Pop or soda?

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  • LatinaButterfly
    LatinaButterfly Posts: 192 Member
    I grew up in St. Louis, Missouri and everyone said "Soda", then I moved to Minnesota and my first time out at a restaurant the waitress asked me if I wanted a "Pop"... I said no because I thought she was offering me a piece of candy for my child! LOL! :/ I've lived in MN for 12 years now, I still say soda. :)
  • ChasingHaven
    ChasingHaven Posts: 126 Member
    Midwest here and it's pop in my neck of the woods. Though on vacation visiting relatives in Arkansas we always drove into town to get a Coke, and then ordered a Dr. Pepper, so I guess I have enough 'south' in my blood that that seems normal to me. Soda just sounds kind of...formal? Stuffy?

    Then again, there's that whole history of soda fountains, isn't there? : )
  • mommared53
    mommared53 Posts: 9,543 Member
    I'm originally from Missouri and it's pop.

    Edited to spell "originally" correctly.
  • ChasingHaven
    ChasingHaven Posts: 126 Member
    Interesting article on how it got it's name and a map of regions and what they call it.

    http://tastyresearch.com/2006/10/05/pop-vs-soda-vs-coke/

    Edit:It helps to actually post the link in there...
  • Pebble321
    Pebble321 Posts: 6,423 Member
    Carbonated beverage or Softdrink. :D
    Australia...

    Yup, soft drink here.
    Pop and soda both sound funny to me.
  • TheUglyFriend
    TheUglyFriend Posts: 338
    Water
    My House...


    Stores around here Soda lol
  • LeeshaNichole
    LeeshaNichole Posts: 179 Member
    I call it Soda pop! Every Once in a while I will call it soda but never pop!
  • douglasmobbs
    douglasmobbs Posts: 563 Member
    In Scotland it is called juice
  • Mawkish1983
    Mawkish1983 Posts: 117 Member
    "Fizzy drink"
  • LilacDreamer
    LilacDreamer Posts: 1,364 Member
    I just call it garbage :D
  • TurningBackTheScale
    TurningBackTheScale Posts: 76 Member
    "Gatoradeeeeeeeeeeeeee"

    "H2OOOOOOOO"

    "Gatoradeeeeeeeeeeee"

    "H2OOOOOOOO"

    "Water Sucks it really really sucks"

    Name that movie hehe
  • TheUglyFriend
    TheUglyFriend Posts: 338
    "Gatoradeeeeeeeeeeeeee"

    "H2OOOOOOOO"

    "Gatoradeeeeeeeeeeee"

    "H2OOOOOOOO"

    "Water Sucks it really really sucks"

    Name that movie hehe


    If you didnt know that movie theres a problem...


    Waterboy :D
  • BVannillie
    BVannillie Posts: 140
    We call it 'fizz' here, though my friend from Birmingham called it pop, which I found weirdly annoying.
  • sarahlou84
    sarahlou84 Posts: 3
    It's called Fizzy here in New Zealand
  • SingeSange
    SingeSange Posts: 98 Member
    I don't know why but here in Canada we seem to call it "pop".
  • CraigIW
    CraigIW Posts: 176
    Neither.

    It's probably most often called 'juice' here.

    Or just 'a drink'.
  • tracym17
    tracym17 Posts: 68 Member
    here (Glasgow) it's ginger. I lived in Birmingham for a while and everyone there called it pop. Soda is fizzy water - usually added to alcohol.
  • jessickahhh
    jessickahhh Posts: 20
    SODDDAAA :D
  • couponfun
    couponfun Posts: 714 Member
    Blasphemers all of you. It's Coke. Always. Even if it's Pepsi. :laugh:

    I was at a grocery store up here and once said "pop". I literally wanted to kneel down, cross myself, and ask God's forgiveness for saying such a thing.
  • Tangerine302
    Tangerine302 Posts: 1,509 Member
    We lived in CA when I was young and we always called it soda or soda pop. In the midwest we call it pop and have called it pop for many years now. :) Just depends on where you live and what everyone calls it there. :)
  • scapez
    scapez Posts: 2,018 Member
    Pittsburgh = pop!
  • RedHeadDevotchka
    RedHeadDevotchka Posts: 1,394 Member
    Blasphemers all of you. It's Coke. Always. Even if it's Pepsi. :laugh:

    I was at a grocery store up here and once said "pop". I literally wanted to kneel down, cross myself, and ask God's forgiveness for saying such a thing.

    But what if pepsi AND Coke are available? Im confused!
  • EmCarroll1990
    EmCarroll1990 Posts: 2,832 Member
    Pop.
  • couponfun
    couponfun Posts: 714 Member
    Blasphemers all of you. It's Coke. Always. Even if it's Pepsi. :laugh:

    I was at a grocery store up here and once said "pop". I literally wanted to kneel down, cross myself, and ask God's forgiveness for saying such a thing.

    But what if pepsi AND Coke are available? Im confused!

    Then you're in a rare place, since restaurants generally carry one or the other. However, in that case ask for the one you'd prefer. But it's still Coke in the general sense :tongue:
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