Eyes on LG's Color Pop monitors, just called Coke in the south
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Sep 3rd 2009 3:52PM
posted Sep 3rd 2009 3:52PM
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Is the TV huggable? =D
Can't you read the sign!
"Anyone caught trying to hug a Color Pop will be shot and thrown in the grinder."
It's called soda by anyone who isn't an idiot.
I call it coke..
in the midewest (indiana) we ask for "coke"
does anyone have that link to the website that breaks down the chocie, via USA map, of slang from coke, soda, and cola?
Its a Coke, just like: "I am going to go rollerblade."
do you mean inline skate?
"Hand me a kleenex?"
"Don't you mean tissue?"
Eponyms, get used to them. :P
It is called 'pop' in much of the upper mid-west. Which was a real adjustment for this NJ born transplant. I asked for soda and got sparkling water.
I'm using a kleenez to blow my nose while I rollerblade over to xerox this memo all while drinking a coke.
I moved to the South 3 years ago and somehow had been unaware of this "coke" phenomenon. Sure I've accepted and even reasonably understand the interchangeable term, pop but coke just boggles the mind.
Waitress: "Here's your coke."
Me: "Oh, I'm sorry I ordered a Sprite."
Waitress: "It is Sprite, sir."
Me: "Um, what?"
I was shocked the first time I went to restaurant in Missouri and was asked "what kind of coke do you want?" Around here it's called "pop" or occasionally "soda". To the people comparing it to Kleenex or Rollerblade, this is different. Tissues and inline skates are commonly called those terms through most of the country. Calling every soft drink a "Coke" is a very regional thing. Although I'm sure the Coca-Cola corporation loves it.
next time try google,
here is your damn map
http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/popvssodamap.gif
Is the monitor above 'Pepto' or 'Liquid Stomach Irritation Medication' colored?
wow, alaska is screwed up...it's soda or i'll accept pop (but i don't like it), coke is just stupid
BS. I grew up in Anderson, Indiana. We never called everything coke. We called everything POP!
Are they edible?
Now, with more Hello Kitty!
And how!
i'm fine with the choice of colors but...
without the stand having a height adjustment it would be sitting on peoples desks (like in the picture) and that is a little too low for comfortable viewing.
and OREO black... what a great color choice, black, who would of thought to make a black monitor! :)
Speaking of comfortable viewing, the 18.5" model has an awful resolution... probably meant for old people.
COKE!
When I watch TV, I want to watch the content, not the bezel of the TV. Black is the only way to go.
I love that. A typical road trip conversation from my childhood.....
> I'm heading into the Suwanee Swiftee to get a coke. Would you like one?
} Yeah, sure.
> What kind?
} I'll have a Mello Yello
Amen brother! I love the fact that around here its called Coke. Of course we even make the vendor who maintains the vending machines here put Coke products in the Pepsi branded machines. At a minimum at least 1 Diet Coke slot must be present. On topic though - that shade of pink made me a little queasy at first glance. Like some horrid yet vague memory of a need to consume Pepto somewhere in my past which may have involved imbibing a little too much.
I don't like any of those.
Oh, it's LG?
Yeah ... I really don't like any of those.
Did a power-puff girl explode all over that desk?
lmao!
Yeah, well, just ... just look at those things. Cocaine is a hell of a drug, I guess... the horror, the horror...
I'm a reasonable intelligent person, but as a Southerner I have to say this is such a sorry, unfunny excuse for a headline that I didn't get it for like 30 full seconds. Then I made the connection -- oh, right, there are some *seriously* weird folks out there that call it "pop." **Shudders**
That being said, I've noticed that (perhaps similarly) my friend from Minnesota doesn't understand why _Drop Dead Gorgeous_ was so hilarious.
**sighs** Though clearly not a "reasonably" good typist. Grrr.
this colorpop monitor comes with big-ass FRIES!!!!!!!!
Can "Blue Dalmation" be far behind?
Ooohhh... SOMEone knows his late 90's - early 00's iMacs!
Just to clarify, the meme that Southerners call *all* soft drinks "Coke" is an egregious exaggeration. It springs from the truth that Coke is the overwhelmingly preferred soft drink of the overwhelming majority of Southerners.
