Why Coke beat Pepsi for the last 100+ years

Re:Why Coke beat Pepsi for the last 100+ years by Nosferax on Tuesday July 28, 2009 @01:09PM (#728289)

Here in Quebec, Canada, Pepsi has the biggest market share :P

EDIT : 59.5% Pepsi for 25% Coke.

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Re:Why Coke beat Pepsi for the last 100+ years by biohacker42 on Tuesday July 28, 2009 @01:23PM (#728329)

I red somewhere that in England doing things "the french way" mean doing them backwards or opposite of usual. Switching games or sports rules was known as playing french. This was allegedly due to British vs French empire rivalry

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Re:Why Coke beat Pepsi for the last 100+ years by khafra on Tuesday July 28, 2009 @01:35PM (#728352)

I've read that about the Dutch: "Dutch treat," "Dutch auction," etc.

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Re:Why Coke beat Pepsi for the last 100+ years by iron_ball on Tuesday July 28, 2009 @02:14PM (#728447)

I think using exotic or rival nationalities to "reverse" something is a common linguistic device -- in grade school, giving someone "cuts" meant letting them in the line before you, giving "Chinese cuts" meant letting them in behind you.

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Re:Why Coke beat Pepsi for the last 100+ years by halo on Tuesday July 28, 2009 @02:10PM (#728439)

I'm British and have never heard that turn of phrase before. I'm not saying it doesn't exist, though.

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