wouldn't use patio/grill, Coke as a generic 
term 
> for
> > all carbonated beverages or margaritas.  <g>  Don't I feel stupid 
> now!!
> > 
> > Well .... my husband & I were both just positive that the Brits 
> don't
> > refer to it as Coke, but as fellow-Texan Amanda noted, very cool 
if
> > true.  Referring to all soft drinks as "Coke" is a uniquely Texan 
> thing
> > in the US (I think ... Amanda thinks so too).  I am bowled over 
> that the
> > Texans have something like that in common with the Brits.
> > 
> > Margaritas aren't all that common in the UK though, are they?  
Maybe
> > it's just that I tend to avoid margaritas when outside the great 
> state
> > of Texas (not trusting that anyone can brew up a decent marg 
anymore
> > than they can make a decent salsa ....)
> > 
> > Penny