Only in the South

[furrbear]

Dave and I were joking about some of the more memorable bits from his days at the hemodialysis center:

Elderly Woman:	Nurse, I'm all hooked up to this contraption. Would you take these quarters for me and get me a cola from the vending machine?"
Nurse:	Why sure, Mrs. _____________. I'll have one of the aids get it for you. What kind of coke would you like?
EW:	Diet Dr. Pepper.

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[magebear.livejournal.com]

Yup, I always enjoy a good Diet Pepsi Coke.

At least what she wanted was a Coca Cola product

[furrbear.livejournal.com]

Coca-Cola doesn't make Dr. Pepper.

[snapperboy.livejournal.com]

Yes! Yes! Yes!

I still talk that way. Of course, the natives in my current environment just look at me strangely.

[magebear.livejournal.com]

From the side of my can of diet caffene free Dr Pepper: "Caned by a member of the Coca Cola bottling association. Atlanta GA 30327"

So if it's not a Coke product, they can it for them.

[furrbear.livejournal.com]

The bottling companies are separate and distinct from the parent company.

Bottling rights are a regional franchise. In the Atlanta area it is bottled/canned by a member of the Coca-Cola bottlers - that is not the same as Coca-Cola.

Dr. Pepper/7-Up is a division of Cadbury/Schwepps who also produce the Canada Dry brand.

[furrbear.livejournal.com]

In west TX, starting somewhere around Abilene, it goes like:

Q: What kind of Cokee-Cola yew want?

A: Dr. Pepper.

[furr-a-bruin.livejournal.com]

Coca-Cola Inc. must just love this perversion of their brand....

[furrbear.livejournal.com]

The curse of success: Your brand becomes a generic term.

See: Xerox, Kleenex, Kotex,...

[texaspenguin.livejournal.com]

This is not uncommon, especially in the South.

I giggle every time I hear the word "pop" when I visit the midwest or anywhere north of the Mason-Dixon line.

I generally say "soda" but a lot of times, the conversation goes exactly like above.

"Get me a Coke."
"What kind?"

[furrbear.livejournal.com]

"Get me a Coke."
"What kind?"

"Dr.Pepper", "Grape NeHi", "Orange Crush",...

[bigbear4xl.livejournal.com]

"Cola" or "soda" is universal in the south, as "pop" is in the north and midwest, for any brand of soft drink. "Coke" is almost as universal as "Kleenex" for tissue or "Q-Tip" for any cotton-tipped swab, or "Xerox" for a photocopy from any brand copy machine.

[grizzlyzone.livejournal.com]

I think that could be solved the same way drug companies do - by coming out with both a brand name AND a generic name.

[grizzlyzone.livejournal.com]

Clerk: So, wa'chu comin'here fo'?
Griz: A pop.
Clerk: Ahwa'?
Griz: A pop.
Clerk: Ahwa'?
Griz: A soft drink. You know, Coke, Pepsi, 7-up, Mountain Dew, that sort of thing.
Clerk: Oh! You wan'churself a "sodie"!

[bookish-cub.livejournal.com]

I take it that this conversation took place in the South.

[magebear.livejournal.com]

Thank You!

I keep telling people I'm not a yankee, I'm a carpetbagger!

...and yes I like my po-boy dressed and pressed.

[furr-a-bruin.livejournal.com]

Calling all facial tissues "Kleenex" is one thing. I might even understand "Coke" as a generic term for colas - but calling something like Sprite or Dr. Puker "Coke" is a bit of cognitive dissonance that makes my brain grind its gears.

I mean, imagine calling paper for your laser printer "Kleenex" - after all, it's all paper, right?