Date: Tue, 24 Jan 1995 14:19:55 -0500
From: "Bethany Dumas, UTK" DUMASB[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UTKVX.BITNET
Subject: Re: "Coke"
Regional terms for "soft drinks" was a theme a few months ago, as I
recall. "Coke" is widespread in its generic sense in the SOuthern MOuntain
region, which, however, as I pointed out earlier, also uses "dope"
(generally rural, though age-graded in favor of older speakers).
Bethany Dumas = dumasb[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]utkvx.utk.edu