On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:55:18 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> wrote:

>Don wrote:
>
>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>> Wake up call, different isn't stupid.
>
>Different isn't. But including that kind of conflict (root beer = Coke)
>is. I'm quite awake, thank you.

You continue to display your ingorance of things Southern.

It isn't Coke - it's coke! It's the generic term in certain parts of
the South (and possibly of a certain time) for any carbonated,
sweetened drink. If there's a need to be more specific, the brand or
flavor can be mentioned. The namesake product of the Coca-Cola
Company is Co' Cola (as George already mentioned)

That you don't like like it doesn't do away with the fact that that's
how it is. Calling people stupid is just trolling or flame-bait.

If your have ever used the word "aspirin", you are guilty too. A
brand name that became so popular that it entered the language as a
generic term for all such products (and an lesson for companies like
Xerox in losing control of a brand name).

- Mark