Pop, Soda, or ?

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  • Thad81
    Thad81 Posts: 138 Member
    I grew up calling it soda pop, and still do. Sometimes I may say soda or pop but usually both. I grew up in kansas and nebraska.
  • Fit_and_Healthy
    Fit_and_Healthy Posts: 52
    Beer!
  • sporker101
    sporker101 Posts: 16 Member
    My whole life when I lived in the north I called it "pop," but since I moved to Texas I've found that I now call it "soda," even though I said I never would haha.
  • SweetNaughtyLips
    SweetNaughtyLips Posts: 374 Member
    I'm from Texas and I call it soda

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  • NurseCarolyn2014
    NurseCarolyn2014 Posts: 142
    Where I'm from (Southern Ontario) it's pop
  • StoutGirl09
    StoutGirl09 Posts: 73 Member
    I'm from MN, called it pop my whole life, go to school in WI now, and I switched to Soda, sometimes I confuse myself. I always seem to think about it now before it comes outta my mouth like i'm deciding whats correct lol
  • gmctech
    gmctech Posts: 104 Member
    Well for the major name brands, I call it POP, but for the locally made varieties such as Big8, i call that stuff Soda! weird yes, but that's my take on it... :)
  • CaseRat
    CaseRat Posts: 377 Member
    Everyone down here in Melbourne, Australia calls it soft drink :)
  • ToEKnee213
    ToEKnee213 Posts: 1,031 Member
    I'm from Michigan & everyone here for the most part calls it pop. I call it soda.

    Mom is from Cali & I picked it up from her.

    Mom & Dad now live in Missouri & they call it soda.
  • Biggrun
    Biggrun Posts: 12
    I love the responses, so interesting to see the different takes on such a popular type of beverage! Calling it soda or pop makes sense because if you really think about it ( in a very abstract way) it's called Soda Pop. So if we think of a can of coke as a person it's first name would be soda, and last name pop. When you meet a person for the first time you usually use their full name, but once you get familiar with that person and your on a friendly basis you usually call that person by their last name. " Pop whats up!" "Yo, pop want to chill" etc. You could also say " hey soda what's crackin" but let's take it a step further. Say your boss is Named Soda Pop, do you call him Mr soda or Mr pop? Mr pop is the formal term, and in Japanese the honorific when addressing a person is to use the last name first, so it would be pop-san. Now that can of coke..you could call him coke, but that would be a nickname that is unique to that person and their closest friends/enemies, so not many people would use a nickname..that's why coke is a southeren thing. So..Soda may be right, Pop is the correct usage :) lolol
  • brunsda
    brunsda Posts: 78
    Ever hear of a bubbler?
  • karenjoy
    karenjoy Posts: 1,840 Member
    I call it what ever its name is...coke, pepsi, lemonade, fanta....there is no generic term for them as they are all so different
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    I'm from Kansas. I grew up calling it 'pop' but sometime in my youth I decided I wanted to sound less like I was from the Midwest so I specifically switched to calling it 'soda.' Now I feel self-conscious when I say 'soda' but can't switch back to calling it 'pop'!
  • SpydrMnky27
    SpydrMnky27 Posts: 381 Member
    I say it both ways.
  • justdoit_steph
    justdoit_steph Posts: 112
    I call it a coke but that means a Dr.Pepper. I'm from Texas :)
  • juliecat1
    juliecat1 Posts: 3,450 Member
    Im from Indiana.... its all coke regardless of the brand or flavor. "hey, get me a coke please?" "sure... which kind?"
  • oldmanstauf
    oldmanstauf Posts: 202 Member
    I really call it whatever it is, specifically. But if I'm referring to it in general, soda. Grew up in NJ and VT.
  • littlemoonsandy
    littlemoonsandy Posts: 1,930
    I call it soda....vt.
  • drmerc
    drmerc Posts: 2,603 Member
    I grew up in Oregon saying POP
    But now I'm in Nevada and mostly say Soda
  • shannoninBC
    shannoninBC Posts: 345 Member
    In Canada, the proper term is pop
  • ladybg81
    ladybg81 Posts: 1,553 Member
    I call it soda but the traditional southern way is to call it coke no matter what.
  • SlimSammy2012
    SlimSammy2012 Posts: 893
    <~~Pop! ChiTown way.....
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,029 Member
    Check out what she calls it. Fast forward to 13:35. You will BUST UP!!!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuAXoSnp14M&amp;feature=relmfu


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  • classycouture
    classycouture Posts: 888 Member
    Ever hear of a bubbler?

    I'm from NH, and went to college down in VA Beach. The first time I asked to use a bubbler, the professor stared at me like I was crazy. Apparently, that term isn't used down South very often.

    I'm also familiar with a different kind of bubbler :smokin:
  • AccordingtoTodd
    AccordingtoTodd Posts: 197 Member
    In the south, everything is Coke
  • Sockimobi
    Sockimobi Posts: 541
    Boo - they are just referred to as "fizzy drinks" where I am from. Boringville.
  • Daniloveshockey94
    Daniloveshockey94 Posts: 348 Member
    It's called POP!!! And yes, I am from buffalo, ny
  • JanetLM73
    JanetLM73 Posts: 1,226 Member
    Pop in Canada, but I stay away from it all.
  • adamb83
    adamb83 Posts: 719 Member
    I call it Soda, but everyone around here (Chicago-area) calls it Pop.
  • elliemay63
    elliemay63 Posts: 62 Member
    here in Texas - we say 'want a coke?"
    reply - 'sure, what kind y'all got?'
    I grew up with pop but been here for so long, it sounds strange to me now.
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