Re: The "prison IS university" metaphor - a review

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  Reunite <reunite.gondwana@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:19:22 GMT, John Varela <OLDlamps@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:07:25 -0400, Lewis wrote
>> (in article <F-WdnTcYUt7wXEPanZ2dnUVZ_gadnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
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>> > I once had a awkward conversation with a girl working in a Piggly
Wiggly in 
>> > Nashville where I was trying to ask were the soda was. She had no
idea what I 
>> 
>> > meant.  I backtracked to 'coke' and she reacted with, "Oh, you're a
yankee!" 
>> > to which I replied, a little coolly, "No."
>> > 
>> > It was pure chance that I'd said 'soda' instead of 'pop' as I use
both in 
>> > about equal numbers, but the preferred term in Nashville appeared to
be 
>> > 'coke' as a generic for all carbonated sodas.
>> 
>> You could probably have said "Pepsi" or "ginger ale" with the same
result 
>> because what you did was provide a specific example of the category of
thing 
>> you were seeking.

No, 'coke' in the South appears to be generic.

Actual overheard conversation at Cracker Barrel in Lebannon, TN:

Waitress: What'll y'all want to drink
customer 1: What kind of coke do you have?
Waitress: <lists all their carbonated drinks>



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