m just ashamed that this bill even came into fruition,” a Lexington council member said.

“I’m just ashamed that this bill even came into fruition,” a Lexington council member said.

  • @PM_Your_Nudes_Please
    10•8 months ago

    Not quite. Coke is the general term, but nobody would refer to it as “sprite coke”. So the conversation would be more along the lines of:

    ”Hey, do you want a coke?”
    “Sure, what do you have?”
    “I’ve got Sprite, Dr Pepper, cola, Pepsi, and root beer.”
    “Oh I’ll take a Dr Pepper.”

    The first line uses “coke” as a general “soda/pop/etc” term, but notice that it isn’t used again, because they’re not referring to generalized soda/pop/coke anymore, and are being specific. And if you want a Coca-Cola brand Coke, you just ask for cola.

    • @grueEnglish
      5•8 months ago

      Nah, we’d use “Coke” again in the third line and it’d be understood to mean specifically Coca-Cola because Pepsi was also mentioned to contrast with it. Otherwise, if we said “I’ve got Sprite, Dr Pepper, coke, and root beer" then that “coke” might be Pepsi. Either way, saying “cola” instead would be unusual.

      “Coke” can mean any soda, any cola, or Coca-Cola Classic specifically depending on context.