Do you call it a Soda? Or Pop? Or a "Coke"? Breakdown of soft drink names by county;

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[meegbear]

1. Tonic - Lynn MA

[mikeargo]

27. Tonic for me, too

We must live in the "tonic belt"--that's what we called it growing up in central NH in the '60s. Don't hear it as much these days though. Most kids today call it soda. Never hear "pop" though, unless it's a tourist.

[Philippine expat]

30. Grew up with pop

now live in coke country , also spend time where it is called a soft drink

[Kat45]

54. Tonic here too. Boston area.

Don't hear it too much any more because there are so many people from elsewhere living around here now. But I still use it--and insist on it!

[graywarrior]

60. Same name, same city.

[dembotoz]

2. a chart for everything

[A HERETIC I AM]

3. Amazing, isn't it?

I'm looking for the one that shows "Is A HERETIC I AM a moron?" by state.

[bigwillq]

4. I call it soda

I live in CT

[cherokeeprogressive]

47. Same here, and I live about as far from you as possible LOL.

To me anything brown, sweet, and carbonated is "soda".

[ceile]

5. coke.

"What kind of coke?"
"Sprite."

[dawg]

6. I live in a "coke" county.

And I don't think I hardly ever hear someone use coke as a generic term for a soda. A more likely term would be "drank", as in "Gimme a cold drank, I'm thirsty!"

[dixiegrrrrl]

48. What I hear most often is " gimme a col cola".

Whether is a slurring of words on "coke" cola
or means "cold" cola is very unclear.

But the MOST popular term for a drink here is "Bud" followed by "swate tea".

[dawg]

62. I hear something like co-cola, with no hint of an L in the first part.

In this part of Georgia, I'm pretty sure it's just a slurred form of Coca-Cola.

And, of course, gotta' love that sweet tea!

[MrCoffee]

7. .

I should have read the body of ceile's post.

[Lady President]

8. Map is right for me

I'm in a deep blue pop county, and that's all I ever call it.

[Kali]

9. soda

[Tuesday Afternoon]

10. soda

[LiberalAndProud]

11. Do you see that big yellow block in Nebraska?

That's Ted Turner. It's POP.

[SCantiGOP]

12. definitely Coke in the South

You'll hear someone order a Coke, the waiter will say, "Is Pepsi OK?" and the diner will say "Sure." Or sometimes, "What kind of Coke do you want," meaning which brand.

[zen_bohemian]

40. I miss ordering a coke than the waitress asks which kind

I live in a pop county north, far from my southern home. I still can't get used to pop :(

[RebelOne]

42. Nope. I'm in the South (Georgia) and I call it soda. n/t

[Hippo_Tron]

55. Same here, spent the vast majority of my life in the south

And it's always been called a "soda". Never heard of the expression "coke" to refer to any flavor or brand of soda. Have heard "pop" and it sounds weird.

[provis99]

57. yep. I still call any soft drink a Coke.

It's definitely a Mississippi thing. I drive the Hoosiers nuts this way.

[trackfan]

13. A soft drink. n/t

[elleng]

14. SODA!

frm NYC!!!

[hifiguy]

15. I always said "pop" being a midwesterner

but got into the "soda" habit while living in Boston for three years while at law school. I still say "soda" more than twenty years later.

[Lil Missy]

16. soda pop

[GoCubsGo]

33. Me, too.

Some days I just call it either "soda" or "pop".

[TZ]

17. Pretty accurate. Here in Maryland I only hear soda

But on my many visits to relatives in Cleveland it was ALWAYS "pop".

[surrealAmerican]

18. Interesting map.

It's pretty much what I would have expected, except for that bubble of "soda" around St. Louis.

[MilesColtrane]

19. I've heard a soft drink referred to as a "cola coca" around here.

Something a bit harder is called a "chella".

[WolverineDG]

20. Coke, dammit

Waitress: what would you like to drink?

Customer: Coke

Waitress: What kind?

Customer: Dr Pepper

Or

Host: Would you like a coke?

Guest: Sure!

Host: What kind? I have Coke, Sprite....etc.

dg

[Xithras]

21. Heh. In my part of California....

...if you walked into a store and asked to buy some "pop", the cashier would probably assume you were talking about drugs and call the police (unless you were in a really scummy area, in which case the cashier might try to sell you some drugs).

I know that it's called "pop" in some parts of the country, but I've never actually heard someone call it that.

[KamaAina]

22. It's soda, dammit!

Pop is what Britney Spears sings.

Coke is what she snorts. :P

[Ineeda]

23. had to learn that it's soda in Florida

but it was tonic where I grew up in Massachusetts. (Also, a "regular coffee" in Mass. is caffeinated coffee with cream and sugar. In Florida it's caffeinated regardless of additions.)

[IcyPeas]

24. Soda. Unless I specifically wanted a Coke.

[MorningGlow]

25. Yep, most-of-the-Great Lakes "pop"

but when I went to the "soda" end of the state for college, I had to unlearn "pop" darn fast or be laughed out of the cafeteria. To this day I say "soda".

[WinkyDink]

26. PA soda here! S.O.D.A.!

[catabryna]

28. Pop!

eta: Sometimes I get all scientific-like and ask my kid what kind of carbonated beverage he'd like. He knows how to answer that question, too!

