Do you call them suckers?

[NHdisneylover]

ok I have a question about the soda thing. If you order a coke, but you really want a sprite, do they say, which type of coke? How do you do it? Why dont you just say sprite or whatever you prefer in the first place?

This has confused me forever so answers would really be appreciated!

My family lived in Texas until I was 7. I would say I wanted a coke and then the person would ask me what kind. I can still clearly remember asking for a coke in a restruraunt when we first moved to Colorado. The waitress walked off without asking me what kind I wanted and brought me a Coke I wanted Dr. Pepper. At that age I had no idea that things worked differently in different parts of the world and just didn't get why she didn't ask what kind of coke I wanted. So, at least many moons ago in the south it was very common to ask for a coke and then be asked what kind you wanted I now say Soda (pop was the word of choice in Colorado but I never liked the sound of that and I found soda still got my meaning across so I went with that and never went back).

 

[Pixiedust34]

We say lollipops. Not suckers.

We used to say "pop" for sodas because that's what sodas are called where dh & I used to live, but now we say "soda" or "Coke" (Coke meaning any kind of carbonated beverage). Years ago, our kids were reading one of those phonics books made for learning how to read. The word "pop" (meaning beverage) was in the book. My kids said, "What's pop?"

Candy bars are candy bars.

 

[angel_bright05]

Lollies, Soda, Couch, and chocolate bars!

We also wear "tennis shoes"...but where I live now, they call them sneakers and I know someone from Canada who calls them "runners".

Yea, everyone I know calls them either runners or just shoes

Suckers
Couch (or davenport, but mainly because my granny called it that)
Pop
Drinking Fountain Water fountain
Tennis shoes (though it comes out more like tenna shoes) or gym shoes Runners or shoes
Frosting (not icing) Icing
Bag (not sack) Backpack
You throw something away, you don't "pitch it."
You turn off the light, you don't "cut off the light."
Kitty corner (not catty corner)
Pajamas does not rhyme with llamas.
"carmuhl", not "care-uh-mell" Care-uh-mell for me!
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner (though I used to call it supper more often) Supper
Rummage sale Yard Sale
Bedclothes (when talking about the whole bedding ensemble)
That little bit of lawn between the sidewalk and the street is called the "easement."

 

[kimkarli]

We say lollipops. Not suckers.

We used to say "pop" for sodas because that's what sodas are called where dh & I used to live, but now we say "soda" or "Coke" (Coke meaning any kind of carbonated beverage). Years ago, our kids were reading one of those phonics books made for learning how to read. The word "pop" (meaning beverage) was in the book. My kids said, "What's pop?"

Candy bars are candy bars.

I teach first grade in SE Texas and a few weeks ago we read a story and the word "pop" was also in it. I asked my students if they knew what "pop" meant, and none of them did. We just do not say "pop" around here at all.

 

[SplshMtn99]

Lollypop.

A sucker is a loser.

Soda for carbonated beverages.

Coke for the Coca-Cola brand.

 

[disneychrista]

A lolipop IS a sucker. And as suck you SUCK on them. You do not bite/crunch/chew them.
A couch is an every day sofa. A sofa is a fancy couch.
A hershey bar is a candy bar. Not all candy bars are hershey's.
All other sweet/sour candy is just that candy. Unless you are talking to my 14yo and then all non-chocolate candy is sweets.
Soda is all types of carbonated beverages including Coke, Pepsi, Root Beer etc. Coke is a type of soda. Pop/Soda Pop is what we called it in the 70's & early 80's. Some how it morphed into just Soda.