Soda, pop, or coke

AmberJewelCR

What do you say when you're talking about the sugary caffeinated beverage?

Here, when you ask for "coke" at a restaurant, they ask what type. (sprite, coke, diet, etc)

_noob_

I use soda for generalities, or the actual name of the product if the situation calls for specifics.

I actually consume coke product for the majority of my sodas, so if I were to say " I need to stop drinking cokes" I'm technically not using coke for an ignorant redneck generality.

Tiernan1212

Until I was 10 I called it pop. Then I moved to a different state, and they called it soda. 2 years ago I moved back to my hometown, where it's pop again. Now I'm kind of a hybrid, although I usually say soda.

My kids will probably grow up calling it pop though :laugh:




Edited because I can't spell :grumble:

emergencytennis

Coke. No-one in Australia uses soda or pop, to the consternation of my children.

Lisa1971

Pop!

ChasingKatie

Pop in Chicago

jackpotclown

Katie's right, we call it pop....when I lived down south (central Arkansas) they called it soda because if you said pop....they thought you were talking about population (yeah on the city limit signs) \m/

wjstoj

What do you say when you're talking about the sugary caffeinated beverage?

Here, when you ask for "coke" at a restaurant, they ask what type. (sprite, coke, diet, etc)

I lived in North Carolina for a year and that confused the heck out of me when someone would ask for a "coke", the waitress would ask what kind, and they'd say Dr. Pepper...WHAAAA !?!?!?

BTW - it's POP

Mia_RagazzaTosta

It's pop here in Ohio.

ktno1

"soft drink" or my personal favourite "fizzy drink"

Welcome to Australia.

jeffd247

On the West Coast we say soda.

The East Coast generally refer to it as pop.

Calling it Coke is just branding. Like Q-Tips, Kleenex, and other non-sense.

Actually on the East coast we say "Soda".

"Pop" is more of a rust-belt/midestern thing (also having lived there)

Hearing someone call all soda "Coke" would make me want to punch a baby seal.

DublinDanny

In Ireland we call them 'Fizzy drinks'.

Red lemonade being a particular favourite here!

Daxton

I wish I could like this post.

Some folks claim it's a regional thing. Most yankees say "pop" (which drives me up the wall), I say "coke", unless I am speaking to my kids and i say "No SODAS!"

wolverine66

I go against what is prevalent in this area, and I say "soda"

MexicanOsmosis

On the West Coast we say soda.

The East Coast generally refer to it as pop.

Calling it Coke is just branding. Like Q-Tips, Kleenex, and other non-sense.

Actually on the East coast we say "Soda".

"Pop" is more of a rust-belt/midestern thing (also having lived there)

Hearing someone call all soda "Coke" would make me want to punch a baby seal.

^This. Calling all soda "Coke" happens in certain area of the south.

NRSPAM

I wish I could like this post.

Some folks claim it's a regional thing. Most yankees say "pop" (which drives me up the wall), I say "coke", unless I am speaking to my kids and i say "No SODAS!"

Lol. Yep, I'm a yankee, and my husband hated when I said pop! I say soda more often now. I guess that ones ok. Lol.

Fragilebird24

Both! It depends on who I'm around, actually.

TX_Rhon

In Texas and Louisiana we say Coke..........then specify which kind! (Diet, Sprite, etc!) :drinker:

Begood03

Here in Detroit it's pop.