It always come sweetened here, unless you are asked what you want before hand. You usually have to specify that you want in unsweetened.
What Do You Say?
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I usually just ask for what I want specifically...Coke, Pepsi, Mountain Dew, etc...but the general term for all these drinks is 'soda' for me. As far as iced tea is concerned, you have to ask for either sweet or unsweet. I prefer mine to be sweet with a lemon.
Soda....Sometimes, when people don't speak good english and they take my order, I say "A Fountain Drink"... :laugh: You would be surprised how many people go, "A what?"
I'm in IL too, we all say soda here! Or does blue mean we are democratic...so many colors...!!!
Raskolnikov said:
I'm in IL too, we all say soda here! Or does blue mean we are democratic...so many colors...!!!
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This is very similar to what we were discussing in that class...its a link from the page raskol listed.
http://cfprod01.imt.uwm.edu/Dept/FLL/linguistics/dialect/maps.html
http://cfprod01.imt.uwm.edu/Dept/FLL/linguistics/dialect/maps.html
Here in Texas it's all called coke, and the tea is unsweetened unless you order "sweettea" (pronounced all one word 
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Doesn't matter. In Texas, many folks call all "pop" and "soda" Coke. Period. You can go out to eat, and when the waitress takes your drink order it goes something like this.Kasakato said:
"And what would you like to drink tonight?"
"I'll have a coke, please."
"Okay, we have Coke, Dr. Pepper, Pepsi, Root Beer and Sprite."
"Ahh, make it a Dr. Pepper, thanks."
"Okay, and for you?"
So, if it wasn't an option, it was a fault of the poll, because there is a whole state in which this takes place.
Kasakato said:
Watcher and Harlock are completely correct. Across the south "soda" and "pop" is called "coke". And if someone does call it anything else but "coke" is a transplant.
Harlock,
You described ordering a drink perfectly.
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