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minus-squaredoggle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down1·3 days agoI’m from GA, and I never understood people calling all soda a coke. Giving someone a Pepsi when they asked for a coke is enough to start an altercation around here – they are not at all considered interchangeable
minus-squareAllonzee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 days agoI mean, I assume part of that standoffishness is simply local pride since Coca Cola is headquartered there.
minus-squareSpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoYou ever say “Scotch tape” when referring to a transparent tape that wasn’t made by 3M? Is it any different?
minus-squareTheBraveSirRobbin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoI’ve been asked if I want a coke before and was handed a diet ginger beer. in what world are those interchangeable? It’s like asking for a piece of Scotch tape and being handed a piece of painters tape
I’m from GA, and I never understood people calling all soda a coke. Giving someone a Pepsi when they asked for a coke is enough to start an altercation around here – they are not at all considered interchangeable
I mean, I assume part of that standoffishness is simply local pride since Coca Cola is headquartered there.
You ever say “Scotch tape” when referring to a transparent tape that wasn’t made by 3M?
Is it any different?
I’ve been asked if I want a coke before and was handed a diet ginger beer. in what world are those interchangeable?
It’s like asking for a piece of Scotch tape and being handed a piece of painters tape