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ApfelstrudelWAKASAGI@feddit.de to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone – 656 points –
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Shm. Smh. The fucking people who call all sodas "coke".

Them: What kind of Ford do you drive? Me: a Chevy.

It's from Coca-Cola (headquartered in Atlanta) having total dominance of the south for a long time.

Atlanta is the most random place you can headquarter a company.

CNN is headquartered in Atlanta and like what? Why?

I could say the same thing about people calling all soft drinks "soda"

"soda" is not also a specific drink though

The only time people say "soda" where I am, is when referring to soda water, which is a specific drink. (And imo a terrible one)

Edit: It's just an interesting difference in language, I'm not making an argument about what's right...

If only there was a way to specify between a "soda" and a "soda water"

Except soda water occurs in a naturally carbonated form. It’s existed for a lot longer, I think it kinda gets the right to be referred to as just “soda”.

Whats to distinguish, they are the same drink.

If you want a pop just ask for a pop, silly goose.

What does "shm" mean? I'm currently only reading it as an onomatopoeia and I don't think that's right.

Likely a typo for smh, which essentially means "shaking my head".

Huh, and here I thought "smh" was short for something like "*so much hate". That makes more sense.
Wonder what other abbreviations, on the Internet or elsewhere, go completely and blissfully misinterpreted by folks for years.