How can some people refer to all pop/soda as "coke"?

It doesn't make sense. Coke is one kind of pop/soda. How does it work?:?:?

Not sure, all I know is that Coke used to have cocaine in it.

It doesn't make sense. Coke is one kind of pop/soda. How does it work?:?:?

gamerguru100

It's the same reason people call tissues a "Kleenex".

Who says that? I've never heard anyone ask for a Coke and mean a Fanta or a Solo or something. I can understand Coke being used generically for all cola beveredges as, at least in Aus, it's the best seller.

In Aus we call them soft drinks anyway and not soda or pop. Not sure why. Anyone else call them something different?\

I dunno. I just say soda or the actual name of the drink. I don't like the word pop. It just sounds so weird for a drink. :PxTheExploited

It's a regional thing, typically southern US. Not sure if you guys have seen this, but it's illlustrated by this map:

Here's a link to a better view of the map.

I dunno. I just say soda or the actual name of the drink. I don't like the word pop. It just sounds so weird for a drink. :PxTheExploited

coke is an ingredient in most soda beverages that's why (and no i don't mean cocaine)

Kudos to a company who has their brand name used in reference to a generic item. Here are a couple more examples:

bandages are more often than not called Band-Aids, which is a brand name
Also, Jell-O is nearly always refered when speaking about gelatine.

who the hell calls soda "pop" anymore?

what is this the 50's?

who the hell calls soda "pop" anymore?

what is this the 50's?

x8VXU6

Look at that map posted earlier. There are regional differences. Most people who say "pop" live in the Midwest. I live in Minnesota, which is very much part of the Midwest. Go figure.

bandages are more often than not called Band-Aids, which is a brand name

Matthew_Kaeser

Which is why the word "brand" was awkwardly added to J&J's famous jingle.

How can some people refer to soda as 'pop'? That went out with the silent movies and tommy gun.

This thread makes me wanna drink some Cola. Cola sounds good, Coke even better

How can some people refer to soda as 'pop'? That went out with the silent movies and tommy gun.

Ultimas_Blade

I don't know. I've never met a person who called all soda "coke"

Kudos to a company who has their brand name used in reference to a generic item. Here are a couple more examples:

bandages are more often than not called Band-Aids, which is a brand name
Also, Jell-O is nearly always refered when speaking about gelatine.

Matthew_Kaeser

Interesting.

Same thing goes for Q-Tips. I only recently learned that that was a brand and not the actual item :P.

We say Soft Drink!!

I only use the word coke when it is actually coke. I never use the word pop because it just sounds odd.

Because Coke is so awesome.

Communists win again... ;_;

I just grown up to say pop, and soda just sounds weird.

Communists win again... ;_;

CrisisFrmTheSky

In Soviet Russia, coke drinks you!

Coke is just that popular, that it's considered "the" Cola, and Cola is probably what most people think of when they think of pop.

Just Pop for me. Never called Pepsi a Coke before. =-)

By realizing that it's doesn't **** matter.

It's soda. Get with the times =P

i don't know man. i certainly don't ask for a coke if i want a dr. pepper.

I'm a Mountain Dew drinker. What I don't like is when I ask for a Dew in a restaurant, and they offer Sprite or 7up. Those are not even close. Then I'll ask for a Dr. Pepper, and then they usually offer Root Beer, WTF?!

It's the same reason people call tissues a "Kleenex".

Sntg_XL

It's a Southern thing. People up north call it pop, which is weird for Southerners and Texans.

Of course, for people in Texas, Dr. Pepper is the God of Coke/Pop/Soda.

When I was little I used to just say "get me a coke", because that's what we had most of the time. Now, I call it "pop", I grew up in the mid west and everyone there called it that.

Bandages- Band-aid

Tissue paper- Kleenex

Locking pliers- Vice grips

Petroleum jelly- Vaseline

Some people just like to call the items by the most popular name I guess. Imma just start calling every car a Ferrari, imagine all the girls I can get.

"Soft drinks" is a more common term. In my experience, people refer to all soda as Coke because virtually every food place around here sells it.

because Coke a Cola is so successful that people automatically associate their drink/company with them. This is why coke wins at the polls, but Pepsi wins the blind taste tests and it drives them nuts.

I first came across this phenomenon in college.

Guy from Texas: Give me one of those Cokes.

Me: What are you talking about? I don't have any Cokes.

Guy from Texas: Yeah you do, right there.

Me: This is Sprite.

Guy from Texas: It's a Coke, they're all Cokes.

Me: It's only Coke if it says Coke on the can, weirdo.

I first came across this phenomenon in college.

Guy from Texas: Give me one of those Cokes.

Me: What are you talking about? I don't have any Cokes.

Guy from Texas: Yeah you do, right there.

Me: This is Sprite.

Guy from Texas: It's a Coke, they're all Cokes.

Me: It's only Coke if it says Coke on the can, weirdo.

aransom

i call them by their names.. but i don't call them pop or soda.. i call them soft drinks

Back then the mixture of cola-cola had some cocaine in it.

Also Coke is a surname for cocaine.