Klarinet Archive - Posting 000397.txt from 2002/01

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Just a little fun FYI
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 20:18:50 -0500

At 10:28 AM 1/14/2002 -0800, Neil Leupold wrote:
>Annoyingly, and more frequently than I ever expected, I hear people
>refer to a flavored soda drink generically as a "Coke." And when you
>have two people who understand it the same way, the conversation goes
>perversely like this:
>
>Waiter/Cashier: "You want a drink with that?"
>
>Patron: "I'll have a Coke."
>
>Waiter/Cashier: "Sure, what'll it be?"
>
>Patron: "Mmm, a Pepsi sounds good."
>
>Waiter/Cashier: "Coming right up!"

Apparently variations of this conversation occur frequently in the southern US.

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.net
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