LocalMaxima [she/her]

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Cake day: June 22nd, 2023

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  • the linguists are lying about the Coke thing. As someone who has lived in a solid Coke zone according to this map but use soda as the generic term, I have never noticed it or had a misunderstanding based on Coke used in a generic way.

    I think what’s true is that there is not a consensus on the term for soda (you’ll see soda, fountain drink, soft drink, canned drink, etc) and that Coke and it’s variants (diet, cherry etc) have a large market share, so people end up using the specific name instead of a generic term.

    I checked a non chain restaurant in small town Minnesota, and saw pop on the menu. Same for soda in NJ. I looked at a couple dozen restaurants in MS, GA, TN, and AL and couldn’t find one using Coke to refer to anything other than Coca Cola.