Why do I get blank stares when I say "Coca Cola"?

[Prinzip]

Like I say "Coca Cola" and all I get blank stares (from people in the anglosphere) I get it, it's "coke" but like? Why the blank stares?

[76561198356019466]

that's weird

i say coca cola but have never gotten any odd looks from it.

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

Coca Cola Classic - Taste the Feeling.

[76561198356019466]

am i the only one old enough to remember New Coke?

[the vampire of time and memory]

we say cola here

[tmwfte]

Stop talking to mannequins. Easy solution.

Talk to real people, not your doll friends.

[Birds]

makes you sound like a person on the t-v.

[Plaid]

Originally posted by Plonk:

Like I say "Coca Cola" and all I get blank stares (from people in the anglosphere) I get it, it's "coke" but like? Why the blank stares?

are you bursting into the room like the Kool-Aid man, screaming "Coca Cola!"?

[76561198356019466]

Originally posted by tmwfte:

Stop talking to mannequins.

Even Kim Cattrall?

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

Originally posted by the vampire of time and memory:

we say cola here

Pop, Fizzle, Sparkle.

[tmwfte]

Originally posted by tiny E:

Even Kim Cattrall?

Especially Kim Cattrall. Canadians. *smdh*

[Utiviroo]

I wonder if you have an accent that makes it sound like you are saying something else.

Takes people a moment to parse accents if they are out of practice with dealing with them.

Media goes out of its way to have a "standard" accent, even regional ones can get so wild people think they are not speaking English but some other language.

[Azza ☠]

The formula for Coca-Cola is a trade secret and should never be disclosed!

The name Coca-Cola refers to it's original ingredients of coca leaves and kola nuts, which was the trade secret. How did you find out!

[76561198356019466]

Originally posted by Azza ☠:

The formula for Coca-Cola is a trade secret and should never be disclosed!

The name Coca-Cola refers to it's original ingredients of coca leaves and kola nuts, which was the trade secret. How did you find out!

Very good.

Of course back then, everything had cocaine in it.

[craigsters]

There obviously Pepsi Drinkers

[Azza ☠]

Originally posted by tiny E:

Originally posted by Azza ☠:

The formula for Coca-Cola is a trade secret and should never be disclosed!

The name Coca-Cola refers to it's original ingredients of coca leaves and kola nuts, which was the trade secret. How did you find out!

Very good.

Of course back then, everything had cocaine in it.

Only a tiny bit! However, that's what Coca-Cola still tastes like today, they kept the same "coke" taste but made it artificial.