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