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minus-squarecredo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 months ago“What will you have to drink dear?” “A coke.” “Sure, what kind?” “Dr Pepper please.” It wasn’t until I was in a foreign language class in HS that our teacher called out this behavior. They said, if you ask for a “coke” in Europe, you’ll receive a “Coke.” We all thought that was odd… At least at first.
“What will you have to drink dear?”
“A coke.”
“Sure, what kind?”
“Dr Pepper please.”
It wasn’t until I was in a foreign language class in HS that our teacher called out this behavior. They said, if you ask for a “coke” in Europe, you’ll receive a “Coke.” We all thought that was odd… At least at first.