Walterjn rsvman2 In New Orleans, the old timers say 'cold drink.' How do they drink their beer? Warm?
mikeintopeka Being the renaissance man that I am 😎, I always order a 'cola' in a dining venue. That way the waitress can inform me if their Coke or their Pepsi is ok. My wife only drinks Diet Pepsi and the majority of the restaurants are serving Coca-Cola products so the waitress has to apologize and ask if a Diet Coke is OK (it's not so my wife then says she'll just have the water).
bad9 mikeintopeka I prefer Coke to Pepsi but Diet Pepsi is way better than Diet Coke(can't drink it). Coke Zero is what Diet Coke should have been.
KCee It's just soda or coke here, but yeah if you head into PA then it becomes pop. In CT the confusing terms are usually "grinder" and "package store" aka sub and liquor store.
KCee accufitgolf CT is like a subset of MA. Land of taxes, tolls, blue laws, etc. If it costs you more money then we have it.
Stu1961 accufitgolf KCee In MA, liquor stores are called package stores. I don't think I've ever heard anyone refer to it by other than it's slang derivative: packie. If someone told me they were going to "the package store" ... I wouldn't even know what they were referring to. 🤣
mulegolf accufitgolf In MA, liquor stores are called package stores. Where I live liquor store can mean both a store where you buy a bottle of booze or a place that sells booze by the drink and by the bottle if your talking beer. Just as often, the place where you go to buy a bottle (or case) is a bottle shop or the real term is off sale liquor store. Where you go to buy a mixed drink or a beer (to consume at that location) is an on sale liquor store.
Ringoblack Then there is the issue of tea (hot) and iced tea. Being from the south, the first business trip I had up north, somewhere in PA, at a restaurant I ordered tea and surprise got hot tea, not iced tea as I thought. Who knew anybody drank it hot!
mulegolf Sparky It has always been "Coke" to me. "Steve, would you like a Coke?" "Yes, Sprite please." Now that's just wrong. 😖 Coke is Coke, only Coke, but I suppose if You ask for a Kleenex when you want a Puff's it makes sense.
mulegolf Where I grew up, in rural Minnesota, it was always pop but it has gradually become soda more than pop.
mulegolf bad9 I prefer Coke to Pepsi but Diet Pepsi is way better than Diet Coke(can't drink it). Coke Zero is what Diet Coke should have been. I agree with most of this. Coke Zero is the best sugar free cola out there. I don't even like diet Coke anymore. I can't drink it unless I'm eating something also. Diet Pepsi? 🤮
bad9 mulegolf Actually not Diet Pepsi, caffeine free Diet Pepsi in the evening. Otherwise it's Coke Zero
garyt1957 mulegolf I can't even drink regular Coke anymore after Coke Zero. I don't see how Diet Coke can still sell.
rsvman2 I agree that Diet Pepsi is way better than Diet Coke. I am completely off caffeine right now, so now I drink caffeine-free Diet Pepsi.
Eguller Haven't heard much about the 'Southern' versions.....I grew up in NC. We simply asked for exactly what we wanted - Coke, Pepsi, M.Dew, Sun Drop, Cheerwine, Dr. Pepper, etc. ...never heard Pop or Soda asked for.
sdandrea1 Eguller Sun Drop LOVE Diet Sun Drop. Hard to find it in VA, but we usually stock up in the Carolinas on our back-and-forths to Florida. Sometimes we're seen exiting a Gas Station/Food Mart with 4 twelve packs at 3AM.
garyt1957 Eguller I don't think anybody asks for a "pop". But we my wife might say to me "We need pop" meaning a combination of various flavors we buy. I guess I might say to someone " Do you want a pop" But then I'd add what kind we have