Coke, Soda, Pop, or Soda Pop?

[JohnLocke]

[JohnKleeb]

1. Soda, I dont drink my dad and theres different drinks other than coke

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

2. Soda, though as a kid

I called it all Coke. Because I was a good little Texan. Now I call it soda. Damn Yankee influence seeping down here. I blame the internet.




And Al Gore.

[LiberalTechie1337]

3. Soda

People who call it Coke (when it isn't Coca Cola) are just capitalist sellouts.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

4. Ppppppppthhhht

:hurts:

Or they are chilruns who only hear the adult folk call it coke.

[Liberal Veteran]

5. Refreshing Effervescent Beverage....

Duh!

[ceile]

6. Maybe "coke" is a southern thing

When someone in Texas says "get me a coke", you ask "what kind?". 9 times out 10 it's Dr. Pepper.

[Liberal Veteran]

8. They only mean the brand when they say "co-cola".

Those of you from around Atlanta know what I mean.

[ceile]

10. Very true. That's usually what I say. n/t

[fob]

7. Hey! I ran this poll awhile back. Only I asked for geographical

input as well.

Here is my experience;

East coast - Soda
Midwest - Pop
South - Coca-cola - regardless of flavor!
West - Soda (When I've asked for pop out here, I've been asked back; "Coffee?")

edit - To confirm ceile's coke = dr pepper in south

[qb]

9. How about sodie pop?

[jdsmith]

11. Non-choice "soft drink" is what we always call the stuff in South Carolina

so I had a problem when I moved to Kentucky. The bagger at the Winn-Dixie asked, "Do you want your pop in plastic?" I couldn't function; I just stood and stared at him.

("Coke" was the preferred term when I was a little kid.)

[Maestro]

12. I call it Soda

and prefer Pepsi, but I do also call it coke occasionally.

[Catholic Sensation]

13. coke is a brand name, not a general noun for the drink

[JohnKleeb]

14. yes but some say coke in the deep south

which makes me think, maybe if we could get those sobs to say soda, we could have a stronger front against the pop foos :D.

[trixie]

15. It's pop here in Michigan...

When I was a waitress I waited on a guy from England touring the US.

Me: Can I get you something to drink?

Him: Well in California I asked for a pop and they looked at me like I was crazy and told me it was soda. I went to Chicago and ordered a soda and got a tall glass of yucky water...just give me a god damn beer.

[JohnKleeb]

16. so I take it soda to you midwesties is soda water

Soda just sounds so right, pop is agh.

[phillybri]

17. Soda

Soda it is...

[Wilber_Stool]

I'll have a dope. n/t

[David__77]

18. SODA! I was tripped out by "pop" in Minnesota.

I asked my grandmother if she had any soda, and she asked "you don't feel well?" She thought I wanted Alka Seltzer, of all things! "Pop" is way too gooberish for me.

[trixie]

20. POP POP POP POP

People it is pop, pop, pop!!!!!!! :toast:
How can it be soda when soda is yucky water? :shrug:


POP POP POP POP POP POP POP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:toast:


Soda = :nuke:

[JohnKleeb]

21. do you drink your father?

I sure dont. Soda forever.

[Pithlet]

26. Do you father a balloon?

Do you listen to father music? How about father culture? Mmmmm, hot buttered fathercorn!

Pop sounds better. Soda makes me think of baking soda. :P

And I say this as someone who now calls it soda after years of living in Maryland. But I call it pop when I'm visiting back home.

[Terran]

19. Hereabouts (rural Missouri)

you'll hear people ask for a "sody" or a "co'cola".

[chaska]

22. How about a light-hearted "who cares"? Why?

because it's very bad for you, it's grossly overpriced, it makes you fat, it supports pugs when you buy.

That said as a native born Southerner it's 'coke'. Coke is Coke and Pepsi is Coke, and I never drank anything else. I don't drink either anymore. These days, it's green tea, iced, with Splenda - I prefer it. Or water.

[flamingyouth]

23. It's pop in Seattle

:hi:

[AlCzervik]

24. Tonic

Grew up in Massachusetts, thats what we called it.

[cheezus]

25. people around here mostly say "pop", but I'm a soda guy

the best is at the races (we have sprint car races on a dirt track every friday night in the summer).

Beer is called Barley Pop

edit: screwed up bold tag

[Speck Tater]

27. Carbonated Beverage nt

[baldguy]

28. "The Great Pop vs. Soda Controversy" official website

http://www.popvssoda.com/

[bikebloke]

29. Soft drink...

...in the household I grew up in. Soda's a close ssecond.

[trixie]

30. it will end here with..

POP POP POP POP

Now noone say anything more.


I mean it!!!!!

[Catholic Sensation]

31. the plurality say it's soda, and since nobody cares about the people who

say coke or "soda pop," the result is soda is correct, and people who say pop should be enslaved...

[amazona]

32. it's Coke

...and in places where you can't use Coke as the generic (such as menus) it is Soft Drinks. Yeah, I live in the South.

[SarahB]

33. Soda, but as a kid...

in Nebraska, it was POP!!!

[AlFrankenFan]

34. LOL Not this again...

Coke or pop.

[JohnKleeb]

39. you grew up in virginia

you should be ashamed :D.

[Blue-Jay]

35. Either "pop" or "soda".

Most people around here say "pop", but I usually say "soda" when I'm out of town.

[bigwillq]

36. Soda

East coast DUer here. It's funny how certain words are used differently depending on which part of the country you're in.

That's what makes the U.S. so great!

[newsguyatl]

37. none of the above

i say soft drink

[JohnKleeb]

38. go soda!

[Angelus]

40. Everyone knows it's "pop".

:D

[Rhiannon12866]

41. We say "soda" here in the Northeast

When my cousin, from Colorado, visited here, she ordered a "pop" and no one knew what she was talking about.:shrug: