[AT] Names that have become generic

[Carl Tatlock]

Ricky Prescott wrote:

>Us normal people here in Texas want a coke for a soft drink, while you Yanks
>ask for a pop.  Do that here and you might get smacked upside the head.
>Lightning
>  
>
Except that up here in REAL New England (Vermont)  a pop is not 
understood; you have to ask for a soda.   Next door, in N. York State, 
they still ask for pops.   Ask for a pop here, and they think you are a 
flatlander for sure. :-D

Carl in VT