Florida here. I don't say Coke for all soda just for a dark cola. But Coke is just the first brand I think of/want when it comes to Soda. Like the most ubiquitous.

If I want a Root Beer I'm gonna ask for that. But I'd never fucking say Pop.

I'd say Soda for the general.

[–] dezmd 2 points 9 months ago

Florida here, I say Coke for standard cola style soda and will use it to reference soda in a general manner if discussing with someone obviously from the South. I use soda as well.

My wife grew up with pop and Pepsi as her regional standards. I make sure to reinforce soda and Coke as the correct standards since I'm not insane. ;)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is using "Kleenex" for tissues acceptable?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes, because there's no real difference between Kleenex and other brands of tissues. There's a huge difference between a coke and a sprite for instance.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

In reasonably confident that this is how people ask for a cola, not for any soda pop. The default soda in America is a cola, which we have the two primary brands (coke and Pepsi) and all the small time competitors. No one says ‘I’ll have a coke’ when they want a sprite.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Coke is neither a brand name nor a flavour. The brand is Coca-Cola and the flavour is cola.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

I always assumed the word coke is derived from coca(-cola)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It literally says coke on the can, at least in my European country. In a smaller font and separate from Coca-Cola.