soda or pop or coke or soft drink

[pres2032]

It's SODA dammit!

[WindRavenX]

1. SODA

And anyone that says 'pop' is just flat-out WRONG :P

[MercutioATC]

3. If you order a scotch and "soda", what do you get?

"soda" is soda water.

[WindRavenX]

6. Well, I wouldn't order that :P

If I did, I would just describe it ;)

[tuvor]

5. "Soda" just sounds so...chemically.

"Pop," now, that sounds young and hip! Not all scientific-like.

[tcfrogs]

7. You wanna start a flame war, let's go!

It's POP, damn it!

[WindRavenX]

10. SODA!

Pop...my ASS!

[tcfrogs]

16. I was kidding

Call it whatever you want, I'll adapt. I do whenever I travel, and I do enjoy the different dialects/descriptions of soda/pop/coke/etc.

[rooboy]

2. Both wrong. Where I come from it's called "soft drink". n/t

[RadicalMom]

71. Yeah! n/t

[BlueJazz]

4. Anyone who uses the term "Pop" when referring to soda.....

...or a soft drink is just simply uncivilized.

[tuvor]

8. You're a snob about your soda, are you?

:evilgrin:

[BlueJazz]

19. ...And it's a scientific fact that "Pop" is used by Far Right-Wing ...

...Republicans...such as "those people" in MinneSODA"

Actually I lived in Minnesota for 7 years (from California) but the first day I was there, a waitress asked me if I would like a Pop... and I thought she meant a Pop-Tart. I assumed that (maybe) pop was short for pop-tart.

[benny05]

26. Scientific Fact

Hardly! Pop is a midwestern expression, coke more of a south or lower southern plains expression, soda (or sometimes tonic) is in the north, and occasionally in California, I hear the word "beverage." When I'm in the south or in Texas, I say coke, but as I live the heart of the midwest (illinois), I say pop.

This reminds me of the expression dinner or lunch, dinner or supper?

[Left Is Write]

31. Dinner at noon, supper in the evening. Lunch is a small meal

before or after dinner, or late night after supper.

At least that's what the old time Western Minnesota farmers would tell you:

Breakfast
Forenoon's lunch
Dinner
Afternoon's lunch
Supper

I eat supper in the evenings. Dinner is something you "go out to" or serve midday on Sundays and holidays.

[ashling]

53. That's the way

I was brought up in north
texas

[Left Is Write]

30. You ARE aware that Minnesota is a blue state, right?

I was born and raised in Minnesota. My roots are in Minnesota. My family is in Minnesota, and I lived there for well over 30 years.

"Pop" is most definitely NOT a far right-wing Republican thing. Don't insult the DFL-ers!

[BlueJazz]

36. I love Minnesota...I was Kidding...

:)

Although I was disappointed in the Vikings..

[Left Is Write]

51. Oh, I know you were.

I was razzin' you right back!

Yes, I was disappointed by them too. They seem to disappoint a lot, but every season brings new hope.

[Undercover Owl]

59. no, just super-judgmental

Bluejazz is just from a region that doesn't call it "pop".

It happens to be called "pop" at least 50% of the time here in Oregon. I call it "soda pop" because I used to live in a place where it's called "soda".

[Hand]

62. Or else Canadian...

"Pop" seems to be the predominant term here. It's used like "deer", by the way--no plural. "Special this week--six pop for $2!" Weird, huh?

Same with beer: "I drunk twelve beer in an hour last night..."

:toast:

[MuseRider]

9. Neither.

Around here we call everything a Coke. Sad but true as long as I have been alive I have never heard a native Kansan say soda or pop or soft drink.

[ashling]

15. Right you are!

It's Coke ... or Dr. Pepper:shrug:

[bmbmd]

47. Overheard in Texas:

Wanna gitta coke?

Yep.

What kinda coke you want?

Dr. Pepper.

[PDittie]

48. Yep

That's how it goes.

I like to say 'pop' every now and then just to see what kind of look I'll get from a moran.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

11. Soda...

That's what we always called it in Maine.
Of course my family in Minnesota says "pop".

[ThorsHammer]

12. Coke

[njdemocrat106]

13. Soda!

I swear, I'm addicted to the stuff.

[miss_kitty]

14. soda pop. eom

[RedCloud]

54. Agreed with soda pop

Also sodie pop from the wee lads,

[Mojambo]

17. I was Pop all my life until recently

Now I'm 50/50 between Pop and Soda.

[whirlygigspin]

18. lolly pops & baking soda

no thanks, a soft drink, does nicely.

[markus]

20. How about a "cold drink"?

Or is that way to localized (N'wawlins) and cultural (Black English)?

So, what kinda coke do you want?

[PDittie]

49. Yep, that too

I think this is what we said as children growing up (in SE Texas).

