[Sigia-l] is midwest, is not midwest

[Betsy Vera]

On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Brooke Dine wrote:

> I would have to argue that point... I grew up in St. Louis where people say
> "I would like a Coke" which means everything - Sprint, 7Up, Coke, etc. If
> you're in Michigan it's sodie pop, Chicago and Kansas it's pop...

When I worked at a fast food place years ago, in Falls Church, Virginia
(ten miles outside DC), a "Coke" meant Coca-Cola. However, when I was on
loan to another location of the same fast food place only two or three
miles away in a neighborhood with a different demographic, a "Coke"
always meant a root beer.


 Betsy Vera - bentley at umich.edu - http://www.BetsyDa.com/bedlam.html
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