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Originally posted by DSTinguished1
However, Pepsi is NOT coke it is pop. Thank you
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Agreed. Pepsi is not Coke. It's swill, which I guess means "pop" = "swill," but perhaps that's a different conversation.
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Originally posted by absoluteZChi
What IF I want a pepsi (or a pepsi product) in the south?
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Referring to the above, why on earth would you want Pepsi?
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Originally posted by Rudey
How do you decide if you want sprite or pepsi? You say I want some sprite coke?
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Y'all are overthinking this and making it way too complicated.
In a restaurant, you'll be asked what you'd like to drink. It may be "Can I get you something to drink" (most likely, since the choices will surely include tea -- meaning sweet tea, of course) or it may be "Would you like a Coke, shug?" If you want a Sprite, you order a Sprite. If, for some unfathomable reason, you want a Pepsi, you order a Pepsi. (If the restaurant in question is sane and only serves Co'Cola, they'll ask if that will be okay instead of Pepsi. Same goes if you order a Co'Cola in a restaurant that only serves Pepsi.)
Context, people, context. It's actually quite easy in context to tell if someone means "Coke" to refer to any soft drink or "Coke" to refer to Co'Cola.
I refuse to call it "pop."