Thus, in the restaurant, the conversation does *not* proceed "Yes, I'd like a soda." -- "Sure, what kind?" -- "A Coke, please." Rather, it proceeds "Yes, I'll have a Coke please." -- "Now will that be a regular or Diet?" --- "Oh, hell, I should probably get the Diet, you're right."
Even the very archetype of hick Southerner would NOT walk in wanting a Sprite, and ask for Coke. NO. That is such an exaggeration as to nearly be a flat-out lie.
And to those on their high horse about calling it "soda" ... um, right, where we come from that's the white powdery stuff with an Arm and a Hammer on it. Doesn't taste so hot with pizza or fries.
thank you Velireon. im from New Orleans, and most of the people here just say 'cold drink'. its a colloquialism for us from way back because on damn near every mom and pop ( dont be confused yankees...im not talking about a beverage ;) ) store here the words "COLD DRINKS" are posted everywhere in huge letters. just like im sure where all of you come from that are talking smack out of sheer ignorance, and pretension, have the same thing in some shape or form. and ive been all over this country for one reason or another. ive found along the eastern seaboard that people tend to say coke for any type of soft drink. if you want pop i will gladly smack the piss out of you. if you want soda we can do some baking.
its almost plainly a north/south thing. coca-cola is way more popular down here. pepsi, ive found, is way more popular up there. thats just how it is. not to mention coca-cola is headquartered out of Georgia. why wouldnt it be a southern thing? and im so sick of ass bags bad mouthing all southerners because they are too ignorant to look passed hollywood movie stereotypes. i cant really blame you guys for being so hateful though...yankee food literally taste like shit on cardboard lmao. i would be pissed too if i had to eat the packaging my food came in just to get some flavor lol.
@Gigaddon
Yes. New York is famous for their bland food.
@glenn s:
since there arent any sort of indicators in your post im going to assume youre being sarcastic. if thats the case then naming a single place to defend your point of view is quite short sided in my opinion. sure, New York has lots of great eateries, but thats one place. yankee food on the whole is just gross and bland. im not knocking yankess...there are lots of amazing things about the north that i love. i just cant stand to eat the food. im sorry if that hurts your feelings. if you want i can send you some Tabasco lol.
and you know glenn s...i completely forgot to bring up the point that most of the world renowned great eateries in New York arent even yankee food lol. its chefs from the all over the world going there to showcase themselves, and their cuisine. when i say yankee food i mean pretty much anywhere else you will eat in damn near any part of New England. its all derived from nasty British food. that stuff is notoriously disgusting. so to use New York as an example, once again, is moot. thanks for your time, and the offer for the Tabasco still stands :D
@Gigaddon
Yes, obviously I was being sarcastic. New York food is great. Since when does it have to be 'native' food for that to matter. New york is about as international of a city as there is. Anyway, I love Cajun food, though admittedly I've never been to New Orleans, so probably never had the 'real stuff'. I've got at least 3 types of hot sauce in my fridge, so if you want to send me some more, it will go to good use. I suspect that if you are heavy into the hot stuff though, you can't taste anything else anymore, so the food just about anywhere would taste bland. That's not a dig at you, by the way, it is just a natural phenomena. I'm from the Midwest, by the way, though I was raised in the Northeast. I've go no particular reason to defend 'Yankee food' as you put it. But I think you are dead wrong. Like anywhere else, if you don't know where the good places are, you are going to find below average food. You have to ask the locals where to go if you want a good meal. That is even true in New York, and I'm sure it is true in New Orleans also.
Actually, LG is spot on. It's called pop.
And the S in Illinois is silent too
that thing looks extremely fruity.
i hate to say this because i love pink... but that is just the ugliest shade of it i think i've ever seen.... fail lg...too bad they screwed it up.
Clever title, made me laugh :)
I don't know if it's just because eastern NC is the home of Pepsi, but I have never heard anything other than Coca-Cola referred to as Coke.
Those things are truly gawdawful!
I think I just threw up a little.
"Oreo Black". I wonder if Nabisco would want a word with them...