Re: Phoneme winnowing continues
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, June 10, 2003, 1:29 |
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On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 09:14:30AM +1000, Tristan McLeay wrote:
> And coke, much to the Coca-Cola Company's chagrin, means any cola.
In the Southeastern US, it goes even further than that; "Coke" is
used generically for any soft drink, even non-colas. ("What kind of
Coke would you like?" "Sprite.") Some would say that it extends even to
iced tea, but that's hyperbole. :)
My wife was once chastized when, while waiting tables at a Pizza Hut to work
her way through college, she asked a gentleman if he would like a Coke.
See, Pizza Hut was owned by Pepsi, and therefore serves only Pepsi
products - and the gentleman in question was a visiting Pepsi
executive. Whups. :)
What the heck is Dettol or a Tim-Tam?
-Mark