Pop, soda, coke?

Saw this today, thought it was kinda cool, seeing what different parts of the country, and even states call soft drinks.

Well, I live in the Northwest and I say soda.

That map seems mostly accurate, but I live in the Pacific NW and everyone around here calls it soda, while the map suggests we use pop. When I grew up in MI, it was always pop and I didn't start using the term soda until I joined the Navy and got stationed on the west coast.

It's soda, by God. Come to my house and ask for pop and you'll get one in the kisser.

Well, I live in NE and most people call it soda. I usually ask for Coke but that is because Coke is the type of soda I want to drink. I will say that I've never called it pop.

soda for sure

Well, I live in Texas and I said Coke......yup even if I'm asking for a sprite

I'm a soda guy.

Got to admit I never understood the coke thing but have learned to say Coca Cola when my answer requires to be expanded upon.

I live in the northwest and it's always been pop up here. It's soda for the cali transplants.

soda pop...

however, i became less concerned when i discovered beer on tap.

you're having a fountain drink?

i will too, make sure mine is suds.

We all call it soda where I live. I think the Coke thing is weird. "Hi, I'll have a Pepsi Coke." What?!

Ugly Goat, my name is Charlie Mopps!

Soda!!!!!!

This is a topic of conversation when we go to Buffalo. I always give a strange look when someone offers me a "pop," and they give one right back to me when I ask for a "soda." My wife is ambisodapopdextrous, she grew up in San Diego (soda), lived in Buffalo for ten years (hardcore pop), and has spent the past decade in New England (soda).

Of course, all of this confusion would be eliminated if we just drank beer!

my sig... debunked!!!!

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Coke......

"What'll it be?"

"A Coke please"

"What flavor?"

"7-up thank you"

Coke, If I want something other than a Coke, I say "Sprite please".



Mostly however, I ask for sweet tea. I know that some of you don't know what that is.

HighPlainsDrifter said:

Coke, If I want something other than a Coke, I say "Sprite please".



Mostly however, I ask for sweet tea. I know that some of you don't know what that is.

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Sure I do. It's punishment.

we called it coke down home. soda in the city. but i swear that stuff will kill me some day. its so bad for you they say!

shecky said:

Sure I do. It's punishment.

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Sweet, sweet, ice cold, refreshing, punishment.

I'm a NYer transplanted to Michigan and I say soda.
I've recruited my wifes family into saying soda now too.
1 by 1, ill change this state.

HighPlainsDrifter said:

Sweet, sweet, ice cold, refreshing, punishment.

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So sweet I can feel my teeth falling out while I drink it. After 8 years in North Carolina, I hope I never see sweet tea again.

It was pop growing up in Montana. It is soda here in CA, but I'm sticking with pop.

Plus, it's pop on Ice Road Truckers, so that's pretty official.

I actually say sodapop

I say Soda, but most everyone I know says pop.

Love the map!

Its soda. In Buffalo they call it pop, bothered me when I was in college.

Growing up in Texas, College Staion, it was "coke', then you would say what flavor, ie "RC", "Mr. Pibb", whatever. Thought that was strange, even as a kid.
Now that I've lived in the PNW for the past 14 years, it's everything from soda, to pop, to sodapop, to sodawater.

"It's soda ... it says it right there on the ****ing can, farmer!"

Sorry, Dice Clay bits flashing through my head.

So, whadaya call one of these things?



Hmm??

I didn't even know Coke is used generically, and according to the map I am surrounded by "Coke counties". But yeah, it's definitely soda

I generally avoid using trademarks generically because I sound smarter that way.

It's always been Coke here in Bama, but when my Dad moved to Colorado, I went and visited and he said, "do you want a pop?"

I was like "WTF is that? give me a Coke!!!"

Good thing he moved back to the South before I had to disown him...

Soda. If you ask me for a coke, I will not ask you what kind, you're getting a goddamn coke!

It's soda in my world.

I live in Valdosta - which happens to be the location of the second ever Coca-Cola manufacturing plant (first was in Atlanta). So naturally, its Coke!

It's pop up here.

It is all pop to me. Sometimes I will say Coke as a common word, but it is mainly pop.

capcrnch said:

I'm a NYer transplanted to Michigan and I say soda.
I've recruited my wifes family into saying soda now too.
1 by 1, ill change this state.

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FU I'll never change!! It's POP Dammit! POP!!!

Now why would anyone call pop Coke? Coke it the name of a specific pop, not a name for all pop! My wife went to Boston area once and ordered a pop, and they thought she was trying to order some booze!

I usually order by name of pop, but I usually rather have beer, tea (unsweetened, thank you) or water. In that order.

We native Bostonians don't know from pop. Soda, we got. We'll give you a Coke if you ask for a Coke. Want Pepsi, ask for Pepsi. But none of that stinkin' sweet tea.