5 Ways Living in the US Has Altered My Perception Of It! British Family Reacts!
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- čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
- OB Daz, Gaynor and Aidan reacts to lost in the pond and how living in the USA has changed his perception of it.
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The balanced view of where he grew up, and where he is now (or has been in USA) is what makes his channel appealing, also the dry humor.
"What kind of Coke do you want?"
Thank you guys for being so open and for being well-traveled enough to take a stand for the US when it comes to your peers. A lot of negative misinformation seems to travel quicker than all of the good news. We are imperfect, but who isn't? I really enjoy your channel along with the Office Blokes. Take care ❤
I'd happily send some Americans to the UK to have these folks back here.
A joke I remember was " the English empire traveled the oceans exploring and collecting spices and herbs and never learned how to use them"
I appreciate your family for being the voice of reason and positivity in a nation that's becoming deeply anti-american. I always find it strange that American stereotypes are so much more hateful/negative than other countries, and they are widely viewed as facts.. where stereotypes in other countries are more casual and cheeky. I guess that's what happens when your the big dog. Anyway, keep being amazing people!
I've come to realize a lot of why Americans (especially young Americans) are becoming anti-american is they have been taught that in school for a while now (30ish years). This new Marxist woke ideology that is being taught comes from the CCP. A lot of American schools are being funded by the CCP and our own administrators and officials are selling out our kids for money from China. A lot of our politicians are corrupt and secretly admire the way China's gov is run and want that kind of control for themselves so they allow and even promote the same destructive ideology. But the source is China, they are literally attacking the USA with influence from their investments and a direct attack in the world and us with COVID.
If you think about it, brainwashing people into this ideology ruins society. They got them to hate their own country and focus on all the negatives that exist in the us system and ignore any positives. They made people anxious and weak and they don't want to fight if their country anymore. They don't want to work which therefore weakens tax revenue and just live without morals, stealing is ok if you're not rich, do as.many drugs as you want,.be obese or have sex with any and everyone and be PROUD of it (a sin from the bible).
When you look at the results, it's hard to not see how much of a blatant propaganda this is to weaken and destroy the USA from China.
100% agree ⬆️. I think though that anti-US stereotypes has been there even when I first visited Europe and the UK in the early 2000s. A lot of it is because of shows and movies and even negative news the US gets . But the best education for anyone is to actually visit the country and find out for yourselves what we’re really like as a people and a country. My cousin from NZ visited the US for the 1st time this past spring and she was shocked how she loves it 😊
@@arlenec3983 I agree! The media and entertainment does the US really dirty, and I’ve had the pleasure of visiting many countries in mainland Europe and the UK.. it’s really sad the crazy questions I’ve gotten about the US. Everyday life is just so far removed what they think it is.. it’s funny you mentioned that because any friends I have that visit here from other countries always end up borderline depressed from having to leave because they love it so much 😂
@@arlenec3983until your cousin sees the hospital bill 😂😂😂😂😂
Yeah it comes with the territory the bigger you are you're likely to get some haters lol.
Coke is used in around the south, like the British say hoover for a vacuum. When I was a kid and someone from Ohio moved next door and started to use "pop' blew my mind as 5-year-old.
Not all of the south, I'm from the south and we say soda. I have family in multiple southern states and all say soda. We'll say coke only if it's a coke. 😊
@@sheenaperez1882 100% not all south. I am sure other regions in the US are the same. It is generalization .
Any carbonated drink is a coke.
I'm from the south and have never heard "coke" used for everything wth lol.
It isn't the British people Americans don't like, it's the French who have earned that award.
Yeah, I still remember Freedom Fries
Yeah, I don't think I've ever heard a "hating the British" view from another American. I think we mostly have positive feelings towards Brits. We do make fun of them for stereotypes like bland food and bad teeth, but I'd say American's views of the British are overwhelmingly positive.
The French can be annoying, certainly, but they have (for the most part) been a loyal ally of the US throughout our history. So I can’t stay mad at them for very long.
As someone who has visited the UK, I think that perception has changed as there’s more anti-American views in the UK and can be condescending towards Americnas. Although there are still many Americans who view the British favorably there are many other Americans who have taken notice and have become sour of the UK.
Disagree. I and my friends love France. Depends on your attitude, individual likes, etc. I wouldn’t presume to speak for everyone but don’t lump us all together.
