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Soda, pop, or coke

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  • hannamarie88
    hannamarie88 Posts: 231 Member
    I like to think I've escaped the Southern way of calling it Coke, but the a few weeks ago I discovered it is in my blood. Typically I call it soda, but I asked for a Coke (in the North) and she asked me if Pepsi was ok and I said, no I wanted a Sprite. My husband was shocked -- I was shocked when I realized what I did haha.
  • jeffd247
    jeffd247 Posts: 319 Member
    I go against what is prevalent in this area, and I say "soda"

    sodapop.jpg

    How dare you use data to prove me right?
  • hannamarie88
    hannamarie88 Posts: 231 Member

    Pepsi first. Then Coke if they don't have any.

    Yeah no. I know you're not from the south because we just don't drink Pepsi down here unless we have to. Now Mtn Dew is a different story.

    Eww. Pepsi. Blech. Why would you drink Pepsi if Coke was available? Why would you choose Pepsi first? Lol.
  • mandyneedtolose
    mandyneedtolose Posts: 398 Member
    Its all the same!! No good for you drinks! :P Stick to water! :) x
  • jeffd247
    jeffd247 Posts: 319 Member
    Its all the same!! No good for you drinks! :P Stick to water! :) x

    So you are one of those people that calls everything a "Coke", eh?


    Typical.
  • tonybalony01
    tonybalony01 Posts: 613 Member
    I grew up in the upper Midwest calling it pop.
    When I moved to the South, I was totally confused when people would ask for Dr Pepper Coke or Sprite Coke or some such nonsense, but they looked at me pretty funny when I called it pop.
    So I just call it soda now.
  • Mutant13
    Mutant13 Posts: 2,485 Member
    We call it soft drink. Or fizzy.

    Id be confused if you asked for coke and actually meant sprite, or fanta etc
  • Mutant13
    Mutant13 Posts: 2,485 Member
    i only drink thea, coffee, water and sirup added with water so would not know

    I just drink straight syrup. With pancake ice cubes.
  • Kerilynnda
    Kerilynnda Posts: 129 Member
    I always used to say pop - and then in college my roommate despised the word pop in reference to soda. So I started saying soda... kind of stuck.
  • LePetitCochon
    LePetitCochon Posts: 284
    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.

    QFT
  • jeffd247
    jeffd247 Posts: 319 Member
    i only drink thea, coffee, water and sirup added with water so would not know

    I just drink straight syrup. With pancake ice cubes.

    zomg, I have the best Gluten Free pancake ice cube recipe!!!
  • gabbygirl78
    gabbygirl78 Posts: 936 Member
    coke or pepsi... what ever it is I'm wanting at the moment... I use the actual names.... if I am referring to just a carbonated beverage in general i use " Soda"
  • SpeSHul_SnoflEHk
    SpeSHul_SnoflEHk Posts: 6,256 Member
    Depends on the day. I use all three.
  • AmberJewelCR
    AmberJewelCR Posts: 97
    Its all the same!! No good for you drinks! :P Stick to water! :) x

    That wasn't the question. COKE for you!
  • taunto
    taunto Posts: 6,420 Member
    In Asia its usually called "Cold drink".

    In most of Middle East you can say "Pepsi" to make it work too. Not a lot of coca-cola drinkers here.
  • IPAkiller
    IPAkiller Posts: 711 Member
    Soda

    http://www.popvssoda.com/
  • laserturkey
    laserturkey Posts: 1,680 Member
    I grew up calling all carbonated, sweetened beverages "cokes." Now I mostly use the word "soda" or just "dDP" because Diet Dr. Pepper is the only kind I drink anymore.
  • AmberJewelCR
    AmberJewelCR Posts: 97
    I grew up calling all carbonated, sweetened beverages "cokes." Now I mostly use the word "soda" or just "dDP" because Diet Dr. Pepper is the only kind I drink anymore.

    Do you said "little d, big d, P"?
  • simplycorey
    simplycorey Posts: 721 Member
    soda
  • jeffd247
    jeffd247 Posts: 319 Member
    I grew up calling all carbonated, sweetened beverages "cokes." Now I mostly use the word "soda" or just "dDP" because Diet Dr. Pepper is the only kind I drink anymore.

    Do you said "little d, big d, P"?

    Wow, I'm stealing that.
  • Laces_0ut
    Laces_0ut Posts: 3,750 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.

    wrong. at least from New York down the mid atlantic. its soda. its the fly over states that use the wrong word. :)
  • Groovyca2022
    Groovyca2022 Posts: 21,378 Member
    Grew up in CA...calling it soda.
  • jeannemarie333
    jeannemarie333 Posts: 214 Member
    Pop in Chicago :bigsmile:
  • lausa22
    lausa22 Posts: 467 Member
    Im from Liverpool and we say whatever drink we want. So "coke, Fanta, sprite" etc
    Generic term is fizzy drink.

    I worked in Chester though and when someone said "pop" I was so confused. Pop, to me, is lemonade (although I would still never say pop, id say lemo)
  • JilloftheDead
    JilloftheDead Posts: 296 Member
    Pop here in Canada
  • jenluvsushi
    jenluvsushi Posts: 933 Member
    When I am home in CA, it is soda. When I am back in CO, where I am originally from, it is pop. When I go visit my Dad's fam in NoDak, it is Coke regardless of what brand it is....so I am all confused, lol! Either way....I am trying not to drink as much of it as I used to.
  • skinnyforcruise2013
    skinnyforcruise2013 Posts: 74
    I used to call it Coke (no matter what kind) and I live in Kentucky.

    Now I call it pop or soda...just depends on the mood I'm in.
  • Karen_DisneyFan
    Karen_DisneyFan Posts: 130 Member
    In Ohio, we say POP. My daughter now lives on the East Coast (just outside Manhattan) and they all say SODA. She's been there for four years now... took her a while to get used to saying soda instead of pop - lol :drinker:
  • LavenderBouquet
    LavenderBouquet Posts: 736 Member
    I've always said pop, I haven't heard it differently to the places I've been in Canada unless they were a tourist, but I haven't been that many places, could be different in certain areas.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    Always soda.

    In my area it is "pop" though. People assume I am not from my area for this and many other reasons.
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