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pop or soda???

branflake5
branflake5 Posts: 332
edited October 2024 in Chit-Chat
where are u from and do u say pop or soda??
i am originally from ohio and say pop, but i moved to california about 6 months ago and when i say pop people look at me like i am crazy or they laugh..... i will not conform its always pop to me :drinker:
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  • fordster99
    fordster99 Posts: 181 Member
    I grew up saying pop but now that I have lived elsewhere for a long time, I say soda. I am originally from OK but moved to Missouri.
  • Deckershann
    Deckershann Posts: 272 Member
    Originally from Texas, now live in California and still say pop
  • jmatthews75
    jmatthews75 Posts: 525 Member
    Soda, but for some twisted reason my father still says Tonic... really???

    I am from Massachusetts...
  • thesmellofapples
    thesmellofapples Posts: 287 Member
    i live in michigan and i'm one of the few who say soda.
  • jmatthews75
    jmatthews75 Posts: 525 Member
    I knew someone that used COKE, for everything.... Can I get an orange coke... sounded odd, but they didn't say soda or pop, just coke... was a bit odd to have a diet grape coke... lol
  • leopardvice
    leopardvice Posts: 73
    from california... say soda but really whatever its called you shouldn't drink it!
  • Deckershann
    Deckershann Posts: 272 Member
    I knew someone that used COKE, for everything.... Can I get an orange coke... sounded odd, but they didn't say soda or pop, just coke... was a bit odd to have a diet grape coke... lol

    Almost everyone I knew growing up in East Texas said coke for everything. I remember working at a restaurant and finding out very quickly that I needed to specify what types of coke we had. And no, that didn't mean diet, regular, or coke zero. It meant any and all carbonated beverages!!
  • jmelyan23
    jmelyan23 Posts: 1,648 Member
    I'm from Utah and most everyone I've ever known has said pop. I personally have always said soda, but I think that's cause my parents are from California.
  • KatieCuth
    KatieCuth Posts: 569 Member
    Soft drink in Australia...
  • kittenkisser
    kittenkisser Posts: 3
    I'm from Tennessee and I say soda, I think that the ratio of people who say soda and who say pop is about even here though.
  • fragilegift
    fragilegift Posts: 347 Member
    neither here in Australia. We call Coke, Coke, Pepsi is..Pepsi, etc. Generically we call anything carbonated 'fizzy' (cordial) to differentiate between that and cordial (concentrate with water added).
  • seal57
    seal57 Posts: 1,259 Member
    Neither.....
  • aa1440
    aa1440 Posts: 956 Member
    I call it soda. I live in South Carolina.

    They should call it poison.
  • amyloola
    amyloola Posts: 56 Member
    Soft drink or fizzy here, but generally call them by their names like coke, lemonade, fanta etc. I'm from New Zealand :)
  • asyouseefit
    asyouseefit Posts: 1,265 Member
    Soft drink (or shortened "soft") or soda. I'm from Belgium.
  • spottedlee
    spottedlee Posts: 372
    I grew up POP in Seattle. I went to college in DC (the Washington the city) in 1976. One night, I went out with a bunch of classmates to a all night restruant and I asked,, "what kind of pop do you have?" NO ONE knew what I was talking about! I said,, "you know,, coke, pepsi, rootbeer and such",, they all said OH YEAH,, SODA!

    I was in college only one year. I came home to land of POP!

    For some reason, I never revert back to POP. I think SODA sounds nicer so I stick with it. Both of my kids say POP and they never critize my SODA. I noticed one thing,,, If I go someplace and asked "what kind of soda do you have?" no one bat an eye... I guess the SODA people all moved to Seattle.

    Lee
    :flowerforyou:
  • missebony88
    missebony88 Posts: 6
    when i hear soda i think of soda water as in carbonated water. I just say what it is coke, lemonade, etc. though if i'm around friends its fizzy bubbly (thanks zohan) or grandparents, cousins i'll offer a soft drink then list what we have.
  • hstallings13
    hstallings13 Posts: 306
    When I lived on the West coast it was pop, but now I say coke. I drink Diet pepsi as my drink of choice, but it's still a coke. Everyone around me here in TN calls it a coke regardless of brand.
  • DeviantDarkwolf2
    DeviantDarkwolf2 Posts: 363 Member
    Soft drink or fizzy here, but generally call them by their names like coke, lemonade, fanta etc. I'm from New Zealand :)

    Yep you stated exactly what I was going to say LOL I'm from NZ as well :)
  • kyle4jem
    kyle4jem Posts: 1,400 Member
    In Scotland carbonated drinks are often referred to as "juice" or "ginger", it depends where you come from.

    Usually, you just call a drink by it's name Coke, Pepsi, Fanta etc

    I'm a big Dr Pepper Zero fan myself :drinker:
  • PlaySchool
    PlaySchool Posts: 49 Member
    Neither, soft drink in Australia, or Coke, Pepsi, Fanta etc
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  • i_love_vinegar
    i_love_vinegar Posts: 2,092 Member
    i say soda and am from Cali.

    My family lives in New York for the most part though, and they say pop.

    i think soda sounds better :P
  • juliecat1
    juliecat1 Posts: 3,450 Member
    Im from Southern Indiana and we say Coke for everything.
  • Sh1tsRainbows
    Sh1tsRainbows Posts: 1,227 Member
    im from colo and i say soda but just cause when i was younger i wanted to be from new york..
  • jend114
    jend114 Posts: 1,058 Member
    I'm from New England and I say soda
  • HMonsterX
    HMonsterX Posts: 3,000 Member
    It's amazing, isn't it.

    Coke and Pepsi spend millions, maybe billions, a year on advertising their brand. And what do we say?

    Me: Ill have a coke with that.

    Shop: We only sell Pepsi.

    Me: Yeah, whatever...


    I thought Soda was the US term for the UK pop.
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
    I'm not really "from" anywhere as my father was military. I say soda. My sorority sister in college was from Montana, and she said pop.
  • EmpressOfJudgment
    EmpressOfJudgment Posts: 1,162 Member
    There's a map for that.

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    This is a topic I've discussed with friends at length in the past.
  • jah7700
    jah7700 Posts: 276 Member
    I say coke...

    Actually hate the stuff, I'm a Dr Pepper man myself...
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