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The South is too hot and they don't know what "pop" is!

Yeah we do...it's called "coke" down here :)

I had some one ask me how much my "coca-cola" was in the Atlanta Bread Company parking lot today. It took me a minute cause I was wondering why someone would think lemonade was coke. =)

It was liquid, right? And it was sweet? Then it was Coke, bless your heart.

Mesh, you know as well as I do that "bless your heart" is a southernism for "you stupid bastard"

*laughs* I should start putting down "Southern" as one of my other languages.

I agree with you about the coke thing, MK. It doesn't make any sense to me, and I've lived in the South my entire life. if it is drunk/poured out of a can/bottle saying "coca-cola" on the side, then and only then do you call it coke.

Well, I don't get why they call it "pop" either. To me it's "soda." "pop" is such a northeastern thing...

Northeast? I got both pop and soda when I was in NY, but it was good ol' Minnesota that was just straight up 100% pop. Actually Kyle as you know just moved to Indiana and he told me he heard people using "pop" out there.

Timmy's told me they call it pop in Montana, and one of my co-workers is from Michigan and that's what she calls it, too.

You haven't lived until you've heard a North Dakota kid say "pop." It sounds like a combination of "pep" and "pap." So damn funny...

On my first real business trip to Chicago, I was in a little restaurant, completely jet lagged and asked for Sweet Tea. The waitress replied back, "you're on the wrong side of the bridge for that one, hun". In the most midwestern, ch-ca-ga accent.

Now, If I'm out of the Southern US, I usually ask for soda or tea.

When I first moved to the northwest, someone offered me a pop and I had to beg their pardon. "Would you like a pop?" just doesn't sound nice. It took me a minute to realize they meant coke (and by "coke" I mean "sprite").
Now I generally say "refreshing beverage" or "complimentary beverage."