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Originally posted by crzychx
I've always heard people around Kentucky calling it "pop" but I just call the drink whatever it really is. If its a Coke I'll call it Coke. If its a Dr. Pepper I call it Dr. Pepper. Not once have I ever referred to the entire caffeinated (or non-caffeinated, depending on what you like) genre as "Pop" "Soda" or "Coke."
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"Coke" as a catch-all is definitely a Southern, or Southeastern, thing.
I grew up hearing "Would you like a Coke?" An affirmative answer might get, "What kind -- we have Pepsi, RC and Mountain Dew?"