holydonkey wrote:starstruck393 wrote:JRMjr wrote:bfinlayson wrote:"Do you want a coke?"
"Yeah, can you hand me that diet Dr. Pepper?"
this really isnt any worse than calling everything pop. Also, in Ann Arbor if you say you want "tea".... the person will ask you what variety. In the south, if you want "tea", you know whats coming.
It just seems odd to ask for one thing by saying the brand name of a different variety
Ever ask for a Q-tip, Kleenex or Band-aid?
The difference is that those products are nearly identical. I doubt many people would be able to tell the difference between a Q-Tip brand and generic brand cotton swab, whether a tissue is Kleenex of Puffs, if a bandage is Band-aid brand or generic, whether a copy was made on a Xerox or Canon copier, etc. But asking for a coke when you want a Pepsi is like asking for Harley when you want a Suzuki crotch rocket. The difference between the established name and other brands is significant.
Technically, you should always be given the brand you ask for if you use a brand name generically, or told that the brand isn't available. It's sad that I know this, but there's even case law to support that. Most times though, for things like tissue, bandages, etc., people don't care about the brand. I just find it counter-intuitive to use a brand name as an overarching description , when that brand's product differs so much from the other products that overarching description encompasses...
I'm from ny and I'm dreading the mich winters, good luck adjusting! Hope you're living in the LC so you don't have to walk around much in the cold, def the main reason I'm living there.
