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Soda, pop, or coke

AmberJewelCR
AmberJewelCR Posts: 97
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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)
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  • _noob_
    _noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
    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
    Tiernan1212 Posts: 797 Member
    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
    emergencytennis Posts: 864 Member
    Coke. No-one in Australia uses soda or pop, to the consternation of my children.
  • Lisa1971
    Lisa1971 Posts: 3,069 Member
    Pop!
  • ChasingKatie
    ChasingKatie Posts: 331 Member
    Pop in Chicago
  • jackpotclown
    jackpotclown Posts: 3,275 Member
    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
    wjstoj Posts: 884 Member
    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
    Mia_RagazzaTosta Posts: 4,885 Member
    It's pop here in Ohio.
  • ktno1
    ktno1 Posts: 297 Member
    "soft drink" or my personal favourite "fizzy drink"

    Welcome to Australia.
  • jeffd247
    jeffd247 Posts: 319 Member
    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
    DublinDanny Posts: 13
    In Ireland we call them 'Fizzy drinks'.

    Red lemonade being a particular favourite here!
  • Daxton
    Daxton Posts: 17 Member
    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
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    I go against what is prevalent in this area, and I say "soda"

    sodapop.jpg
  • MexicanOsmosis
    MexicanOsmosis Posts: 382 Member
    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
    NRSPAM Posts: 961 Member
    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
    Fragilebird24 Posts: 202 Member
    Both! It depends on who I'm around, actually.
  • TX_Rhon
    TX_Rhon Posts: 1,549 Member
    In Texas and Louisiana we say Coke..........then specify which kind! (Diet, Sprite, etc!) :drinker:
  • Begood03
    Begood03 Posts: 1,259 Member
    Here in Detroit it's pop.
  • AmberJewelCR
    AmberJewelCR Posts: 97
    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.

    You shouldn't punch seals because something makes you upset... You should throat punch a stranger instead.
  • AmberJewelCR
    AmberJewelCR Posts: 97
    I go against what is prevalent in this area, and I say "soda"

    sodapop.jpg

    You and your fancy chart

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