What do you call it - pop, soda, or soda-pop? (1 Viewer)

[Jared_B]

Here's my theory:

People in the West call it pop. People in the East call it soda. People from the mid-west call it soda-pop. Am I on track here? What do Europeans & Canadians call it?

 

[Danny R]

I call all soda's "coke". And all photocopy machines are "xerox" machines too!

 

[Malcolm R]

Here in VT it's soda, but all my PA relatives call it pop, so I'm not sure you can categorize by east-west.

 

[cafink]

It's a "soft drink" here.

 

[Leo Hinze]

It's all coke in Texas.

Unless you're old. Then it's soda water.

 

[Dave Poehlman]

It's soda here in Milwaukee, but I think we're surrounded by "pops".

I avoid the confusion and drink beer.

 

[Tim H]

Pretty much "coke" where I am, too. I only use it as a generic term. If I'm asking for something to drink, I always get specific...Pepsi, Coke, Mountain Dew, etc.

I do know people who will ask others at a party if they want a "coke" to drink, and then they get to their refrigerator and say, "Well, we have Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, and Sprite." What happened to the Coke? That gets irritating sometimes.

 

[Kevin P]

In the greater Boston area / New England, we tend to call it "soder".
Sometimes my wife slips and calls it "tonic" (probably got that from her mother). Brings to mind "tonic water". Bleah!
KJP

 

[BrianB]

The Scottish term is "ginger".

 

[Keith Mickunas]

I call it Coke and get that from my mother who was raised in Pensacola. I've heard the term coke is most dominant in the South because Coca-Cola is headquartered in Atlanta.

In Missouri it typically is different between KC and St. Louis, however since I always said coke, I don't remember what other people said in KC.

I once saw a map on the US where you could vote by region so it could try and come up with a pattern.

 

[Jack Briggs]

And in my place, the distinction doesn't apply. If the beveridge is not spelled b-e-e-r, it doesn't get consumed.

 

[Pamela]

In the area of Pennsylvania I'm from, it's soda. In WV, where I went to school, everyone seemed to call it pop. Out here in LA, I only hear soda.

 

[Ike]

Coke mostly in the south, like all tissues are Kleenex and all bandages are Band-Aids. Why do we use brand-specific names? I couldn't tell you.

 

[Jeff Kleist]

Eastern PA is soda, western is pop

Soda is the only proper term! Same with hoagie! It's NOT A SUB!

*walks away mumbling something about heathens*

 

[Marshall Alsup]

Well in the Northwest (US) its called pop almost everywhere, at least everwhere in Washington State.

-Marshall

 

[Jason Quillen]

Here in DE its soda, but my roommates friend, whose from Seattle, calls it pop...

JQ

 

[Andrew_Sch]

It's generally called soda here. I hate it when people call all sodas "Coke" because that leads to me getting Pepsi sometimes when I ask for Coke.

 

[Carlo_M]

Coke.
If they ask if I take Pepsi, the answer is: No, water will be fine.

 

[Evan Case]

*high fives Jeff.

Tell it like it is, my eastern Pennsylvania brother! These people out in Pittsburgh love to call it "pop".

Can't wait until Friday when I get back home and have a whole summer of ordering "soda" without being stared at.

I'm thinking that the legendary Indiana (Pennsylvania) soda/pop line is in fact true.

Evan (Who sez, "Don't get me started on all of the bizarre interpretations of a Philly Cheesesteak you find outside of the proper area.")

 

[Paul_Fisher]

My roommate 2 years ago in college was from Minnesota and he called every sort of soft drink "pop". I'm from Louisville, KY and I say coke.