Re: Dialect and register

> From: Morgan Palaeo Associates [mailto:morganpalaeo@NETYP.COM.AU]
> Thomas R. Wier wrote:
> > Anyone saying "soda" or "pop" is likewise immediately marked as an
> > outsider -- the proper word being "coke", of course.
>
> Are you saying that "coke" in your area is generic for any
> carbonated drink, not just for cola? So, a fanta is a coke
> for example?
In the U.S. the meaning of coke, soda, cola, and pop varies by region.
When/where I was growing up, it was "sody-pop", my wife, who grew up
merely one state away (approximately 300 miles by the highways), used
"coke" to refer to carbonated beverages.  I think that where "coke" is
"all carbonated...." that "cola" refers to Coca-Cola...and vice-versa.
:)

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