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it's similar to calling a Dr. Pepper a coke

not the proper nomenclature, Dude

you can bet almost anything

Here's Why Southerners Refer to All Soft Drinks as 'Coke' | Southern Living
Here's Why Southerners Refer to All Soft Drinks as 'Coke' | Southern Living

The whole soda vs. pop vs. coke debate is bigger than any of us. And this battle over regional words rages on. Offer a Texan "pop," and he might throw his hat at you and the horse you rode up on.  Why do we call our soda pop coke? According to texashillcountry.com, native Texans (like most native Southerners) call all soft drinks "coke"—a generic use of Coke, as in Coca-Cola, invented in Atlanta. Ever since we popped the first top on that refreshing Georgia sipper, we've been loyal to the Coke brand, even slapping it on other drinks like Sprite and Dr. Pepper. Hence, you'll sometimes hear an only-in-the-South exchange that goes like this:

"You want a coke?"
"Sure."
"What kind can I get you?"

You can actually study the science behind our beverage speak. According to Coke's website, cartographer Alan McConchie first began collecting data on who says what and where back in the 1990s and used it to create a color-coded map. To this very day, you can go there and answer McConchie's burning question: "What generic word do you use to describe carbonated soft drinks?" The results are reflected on the map, with pink  the designated "coke" color. The South is mighty pink, y'all.

Well yeah, we refer to the generic classification of all soft drinks, as "coke."  Who wouldn't?  Pop or soda or soda pop all sound so juvenile and silly.

But nobody would ever call a Dr. Pepper a Coke. That's just crazy talk.

Good... good.  Blowing up a White Castle is the appropriate action to take, when one encounters a White Castle.

It's a yankee thing in my experience.  Like pretty much everything else, yankees don't really know much about cooking or good food.

Like you pokes from the nether regions scooping water from wagon ruts to make your suds