I would love to see a collab between y'all and Lawrence. You both have similar experiences with living in the US and the UK but have unique perspectives to it.
Great review folks! He is smart and respectful! We really do have an incredible amount of variety here. Whether it’s people, trees, food, environments. And we love to learn about everything and everyone ❤
So true about trees on the East coast, especially north east. I’m from California and went to White Plains, NY once and was blown away from the numerous trees. I didn’t see any “white plains“ and felt like I was in the jungle the whole time. It was almost claustrophobic for me, I wasn’t used to not being able to see for tens to hundred of miles when driving. I got turned around easily there and realized that I was so used to orienting myself while driving in CA by seeing the (far away) land around me.
Come to Michigan we have National Forest.....
My entire back yard is trees in New Hampshire. I’ve seen bears, deers, rabbits, fox, skunks, possums, and gophers back there
@@anniebyers2486 New England is elite
all you have to do is go to norther CA lol... or the sierrra nevadas or oregon your neighbor state. east coast trees all looked like tiny flimsy apple trees to me
Too many trees for me, I prefer the western region of the country.
We live in Eastern Washington State in a city called Kennewick. An Indian name. High school was named after Chief Kamiakin. The Kamiakin Braves. We live with The Mighty Columbia River running through our town, where Lewis and Clark trail came through discovering territory of our country. Native Americans have a beautiful culture. Sorry, I rambled a bit... love the family reactions. ❤
When you stopped at “more cows than people?” I laughed so much. I live in a very rural area of Texas. My entire county has more cows than people for sure. I love it so much.
To be fair about the bland point, it's a miscommunication with how you take that word. Bland food can be delicious, it's just lacking the spices and herbs that many are used to. Our roast turkey for Thanksgiving is pretty bland as it's usually just salt and pepper (sometimes some garlic + other herbs), but still very good assuming it's prepared right. The UK doesn't use anywhere near the amount of variety of spice that the Americas, both north and south, use in cooking. Many European friends of mine consider the use of black pepper as spicy when it's anything but that. North and South American spice racks usually have much more variety such as: garlic powder, onion powder, cumin, turmeric, paprika (which no, isn't spicy, it's mostly for color and smokiness), and a wide assortment of different chili powders like cayenne or chipotle chilis. We use these even in non spicy dishes such as the batter on fried chicken to give it that extra flavor. My favorite joke about it (and please take it in good humor) is that England created an empire spanning the entire world for a good market share in the spice trade, and then refused to use any of them in their cooking except salt and pepper lol
Soft drink is a non-alcoholic drink and hard drink is distilled alcohol (hard liquor).
Never been to England, but I did spend a little time in Scotland. Haggis: Tried it on a dare, most disgusting thing I've ever eaten. Imagine a paper towel roll filled with sawdust and boiled. Fish and Chips: Most glorious thing I've ever had, and I've never found any in the States as good as that hole-in-the-wall place in Dunoon. 😃
My son lives in Atlanta and everything is a Coke regardless of what soft drink you order.
Where are these people!? I swear I have never heard this and I'm from the south
I worked in Doncaster a few years ago and we had a young american from Roswell, NM start working with us(his mum was from Doncaster). You can imagine all the UFO questions. He was so excited when I told him a taco bell had opened nearby.
There are more cows than people in my county.
Wyoming County, NY 40k people, 47.5k cows in 600 sq mi.
It's not soda, it's not coke, it's not fizzy drink, it's POP
Pop is correct.
Say pop in the south and you’ll be stared at
@@HBC423 That's ok.
it's called cream soda for a reason and like 70% of the country says soda so you're wrong.
@@majesticeagle191 Ok
As an American who lives out west My Favorite thing is the open road, there’s nothing more free then a fast car, good music, and nothing but open road.
Fascinating and really enjoyed yours and Lawrence's perspectives. It was very interesting on your thoughts regarding cuisine on how US folks (me) and UK folks can have preconceived notions. I've never been to the UK and really appreciate your unique perspective on the differences since you lived here. It's all good!
Crater Lake in Southern Oregon is the deepest lake in the United States, at 1,943 feet (592 meters) deep. It's also the seventh deepest lake in the world and is located in Crater Lake National Park.
In the states, a soft drink is any drink without alcohol
That was probably from when you were living in Texas, Gaynor. It's common in many parts of Texas to call flavored carbonated beverages "Coke."
