"Northerner rules"

[queequek]

What is orange coke?

[PotentialPledge]

Lets go to Merriam- Websters Collegiate Dictionary shall we,
www.m-w.com

Main Entry: soda pop
Function: noun
Date: 1863
: a beverage consisting of soda water, flavoring, and a sweet syrup

So the midwesterners are kinda correct when they call it POP, I dont call it pop nor will I ever call it pop, but websters does

Main Entry: Coke
Pronunciation: 'kOk
Function: trademark
-- used for a cola drink

So Coke is used for a cola drink, so that means pepsi can be called coke as well according to websters. But not fruit sodas.

[TKEmz894]

Coke was started in Monroe Louisiana.....So was Delta airlines.....Its a big misconception....Because they both moved their operations to Atlanta, when they took off.......But eitherway it is Coke, and its still was Started in the South....Cause we rule

[BrandiDZ]

Neither the North or the Midwest are willing to claim Ohio! Are we really that bad?? Anyway, in Cincinnati we have a distinctly strange way of doing things. Almost everyone says Pop here. Its always "grillin out" never "barbqin". We see "please" when we want someone to repeat themselves (this comes from our German roots). People from further North like to make fun of us for being afraid to drive in snow storms. This is something that really gets on our nerves! When it snows here, it is almost always on top of atleast 1 inch of ice. This makes driving more than a little difficult. And the strangest of them all- if during the winter months, the temperature rises above 50 degrees, people will walk around in shorts and t-shirts and drive with their windows down. This is absolutely ridiculous- its not warm enough for that unless its 65 or above!

[librasoul22]

I love this thread!! I have never been on the other side of the Mississippi, but I have traveled all up and down the East coast and the differences are like !

I personally say soda, althought I do not drink it.

North Fla is VERY MUCH the South, some of it is just as country as any where in rural GA or AL.

South FL is like another country all together, it is just a mixture of Caribbean cultures and old folks.

[CarolinaDG]

Well, Atlanta's still, like, Coke city either way... you can't drive ten feet without seeing a sign... but thanks for clearing that up!

Oh, and by the way, YEAH the south rules!;-)

[Peaches-n-Cream]

Originally posted by CarolinaDG
Ok, ok.. so maybe north Florida is the south, I don't know... All I know is that if you don't have a southern accent, it shouldn't be considered southern. And we say "coke" because the birthplace of "Coke" is in the south... Atlanta, GA, to be exact... And if I wanted a Dr. Pepper, I'd ask for one... Do you say you want a soda if you really want a Dr. Pepper? And if I wanted a Pepsi (ick ick ick... why I'd ever want a Pepsi is beyond me!) I'd ask for "Pepsi" and if I wanted an orange coke, yeah, I'd say orange coke. But if I just want any old coke ( or soda, pop, whatever) than I'd say "Coke."

I say soda not Coke not pop. Anyway I like Pepsi better than Coke!

[VirginiaBluBell]

This post kind of just makes yall northerners seem....hm...more ignorant than the people you make fun of?

[kddani]

Originally Posted by VirginiaBluBell

This post kind of just makes yall northerners seem....hm...more ignorant than the people you make fun of?

Wonder what that makes you, for bumping at 7 1/2 year old thread to say this?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by VirginiaBluBell

This post kind of just makes yall northerners seem....hm...more ignorant than the people you make fun of?

Says the mensa member who bumped a seven year old thread that no one has thought about since then.

[honeychile]

What's up with all of the bumped threads lately? Have we run out of interesting topics?

[SydneyK]

The poster who bumped this thread has deleted her post, making kddani's response seem oddly placed. Now, why VBB bumped this of all threads is beyond me.

To avoid a hijacking, I call all of it Coke. (Very similar to how I call all tissues Kleenexes, and all small bandages Band-Aids.)

[kchaptergphib]

Originally Posted by Thrillhouse

Very funny list, especially #5 and #21

>28. Minnesota is a really strange place, ain't it? Prince, Gov. Jesse
>Ventura, Randy Moss. Frightening.
>
>34. Chicago is really part of the North, not the Midwest. We traded
>Pittsburgh and the rest of western Pennsylvania for it. Good deal when
>Pittsburgh was a steel town.
.

28. Yes, yes it is. Not frightening, but strange. People from Minnesota don't get out of Minnesota enough.

34. Then I guess I am allowed to be a Northerner. I always knew I wasn't a Southerner, but I'm no arrogant New Englander, either.

[Ggirl617]

Hahaha, I know I'm super late, but this is hilarious!

[GTAlphaPhi]

Sorry TKEmz894, but you're wrong about both Coca-Cola and Delta.

The aviation company that started out what was to become Delta Airlines, Huff Daland Dusters, was founded in Macon, GA, moved to Monroe, LA, and then moved back to Atlanta, GA.

The first Coca-Cola recipe was invented in Columbus, GA, and the first sales were in Atlanta, GA (also the headquarters of Coke ever since).

Google and Wikipedia are your friends.

History of Delta Airlines (Wikipedia)
Delta Through the Decades (Delta Airlines, via Google)

History of Coca-Cola (Wikipedia sub-article)
Coca-Cola History (The Coca-Cola Company)

As an Atlantan, born, raised and educated (and the child of two employees of the Coca-Cola Company), I had to set the record straight!

But of course I agree that the South is awesome!

Originally Posted by TKEmz894

Coke was started in Monroe Louisiana.....So was Delta airlines.....Its a big misconception....Because they both moved their operations to Atlanta, when they took off.......But eitherway it is Coke, and its still was Started in the South....Cause we rule

Edit: I just realized that even though this thread is still active, the post I've replied to is from 2002.