Pop, Soda, or ?

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  • k8lyn_235
    k8lyn_235 Posts: 507 Member
    in west virginia most of us say "pop" :) although, my sister traveled a lot when she was younger, and she picked up the word "soda"
  • plushkitten
    plushkitten Posts: 547 Member
    Used to call it soda.

    But my boyfriend is from Michigan and calls it pop.
    I've been around him so much that I call it pop now too.

    I think it sounds more appealing that way. :)
  • LiviLou2011
    LiviLou2011 Posts: 437 Member
    I called it pop intell my grandpa told me that if i ask for a pop again he was gonna pop me and that i better call it soda..so now i call it soda lol
  • anubis609
    anubis609 Posts: 3,966 Member
    I call it a chaser or mixer for the alcoholically weak.
  • Kassieisproud
    Kassieisproud Posts: 149
    it's soda. everyone who calls it "pop" is wrong. ;)

    I went to the popvssoda.com site and looked at WA state. I wondered what some of the "other" categories were and found this:

    <1 the only time i use pop is when i pop a cap in someones *kitten* for calling it pop....its soda>

    Lmfao! But no really,,,Its soda
  • heddylyn
    heddylyn Posts: 173 Member
    I grew up in Colorado and called it "Pop" I moved to Washington, DC about 10 years ago and was made fun of for saying Pop so I started saying soda. Now I live back in Colorado and I still say soda (pop sounds really weird to me now) and get made fun of for it! I can't win. ;-)
  • Charabbidan
    Charabbidan Posts: 24 Member
    I called it pop as a child and refer to it as a soft drink in conversation now. I only ever order diet coke (whether it's coca cola or pepsi - I know it's technically cola but I don't know anyone who calls it that :smile: )

    I'm in England and don't personally know anyone who calls it soda - if they did they would likely get weird looks and asked when they became American :laugh:
  • LarryLaird
    LarryLaird Posts: 94 Member
    Being from Pittsburgh PA....IT"S POP!!
  • Adshill
    Adshill Posts: 130 Member
    I'm from Ohio and it's pop. My husband (who grew up in the same town as me) insists on calling it soda. He is wrong. :wink:


    Also, here our meals are breakfast, lunch, and dinner (or supper - they are interchangable.)
  • mixedfeelings
    mixedfeelings Posts: 904 Member
    I'm in England, I call it pop, I sometimes refer to it as fizzy pop and I haven't really heard it called anything else in my area. I think in general most parts of the UK refer to it as pop or fizzy drink.
  • tilfordj
    tilfordj Posts: 54 Member
    Grew up on "Soda"(Connecticut)....moved to Florida...they call it "Soda Pop"
  • Farfourah
    Farfourah Posts: 896 Member
    Cola...
  • yasmine36
    yasmine36 Posts: 41 Member
    I live in California and I call it soda or coke, whichever I feel like. Never called it pop, but some of the older generations here do.
  • SteffieMark
    SteffieMark Posts: 1,719 Member
    Cola or Coke. Grew up in the south. I don't drink it anymore, though.
  • Chrystibel
    Chrystibel Posts: 116 Member
    I always start to call it Coke in general because I grew up in the south, but I try NOT to sound southern...so I call it Soda, lol.
  • craigers13
    craigers13 Posts: 241 Member
    I always thought us Canadians called it pop and Americans, soda.

    This is what I thought too, mainly because when I cross the border into Washington State they call it soda.....
  • abbigail_r
    abbigail_r Posts: 283 Member
    i grew up calling it soda or coke. thought I was in a foreign country when I moved to WA and people kept saying pop. I really dont like the word...
  • lsjd2000
    lsjd2000 Posts: 287 Member
    I grew up calling it coke but lately just name what i want usually Mt dew - though for brown sodas its coke (whether its pepsi, coke, etc..)
  • delilah47
    delilah47 Posts: 1,658
    I always thought us Canadians called it pop and Americans, soda.

    This is what I thought too, mainly because when I cross the border into Washington State they call it soda.....

    Eh? I was born and raised here in Washington state... we call it POP. Must be them feriners what moved in...
  • ashhhhole
    ashhhhole Posts: 60 Member
    I grew up saying pop, but I moved to Boston for a couple years so now I say both pop and soda. I find myself pausing almost every time I say one of those words.. Its like I have to consider where I am and how people are going to react. It is truly ridiculous.
  • teponey
    teponey Posts: 10 Member
    Normally Coke or Lemonade here or maybe just fizzy if its something 'fizzy'. Im in New Zealand.
  • PunkyRachel
    PunkyRachel Posts: 1,959 Member
    I've always called it pop, growing. Then my husband got me used to calling it soda instead. He calls it soda, because growing up, if he asked for a pop his dad would say, "What? you want a pop in the mouth!?" then act like he would smack him unless he changed it to soda real fast. We live in St. Joseph, MO
  • rchambers2072
    rchambers2072 Posts: 227 Member
    Its coke! Lol but my son called it sodie when he was little. He was so cute. He would tell me "unt sodie" My sister was watching him one day and called me at work panicing cuz she had no clue what he wanted.
  • shine_
    shine_ Posts: 150 Member
    Soft drink - but I'm in England. I think most people here call it that, or fizzy drink/lemonade.
  • 967_1111
    967_1111 Posts: 221 Member
    Toronto - pop. Big brand when I was a kid was The Pop Shoppe. Also had a candy called "pop caps".

    Pop rocks....

    Now I'm thirsty.
  • spade117
    spade117 Posts: 2,466 Member
    pop
  • FlyByJuly
    FlyByJuly Posts: 564 Member
    I called it "pop" when I was kid. These days, I might call it "pop" or "soda" or "drink." I had a good friend in school who was originally from Arkansas, and he called it "sodie-pop." I don't know if it was a regional thing with him, or a family thing.
  • strandedj
    strandedj Posts: 128
    Soda in Milwaukee area
  • boomboom011
    boomboom011 Posts: 1,459
    coke but then you specify which type.
  • wwk10
    wwk10 Posts: 244 Member
    The Southerners (and Texas) seem pretty much in agreement that we call it all coke.
    But some Australians mentioned "soft drink"
    I hear soft drink fairly often too.
    So. Coke or soft drink, but never pop or soda.

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