[Old Troop]

29. Tonic for me too (grew up in Watertown, MA)

[Kat45]

53. That's where I grew up too! n/t

[RandomThoughts]

31. A favorite song.

70's "I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke" Commercial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfU17niXOG8

Lost Battalion - 7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHEg5gqDlHg






Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5JkHBC5lDs

Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW9Cu6GYqxo

Bonnie Raitt - Nick Of Time
http://www.123video.nl/playvideos.asp?MovieID=407128

Dire Straits - Walk of Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZxVC0GB838


Constantine - Bring me to life (Evanescence)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx8d3K_hngw



I am still standing.


Band of Brothers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApcrdI-XPdU

[WildEyedLiberal]

32. Pop - and the map is accurate for my county

This is really neat, thanks for posting!

[ElboRuum]

34. Someone wanna explain Alaska to me?

Seriously guys... pick one and go with it.

[Sisaruus]

35. Lifelong Connecticut resident: Soda

Sometimes purchased at a package store.

[Faygo Kid]

36. From Michigan, so it's obvious. And Faygo is the best pop.

Also obvious.

[bikebloke]

37. We called them "soft drinks".

Northern Virginia and DC. At least amongst my kin.

[CTyankee]

44. I did in Texas, too...

[JTG of the PRB]

38. Accodring to the map, most of Colorado calls it "pop"...

...but I can't think of anybody I know here who does call it pop. Everyone I know calls it soda, including myself. :shrug:

[Arugula Latte]

71. Same w/ Oregon

:shrug:

In my experience people call it soda, not pop.

[valerief]

39. I called it tonic growing up in Massachusetts but call it 'that shit' now.

As in, "I used to drink tonic but now I don't drink that shit."

[femmocrat]

41. Even though our county is dark blue (80-100% "pop"), I call it soda.

Western PA.

[CTyankee]

43. soda, here in New Haven, CT. Has really always been soda, even in Westchester County, NY

and Fairfax County, VA where I lived other times in my adult life.

In Texas where I grew up I think we just said "soft drink" for colas.

[Ishoutandscream2]

45. Coke

What kind of Coke you want? Oh, a Dr. Pepper...

[Lucinda]

46. It's accurate for me -I grew up in California - definitely soda for me.

And I am related to a lot of "cokes"

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49. Wow! I'm happy so many of you posted on this thread.

Yanno, I realize I don't post in the lounge too much, but when I do, I hope I can post something that catches eyes and sparks interest,


48 replies so far has to be a record for me in the lounge.

I'm glad so many of you found this interesting.


Cheers.



BTW, it's always been "Soda Pop" for me, as my parents were New Englanders, I spent a lot of time around DC, traveled overseas and settled in SoFla.

Never called a Sprite a "coke" though. That's just silly.

[CherokeeDem]

50. Grew up in South Carolina....

the two most revered names were Coke and Delta...as in "Do you want a coke?" or "Her father works for DELTA Airlines!" (or insert Coca Cola there as well.) It's coke to me...even when I lived in other parts of the country. Fun to look at that map...

[shanti]

51. chart is right on!

i call it soda and i'm in cali...where we call it soda! dad was from washington, and he did call it pop. interesting piece of trivia :)

[murielm99]

52. Pop here.

But it is sodee in Southern Illinois.

[Throd]

56. "soft drinks" here in California

[CTyankee]

61. maybe they're transplants from the South?

[Lucian]

58. We call it "pop" here in MN. I don't understand "coke."

So, when you go to a restaurant in the South and ask for a coke and they ask "What kind," and you wanted a Coke, would you say "Coke?"

"I want a coke Coke."

Makes no sense. It's redundant.

[TZ]

59. +1

I get soda, I get pop, but Coke is weird unless you specifically want that brand. I guess its like asking for a kleenex instead of a tissue.

[bif]

67. In parts of Ontario, all candy bars are chocolate bars!

As in: I want a chocolate bar.
What kind?
Licorice.

That's just as weird.

[Scout]

63. POP!

in southeast Michigan

[Mojambo]

64. I'm in a heavy "pop" region, but I call it "soda"

Occasionally I'll call it "soda pop"

[ArnoldLayne]

65. Pop

[Avalux]

66. Pop. "I want some pop!!!!" Said that a lot as a kid in PA. n/t

[madmom]

68. When I was a kid, I lived back east where we called it soda, as a young teen we moved

to the midwest where they called it pop. I was so confused I started calling it by it's product name..coke ..pepsi etc. still do.

[kick-ass-bob]

69. NC probably doesn't call it 'Coke' because Pepsi was born here.

I call 'em soft drinks.

[Arugula Latte]

70. I've called it different things depending upon where I've lived.

In Ohio, "pop"
In California "soft drink" (got made fun of for that one from non-Californians)
On the East Coast, "soda"
In Oregon we still call it "soda" but the map says otherwise.

[Cannikin]

72. Arkansas here. I call it soda. I call my dad "pop".

[Odin2005]

73. Fargo, pop.

[lazarus]

74. Coke, from south Alabama

I spent my childhood as a military brat all over the country, so called it soda, then moved to Alabama in the seventh grade. Before long, it was mostly coke, with soda occasionally.

I've lived in San Diego a few years, so it's drifting back to soda.

[ProfessorGAC]

75. Yep, We're Definitely In "Pop" Country

I never heard anyone refer to it by any other name until i was an adult and went to NY. Once in a while, i'll hear someone from around here say "soda" but invariably they didn't grow up in northeast illinois.
GAC