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The Invisible Borders That Define American Culture
One of the clearest regional differences in the U.S. can found by tracking the words people use to refer to soft drinks, which is in fact the map you saw at the top of this story. Pop or soda, or even Coke, these small linguistic differences are not as small as we might think. While “soda” commands the Northeast and West Coast (green) and “pop” is in between (black), “Coke” reigns in the south (turquoise). These small distinctions can often act as touchstones for larger cultural differences.
Read more. [Image: Samuel Arbesman]
I have been all over NC and not once have I heard someone refer to all soda as Coke. Especially since N’s down here drink Pepsi more often than Coke in the first place.
I’m just saying.
That ish is DRANK or cold drink!!! Never heard of anybody in the south refer to ALL drinks as Coke.
I think this might be slightly generational. My dad is 55 and from Atlanta and he calls it all Coke. My mom is from Omaha and calls everything pop and she’s 52. But people my age do neither. I think people my age call everything by its brand now, to be honest.
It’s all linguists really. The way people speak, talk, name things, call things, gets passed down from generation to generation. It’s kind of like how down here in Southern Louisiana the majority of the elderly population call all athletic shoes keds no matter if they are the actual Keds brand or not. Also 80% of the time when someone asks us what we want to drink down here the answer is sweet tea.
In Texas, and I’ve never heard anyone refer to soda as coke. Coke is coke, as in coca-cola. Soda is a generic soft drink.
yeah i dont think ive ever heard it called coke in florida either….or kentucky.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m33cl9VdDM1qcokc4o1_500.jpg)
The Invisible Borders That Define American Culture
One of the clearest regional differences in the U.S. can found by tracking the words people use to refer to soft drinks, which is in fact the map you saw at the top of this story. Pop or soda, or even Coke, these small linguistic differences are not as small as we might think. While “soda” commands the Northeast and West Coast (green) and “pop” is in between (black), “Coke” reigns in the south (turquoise). These small distinctions can often act as touchstones for larger cultural differences.
Read more. [Image: Samuel Arbesman]
I have been all over NC and not once have I heard someone refer to all soda as Coke. Especially since N’s down here drink Pepsi more often than Coke in the first place.
I’m just saying.
That ish is DRANK or cold drink!!! Never heard of anybody in the south refer to ALL drinks as Coke.
I think this might be slightly generational. My dad is 55 and from Atlanta and he calls it all Coke. My mom is from Omaha and calls everything pop and she’s 52. But people my age do neither. I think people my age call everything by its brand now, to be honest.
It’s all linguists really. The way people speak, talk, name things, call things, gets passed down from generation to generation. It’s kind of like how down here in Southern Louisiana the majority of the elderly population call all athletic shoes keds no matter if they are the actual Keds brand or not. Also 80% of the time when someone asks us what we want to drink down here the answer is sweet tea.
In Texas, and I’ve never heard anyone refer to soda as coke. Coke is coke, as in coca-cola. Soda is a generic soft drink.
yeah i dont think ive ever heard it called coke in florida either….or kentucky.
