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[–] [email protected] 148 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

~~Shm.~~ Smh. The fucking people who call all sodas "coke".

Them: What kind of Ford do you drive? Me: a Chevy.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's from Coca-Cola (headquartered in Atlanta) having total dominance of the south for a long time.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It’s got what y’all crave

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Cocaine specifically

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Atlanta is the most random place you can headquarter a company.

CNN is headquartered in Atlanta and like what? Why?

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 years ago

See also My Names Is Earl. "She was Chinese... Japanese, specifically."

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I could say the same thing about people calling all soft drinks "soda"

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"soda" is not also a specific drink though

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

The only time people say "soda" where I am, is when referring to soda water, which is a specific drink. (And imo a terrible one)

Edit: It's just an interesting difference in language, I'm not making an argument about what's right...

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If only there was a way to specify between a "soda" and a "soda water"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Except soda water occurs in a naturally carbonated form. It’s existed for a lot longer, I think it kinda gets the right to be referred to as just “soda”.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Whats to distinguish, they are the same drink.

If you want a pop just ask for a pop, silly goose.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Yeah that’s why we just say soda water.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Agreed, but we say pop around here.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Dude it makes perfect sense.

The “so” is the first two letters from the word and the “d” is the third letter. And the “a” is obviously because…..

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

I'M SHOOK

You've changed my whole world

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

At least it's based on "soda pop".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What does "shm" mean? I'm currently only reading it as an onomatopoeia and I don't think that's right.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Likely a typo for smh, which essentially means "shaking my head".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Huh, and here I thought "smh" was short for something like "*so much hate". That makes more sense.
Wonder what other abbreviations, on the Internet or elsewhere, go completely and blissfully misinterpreted by folks for years.