That’s likely because the Internet has lied to you and ‘coke’ isn’t used in the same manner as soda / pop. Rather it’s used as an example. Like “hey, do you want a coke or something” Which means they have coke and likely other soft drinks like Sprite, Mountain dew, etc but most definitely NOT Pepsi. No one is going to look at a Dr Pepper or Sprite and call it a Coke in the South East. Source, grew up in Coke mecca / Atlanta
That’s likely because the Internet has lied to you and ‘coke’ isn’t used in the same manner as soda / pop. Rather it’s used as an example. Like “hey, do you want a coke or something” Which means they have coke and likely other soft drinks like Sprite, Mountain dew, etc but most definitely NOT Pepsi. No one is going to look at a Dr Pepper or Sprite and call it a Coke in the South East. Source, grew up in Coke mecca / Atlanta
So waiters don’t ask “what kind of coke do you want?”
People at restaurants don’t ask waiters, “what kinds of coke do you have?”
“I’ll have a coke”
“What kind?”
“Dr Pepper”
Isn’t a real exchange that happens?
Can we get a second opinion on this?
texan here: yeah it’s more “a coke or something”, never “what kind of coke do you want”. like we forgot the generic word soda/cola collectively.