I’ve never met a fellow American that called a soda a “coke” if it isn’t a Coca Cola.
Me neither and I'm from the deep south.
Do you guys read new comments? I live in Stockport, Ohio. So that joke about "Yeah but where do you live, Stockport?" I fell out of my chair. You guys are great.
If I walked in to a joint here in the US and asked for a Fizzy Drink, I'd be laughed out of the place as they're telling me to go home and change my Tampon.🤣🤣🤣
While that’s disgusting 🤮 you couldn’t find a better analogy🤷🏻♂️?
@@murieljames4022 could you?
@@murieljames4022 Pretty good one
A "soft drink" is any drink without alcohol in it.
When I last was in England I enjoyed every meal--standards like fish and chips, bangers and mash, shepards pie, etc., but also Indian restaurants (which I love since we have tons here in Jersey), etc. I like the English breakfast because---with the hugh exception of the beans--is very similar to what I had as a kid in Pittsburgh--eggs, bacon/sausage--we also had some things that you don't have--"home fries" (diced fried potatoes), and "hot cakes" (pancakes) or waffles with REAL MAPLE syrup, and always toast (with jam/preserves or honey or apple butter). We also sometimes had an Amish dish called scrapple, also with maple syrup.
I'm from northwest Arkansas, and apparently we mostly say "soda" for a fizzy drink, but people from southern Arkansas say "coke", and I remember my stepdad confused the hell out of poor McDonald's worker, by telling her at the drive-thru that he wanted two "cokes", one a Sprite and the other a Dr. Pepper. Technically Sprite is a Coca-Cola product, and Dr. Pepper is part of Dr.Pepper/Kuerig/7up, Coca-Cola still has distribution rights where I live for Dr. Pepper, so people often think it is a Coca-Cola product despite it technically belonging to a different corporation.
I know Daz has already done From Here To There's "Top 10 Most Beautiful States in America" (though it is worth another go), so you could try Ryan Shirley's "25 Best Places To Visit in the USA." (It's different from the Tourpia one in the OBR channel, and it doesn't include the 2 obvious places: Niagara Falls & The Grand Canyon.)
Here a soft drink is any non alcoholic drink you get in a restaurant that comes out of a machine where you push the button. (Not including water).
But we say Pop here for Coke or Pepsi
I went by bus from alabama to california, 2 1/2 days...flew home in a few hours. I knew I was getting close to home when it got so green and lush.
I live in Texas between Austin and San Antonio, and here everything is a Coke - Sprite, Root Beer, Orange Soda, etc. The only exceptions would be Big Red (huge in San Antonio) and Dr. Pepper.
The English restaurant I think of is "Simpson's on the Strand". Had a very lovely meal there many years ago.
I've always had really delightful encounters with British people (English, Scottish & Welsh.) when visiting the UK. Really fond memories. No one has ever failed to stop to answer a question or give directions or render assistance. I hope I left them with a good impression of people from the USA.
Calling ever soda pop a "Coke" is such a Texas thing.....we are like "Hey, yall wanna go get a Coke?" Which means...we might drive to Sonic drive in... together...and get the soda pop of your choice 😁 in the Rural South or deep East Texas....you may hear soda pop referred to as "Sody water" ....as in..."Hey...do them kids want a soda water?" 😂
In the south, they say, "what kind of coke do you want."
I’ve been to Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina and was never asked what kind of coke do you want at any restaurant.
@@marydavis5234 Arkansas. I've lived here for 62 years
This is really getting under my skin all these people saying this when I'm from the south and have never heard that lol.
SUBBED!❤👍😉
I’m from Brooklyn, my dad was from Ireland. I live in Maine now w my sons
7:25 Damn, he hit that Georgia Brown note lolol.
We in the south don’t call all sodas coke. We call it by what it is.
Nope, everything is Coke.
@@treyturner9566 that’s a lie
The fizzy drink coke thing…. That’s Southern US. And basically it goes something like this: “Do you want a coke?” “Yeah, what kinds ya got?” “Dr. Pepper, Sprite, regular Coke.” “I’ll have a Dr. Pepper, thanks.”
When I was a kid back in the 60’s, my Dad always said “want to have a coke?” Which meant soda pop. I’ve lived in Chicago area my entire 65 years and we always said “Pop”. What kind of “Pop” do you want? Coke, Pepsi, 7Up, Root Beer, etc 😁
3:11 Laurence's newest video would interest you guys, I think. He went into a bit more depth of the history of the area that is now the US
Originally "soft drink" was in reference to any non alcoholic drinks, but after a marketing campaign years ago soft drink became associated with carbonated beverages.
