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This is so foreign to me. I’ve always referred to it as “pop” and I realize that drives some people crazy. But to call it generically “Coke” would drive me crazy.

Yeah, in Cincy they called it pop also, drove me crazy.  Someone would ask me if I wanted a "pop".  I thought they mean a popsicle.

They have weird chili there too, so there is that.

The term "soda" is interesting.  It can mean sodium bicarbonate, baking soda.

It does make bubbles of CO2 if added to water.

Terms like Kleenex and Xerox are trademarks of course, and at some point if they become generic, the companies can lose those trademarks, so we'd have Canon Brand Xerox copies.  Aspirin lost its trademark in the US, but not in Canada.  Aspirin is called ASA in Canada (and Europe)  unless it is Bayer brand.

When KC advertises Kleenex, they are careful to say "Kleenex brand" facial tissues.  Puffs are a lot better though.  Except for lint.  Puffs uses a lot of fiber from eucalyptus trees grown in Brazil.

You think that's bad, my mother calls the miracle whip "salad dressing."

She asked me to grab the salad dressing out of the fridge. I said "what kind? There's Ranch, Bleu Cheese, French, Italian..." She says "no, salad dressing." I was like "yeah, I heard you. Can you be more specific?" She looked at me like I was crazy, then went over to the fridge and pulled out the miracle whip, showed it to me, and again said "salad dressing."

It was the strangest thing. I know that mayo goes in chicken salad, egg salad, etc. But I'd never heard anyone use "salad dressing" as a generic way to refer to specifically miracle whip, and expect you to know what in the Hell they are talking about.
 

It is "dressing".

aye, in the deep south you'd be wise to avoid the discussion of mayonnaise... loyalists? yeah... you could say that.  Duke's and JFG are the two camps- and 'salad dressing' aka miracle whip isn't even a mayo.  for the love of all that's holy don't confuse those with a southern lady, else you'll get schooled. 

soda pop... soda... pop... soft drink... even ale is common.  i hear cola more than coke- and of course dew.  always the friggin' 'dew'.  

my wife asked me to bring her the 'cleaner' from under the kitchen sink one day... "which cleaner?" i ask.. THE CLEANER is the response... okay, WHICH CLEANER and Who's on friggin first?  she was asking for the scouring powder, but when i called it that she looked at me as if i had a horn growing out of my head and said with a straight face "it's not 'scouring powder', whatever that is, it's CLEANER".... looked as i may, the box didn't say scouring powder on it- but that is precisely what it is... it 'used' to say it, else somebody is screwing effectively with my head. 

tell it to Mom