George Shirley wrote:

> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>> Mark A. Meggs wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:08:58 -0400, TFM®
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Mark A.Meggs" > wrote
>>>>
>>>>> Tab @ work - almost the only time I ever drink coke (as a Southerner
>>>>> of a certain age, coke is what other parts of the country refer to as
>>>>> soda or pop).
>>>>
>>>> Thank you Mark! I was beginning to wonder if I was one of 3 people in the
>>>> country who called all soda (a vile word) coke.
>>> Since I haven't lived that far south in many years, I've learned to
>>> say soda (or be brand specific) just to be understood. I do still use
>>> the proper form of second person plural - y'all!
>>>
>>> I didn't care for 'em that much as a kid, but there are times I get
>>> nostalgic now for RC Cola and a Moon Pie.
>>>> I got 2 2 liter cokes the other day at the Sav-A-Lot for 69 cents each.
>>>> They're diet lemon-lime and unlike Sprite Zero, they contain no aspartame.
>>
>> And to come full circle with naming conventions, calling all soda "Coke"
>> is like calling all pie "Moon Pie". "Gimme a Moon Pie." "Sure, Honey --
>> what kind of Moon Pie? Apple, cherry, peach, pecan, pumpkin...?" In a
>> word: st00pid.
>>
> Only Moon Pies I ever saw were chocolate ones when I was a kid, today
> they even have vanilla ones. Never saw one in all those flavors you
> mentioned. Are those only sold to sharks?

Of course not. That's my POINT. There aren't any 7-Up Cokes, or root
beer Cokes, either.

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