And PepsiCo is much larger than Coca-Cola. "Coke" makes Sprite and Pepsi's version Sierra Mist got rebranded to Starry. But both companies are based in the south and it's obvious who is more favored down there despite the global superiority of one of them.
Miss going to Canada as easily as you traverse Europe. September 11, 2001 changed that. Need a passport now.
Quite a bit came from England. For instance the name soccer originally came from England and it came here. I never thought about it until you brought up English restaurant. I've never heard of one either. It might be a good idea.
I love Lost In The Pond. Have spent years saving to visit the UK someday. Know it will happen eventually, sorry Daz can't just go go ahead and do it. Not planning to move and start over. Yet it's a dream that is worth putting extra funds into. Have had the places picked for the journey for years. Dang all of you for putting Manchester on the list now.
Never been to England but would like to. Did eat at an English restaurant in Disney World in Disney Springs I think it was. HP sauce (yeah i know brown sauce) and the malt vinegar. Forget what I had for main dish but I did have fries and the vinegar and HP. Also ate at an irish pub in Disney Springs. Both were very good.
Soda is soda, but I’ll allow sodypop.
Theres a video of the different regional pronunciation its pretty interesting
The only area I’ve heard the “Coke” thing was in Massachusetts. In the South, I’ve only ever heard Soda or Sodie. The coke question was so weird to me, instead of asking “what would you like to drink”, they asked “what kind of Coke do you want”. That was about 20-30 years ago, though.
It really depends on where, in the South, you are. In my area, we don't call it soda. We do say "what would you like to drink," as you mentioned. But, if we're talking about carbonated beverages, in general, we will usually just call them Cokes, much like you would use "Band Aid", "Kleenex", or "Frisbee" as general terms. No one would look at you strangely if you said "soda" or "soft drink," but they would if you called it "pop."
Here in California we call it soda too! I lived in Colorado for a year and everyone calls it pop. I was so confused when I heard it for the first time lol
In the Midwest we call it pop. I’ve never known ‘tonic’ was used for pop. I always thought it was alcohol lol
The correct term for “fizzy drink” is soda pop. Some regions use the first work and some use the second word when they shorten it like Americans do for everything to be more efficient and faster. Which is basically the difference in most of the terms. The American way of saying it basically removed a syllable. Gas/fuel, aluminum, trunk, etc all have 1 less syllable than their UK counterparts.
"Soft" drink means not "hard," i.e. non-alcoholic. I believe the reason that in some areas some people, but not all, came to refer to all soda as "coke" in general is the very simple fact that for years and years Coca-Cola was the first and only, for a while, mass produced soft (fizzy) drink in America. It originated in Atlanta, Georgia and there's a Coca-Cola museum there btw. Besides the history of the original drink you can even see all the varied drinks they make around the world. Some don't exist at all in "First World" countries.
“Soft drink” is commonly used in the US as well.
Houston hat looked nice on the American 🇺🇸
Lawrence seems to think that the U.S. sprang into being when it declared independence. The first English settlers came to the East Coast in the late 1500s, during the reign of Elizabeth I and when Shakespeare was still alive. That's 200 years of being an English colony before we decided to go it alone.
Different regions have various dialect. NYC 'area' have a direct & rude way of talking. They are not speaking (majority) in a mean way. Used to tourists visiting, so ask in a dialect abrupt manner what you want. It can be intimidating at first until realize are trying to assist you.
The South 'can' be hard to understand in certain areas. When in 20s went to visit my cousin. I had to ask her a few times to pick up on what she was saying. Being from Pittsburgh there's Pitsburghese and PA speak combination of Amish & Dutch.
Midwest used to select boat captains because of their clear dialect. WI & further west can still have dialect from Norwegian came to settle in area.
There's a style of speech was 'kinda' made up "The Mid-Atlantic accent, or Transatlantic accent is a consciously learned accent of English, fashionably used by the late 19th-century and early 20th-century American upper class & entertainment industry, which blended together features regarded as the most prestigious from both American/British English". It is not a native or regional accent; rather, according to voice and drama professor Dudley Knight, "its earliest advocates bragged that its chief quality was that no Americans actually spoke it unless educated to do so".
