{"id":550,"date":"2006-08-01T14:11:55","date_gmt":"2006-08-01T19:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bothfavorites.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/01\/soda-vs-pop-vs-coke\/"},"modified":"2006-08-01T14:11:55","modified_gmt":"2006-08-01T19:11:55","slug":"soda-vs-pop-vs-coke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bothfavorites.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/01\/soda-vs-pop-vs-coke\/","title":{"rendered":"Soda vs. Pop vs. Coke"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Soda<\/p>\n

This study shows by what generic<\/em> term people call soft drinks<\/a> in the U.S., and maps it by county. They only show “soda”, “pop”, “coke”, and “other”. I never understood the generic term “coke”. I know that there are plenty of generic goods that are best known by a brand name, like Kleenex and Xerox, but when you ask for a Kleenex, it is generally understood that any brand of facial tissue will suffice. Coke, on the other hand is a terrible use. It’s rare that when you buy a soda, you won’t have a choice of kind. When given options, I don’t know anyone that doesn’t have a preference.<\/p>\n

So, how do you order an actual Coke in a region where the term is generic? Do you say, “I’ll have a coke with a capital<\/em> ‘C’?”<\/p>\n

Also notable is that in New England, “soda” is the term most used. I remember when growing up, most of my friends’ parents called it “tonic”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This study shows by what generic term people call soft drinks in the U.S., and maps it by county. They only show “soda”, “pop”, “coke”, and “other”. I never understood the generic term “coke”. I know that there are plenty of generic goods that are best known by a brand name, like Kleenex and Xerox, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pop-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bothfavorites.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bothfavorites.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bothfavorites.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bothfavorites.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bothfavorites.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bothfavorites.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bothfavorites.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bothfavorites.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bothfavorites.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}