Although it was mostly 'coke'.

[fleabert]

69. mom is from Lubbock, that's all she says, 'cold drink', I always say coke.

when I waited tables in South Texas, it was always coke and 'what kind of coke will you have?'

:toast:

[Rhiannon12866]

21. My cousin, from Colorado, asked for "pop" when we were out

and nobody understood her. I think it's a regional thing. But, I agree. I have always said "soda.":shrug:

[Left Is Write]

33. But don't the people who insist that "pop" is odd realize that

"soda" and "pop" are both shortened from soda-pop?

[Rhiannon12866]

65. I agree.

I totally understood her, but the waiter just didn't get it.:shrug:

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

22. Yes, and nothing else! SODA!

[achtung_circus]

23. Pop,

a cold, carbonated sugar water based drink.

or beer is sometimes called wobbly-pop.

[SoCalDem]

24. My NJ friend used to say "sod-er"..it always cracked my kids up ...n/t

.

[Scout]

25. no, it's Pop! just like the noise a bottle made when the cap was popped

it's pop.

a soda is fizzy water with ice cream in it.

coke is a Coca-Cola, not a pepsi, not a root beer, not red pop.

soft drink is any pop or non-alcoholic beverage.

IMHO :evilgrin:

[annabanana]

27. Anyone call it "tonic"? .. or is that a WWII era appelation?..........n/t

[Left Is Write]

34. I think you'll find people in Massachussetts who call it tonic.

[purji]

28. here in Michigan

(Lower michigan)its Pop.

[Left Is Write]

29. It's POP dammit!

:D

[DrGonzoLives]

32. Pop is a sound, soda is a potable liquid drink

There is no further discussion to be made.

[smbolisnch]

35. It's POP damnit!!!!!!!!!! nt

[Carson]

37. It's coke. Only Yankees say "pop" or "soda". ; - )

And I agree with an above poster: "Dinner" is a mid-day meal, while supper is the evening meal.

[PDittie]

50. True dat twice n/t

[loudestchick]

38. All the folks around here call it coke (small c), but I went to college

w/ people from St. Louis...they all called it soda. What about the peculiar "white soda" (for Sprite, 7-up, etc.)

[ghostsofgiants]

39. If it's not cola (or if it's Pepsi cola) and you call it Coke...

You're a moron.

[ThorsHammer]

41. Well, I'm a moron then

[MattBaggins]

60. what do you blow your nose with?

moron?

[ProfessorGAC]

40. It's POP Dammit!

Of course, we all know that the best born and bred amongst us say pop! The plebes say soda.

So there! Guess i told you, huh?

The Professor

[Solon]

42. Rat Poison n/t

[barb162]

43. I never call it a soft drink. I want soda, Damn right

[itzamirakul]

44. It's "soda" in NY and "pop" in Ohio so I was in for a

cultural shock when I moved back to NYC as an adult having grown up in Ohio with "pop".

In Ohio, "soda" means club soda or a fountain drink that mixes ice cream with a corbonated beverage.

I say "soda" easily now, but it took awhile to readjust. (I still kind of prefer "pop." :)

[DelawareValleyDem]

46. Soda here

Coke only if you want a specific brand

[Phentex]

45. It's coke here. And it's no worse than saying pop or soda because...

you still have to specify if you want sprite or diet coke or orange or whatever you want.

"I'm getting a coke, do you want anything?"

"Yes, I'll have a sprite, thanks." :)

[Moloch]

52. Down here in South Louisiana

It's sodawater.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

55. I was raised saying pop at my grandparents home.

Soda at my parents home and then we moved to Texas and everyone says coke.

I say soft drink. That's what happens when you confuse a kid like that. :)

[IronLionZion]

56. sodium and corn syrup processed poison that will kill you from the inside

j/k it's soda and I love it. I just wish they used cane sugar in the US.

[JohnKleeb]

57. oh this is nice, SODA damnit

[deadparrot]

58. Soda...check where your county ranks...

[pres2032]

61. yay! deep in "soda" territory

[JohnKleeb]

63. so am I

god pop sounds so wrong, I am so gonna have to convert those who say pop.

[whirlygigspin]

70. *Hint--notice the map uses the correct term "Soft Drinks"

in reference to the generic alternative names, although I still like "carbonated fizzy-fuzzy-pop-water-coke-soda-drink".

bye the bye, callin' someone a Pepsi is a derogatory term in Canada.

[El Fuego]

64. Diet coke.

WITH VODKA!!!!!!!!!!

[MHalblaub]

66. 'Havana Club' solo

[kayleybeth]

67. Where I come from

it's a "cold drink", or just "Coke". Both terms are generic for soda pop of any flavor/brand. "Coke", for instance could very well be a 7-Up or a root beer or any other soda pop.

[PBR me]

68. soda - fools