"what do you mean Coke? What if it's Sprite?" My thoughts exactly Aiden, my thoughts exactly..
Give me one of them Cokes that taste like Sprite.
@@ThmsDouglas Hold on while I refill this coke can with sprite brb.
Team soda!
The only English restaurant I can think of in American specifically New York City is Tea & Symphony and I guess you can say Gordon Ramsay's restaurant in Time Square, also saw one in D.C. on the Wharf.
He said flying saucer instead of time machine and I thought about that the rest of the video.
Aiden, what do you call a vacuum? Hoover is a brand.
if you google ny times dialect quiz theres a test you can take that is scarily accurate at pinpointing where u live or where your speach is influenced (parents school etc). would be interesting to see a british person take it
Tried to access it, but they require you to subscribe to The NY Times to do so. 👎
@@theheartoftexasI was able to access it but kept getting an error when trying to get the results.
When I was a 7year olld I went into a store and ask where it hurt your soda? She brought me baking soda because of course they call it pop. Whether I was 28 I moved to Canada now I'm 56 I do say pop but sometimes find it weird running my mom and dad mostly say soda.
I've always called it coke, much like the Brits saying hoover/hoovering after the brand name. I accept it may be weird, but I despise it being called pop for some reason.
I haven't been to the U.K. but here in central Florida we have alot of U.K. expats and businesses owned by them. There's a restaurant/pub/shoppe a stone's throw from my house calles The Best of British cafe'. And to be honest, your breakfast foods don't hold a candle to traditional U.S. breakfasts. I got a sausage breakfast sandwich at BoB and it was lierally a sausage link split down the middle and placed between two slices of white bread. Nothing else. An American breakfast sandwich would have a seasoned sausage pattie, egg, cheese and probably some mayonaise with your choice of either biscuit, english muffin or crossant. And that's not even the tip of the iceberg. Go online and look at breakfast menus for Bob Evans, Cracker Barrel, IHOP, Denn'ys, Waffle House and many more not to mention local breakfast restaurants that are often better and cheaper than the big chains.
In Georgia we ask if you want a Coke. COKE is a Georgia brand and that's what we drink and we call e everything Coke. Spanish is everywhere and we have to press 1 one the phone for English. 18:04
I've never asked for a Coke and received a Sprite! Never has happened
Many of us Americans have a preference. Coca-Cola and Pepsi DO NOT taste the same!! Mountain Dew and Sprite doesn't taste the same. When we ask for a specific drink we expect to receive it unless the establishment doesn't have it
Go Astros. I saw Tucker hit a grand slam in Houston last year. Much love from Waco, Texas. P.S. When I was stationed across the pond in the U.S. Navy I had a girlfriend from Plymouth. Devon and Cornwall are beautiful. Also my father was stationed at Upper Heyford in the 80s in the Air Force. I’m glad our countries are so close. We are kindred nations. Family. If anyone messes with y’all they are messing with us.
I like that big asterisk on your cap, Aiden.
What kind of pop do you like?
I'm from Chicago and live in Michigan now....I have always said pop instead of soda; over in Cali (maybe all or most of the western US also, Idk) they call it soda. I think more in the south, it's called Coke? To me, and I assume most if not all Americans, when they think of 'soft drinks' they think of pop/soda/Coke/Co-Cola (south, lol).
Daz just proved the point that English food is bad.
Because there is no such thing as an English restaurant.
Just kidding.
My grandpa came from Gary Indiana area potowatmi Indian made to locate near Kansas City kansas. So Lawrence could move in 😂😂 ❤
Coke, Pop, Soda, Soda Pop, Fizzy drink, Cold drink, ect. are old works in ways of describing soft drinks.
It's funny I was probably an early teenager before I ever realized that not everyone in the US refers to "fizzy drinks" as pop as we do in Ohio and many parts of the Midwest.
I also never even realized I said "ope" until it was pointed out by my Floridian girlfriend. I had heard that it was a Midwest thing but didn't actually realize that I used it. It's one of those things you just say without even realizing it haha.
I was a young adult when a coworker told me that calling all soft drinks “cokes” was a southern thing! Didn’t know!
It's pop or sodey
We do not call all soda coke 😂
The East Coast says "soda". Head to the Midwest it's "pop". California is weird so who knows about them. Love you guys!
It's soda in cali.
In the Southeastern US, most older ppl call all sodas Coke.
