Posadas [he/him, they/them] to chapotraphouse • 2 years agoDialect doxxingimagemessage-square109 fedilinkarrow-up146file-text
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minus-squaremar_k [he/him]hexbear3·2 years agoThey both sound straight out of the 1920's esp pop, I genuinely thought it was a joke when I first heard people use those. And coke is how we refer to coca cola, why would you call a sprite "coke" link
minus-squareClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]hexbear3·2 years agoSame reason people say Kleenex, or Saran Wrap, or Band-Aid link
They both sound straight out of the 1920's esp pop, I genuinely thought it was a joke when I first heard people use those. And coke is how we refer to coca cola, why would you call a sprite "coke"
Same reason people say Kleenex, or Saran Wrap, or Band-Aid