I remember doing that. I’m 41 now, but growing up in SE TX & SW LA, we would always say “Coke” for all sodas. Then as I got older that kinda went away & we just say the specific soda we want now.
@@lwilliamsj7 SE LA
That thing about calling all sodas Coke is a southeast, Atlanta, thing. Atlanta is the home of Coca-Cola.
It's the same with Americans and a hundred years dude. People forget that our history doen't start at the forming of this country. It's much longer and we have histories going back as long as yours. Your history is our history
WOW...Poor Sophie changed a lot...and badly too!! lol
Down south everything is called a Coke It doesn’t matter what brand it is. It’s still a Coke in the south here in the Midwest it’s pop.
Soda pop was shortened to pop.
Soft drinks are carbonated drinks that are non-alcoholic.
😅...really guys? No, Soft Drinks are indeed Carbonated. The differentiation between a Soft Drink and a Hard Drink is if they contain alcohol or not. I'll let you decide which is which. 😜 For comparison, I understand that what y'all cal Cider is just a thick, natural Apple Juice to us. Apple Juice, is a more processed and thinned out Apple juice. An alcoholic Cider would be called a Hard Cider. Similarly, we have Hard Lemonades, and even Hard Iced Teas I think. But I'm not sure about the latter. But I do know they've recently come out with a line of Hard Mountain Dew flavors.
He is an American too he can say what he would like about us he is one of us now 😂
Coke is from Atlanta and first bottled here in Chattanooga, that’s why the south says coke, it’s big here and from here
Best Coke I ever had was in Atlanta at the Coke facility.
Here in NC we call it soda. Pop is more of a yankee thing.
19:30 new video series idea Father vs son.
~9:00 -- about how much undeveloped land there is: the federal government owns roughly 28% of the land area of the US, which is about 9.2 million square kilometers. The vast majority of this is in the western states and Alaska.
~15:30 Fun fact: The United States has no official language.
14:10. Yes, as a Native of Georgia, we historically called all sodas Coke. Then you would be asked which coke do you want. This is because Coca-Cola started here and the name took off as Coke, regardless of which “soda,” because it was the proper name of the business before sodas became a national and worldwide thing.
However, this has begun to die-off. You will Increasingly now hear more southerners say “soda” instead of just referring to all of it as “coke.”
But you’ll NEVER hear us call it “pop!” -That’s like nails on a chalkboard to us!
I'm currently working my way through the food of Ireland and the UK as an amateur cook. Later this year I'm going to make my family a full English breakfast and, perhaps, afternoon tea (food and all).
I was born and raised in the NW suburbs of Chicago. When I call a group of ppl females or males, I'll say , " you guys", but in the south they tend to say , "y'all".
SODA IS IN GENERAL, COKE IS REFERRING TO A BRAND..
I have to comment about English food. Forty years ago, when I first went to the UK, the food in London was truly disgusting. Once you got out of London, however, the food was fantastic! At some point in the 90’s, things started to change, and then change rapidly. Due to joining the EU? Don’t know, but it happened. Today there are so many really good restaurants in London, and the service is getting a lot better. The wines are so much better also.
I think the reason that so many people had/have the perception that British food is awful, is because they never got out of the big cities.
Now, if you could just clean up your restrooms….
The perception of American public transit is very wrong IMHO. Especially after hearing the conversation here about how crowded Britain is, I suspect that most places in the US with the population density of Britain have transit as good or nearly as good. My comparison is with my home town, San Francisco, where the transit system is designed so that there is a bus stop within a 2-block walk of everywhere in the city and it is possible to get from any point A to any point B with no more than one transfer. Also, those buses come frequently, in most cases within 20 minutes and in many cases within 10 minutes. Finally, the spines of the stem are light rail, not just busses, which goes underground downtown and runs in a dedicated right of way most other places. Even car-centric Los Angeles has, in recent years, created a very good metro system, and, of course, America's older cities--Chicago, New York, Boston, Philadelphia--have long had good rail transit.
Living in Florida everything is coke or sometimes soda.
Many Americans are mixed too which means a lot of americans are either native american or have native american ancestry. My mom is half native american. Eventually this will become the norm for all Americans.
To me "coke" is simply short for "Coca Cola". Just like "Pepsi" is short for "Pepsi Cola". "Pop", "soda" and "soda pop" are generic words for any carbonated drink, including Pepsi and Coke.