Random Observation: Soda vs Pop

MrsEmm · January 2010

I love reading how some of you girls call soda; 'pop' .... Ive never heard ppl call it that.

JhawkCE · January 2010

I call it pop. Everyone where I live now calls it coke which irritates me because I drink Pepsi and it gets confusing.

IrishBrideND · January 2010

Its common, although I hate it.

I grew up calling everything Coke.

Here is a map that breaks it down by region.

https://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/popvssodamap.gif

allyandpat2010 · January 2010

Everything is a coke... what kind of coke you want?? Dr pepper, sprite etc.... lol

katesmom73 · January 2010

I'm a soda girl. No idea where I got it b/c my Dad was military and I moved a lot but for some reason, I've always said soda.

laurasue · January 2010

I think pop is a mid-west/mountain region term. When I lived in Texas everything was called a cok, then they would ask what kind.

Bandia12 · January 2010

I call it all Coke as well

Shandie_725 · January 2010

My 5th grade teacher was from Wisconsin: she called it a water fountain, we called it a bubbler.

rlscheck · January 2010

IrishBrideND:
Its common, although I hate it.

I grew up calling everything Coke.

Here is a map that breaks it down by region.

https://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/popvssodamap.gif

That is the craziest thing I have ever seen. Who got all that data for such specifics? Are these the kind of questions I should expect on the 2010 census?

steph805 · January 2010

I'm from California and everyone out here says soda, but when I visited other Midwest states people called it pop. Must just be a location thing.

katesmom73 · January 2010

IrishBrideND:
Its common, although I hate it.

I grew up calling everything Coke.

Here is a map that breaks it down by region.

https://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/popvssodamap.gif

That is really interesting! I always heard that CA called it Coke but according to the map that's not true. I can't believe someone actually took the time to do this.

MrsDannyOutlaw · January 2010

Everything is Coke for me. I grew up here in Atlanta and well...the home of Coke. I think the entire south calls it Coke.

ByGrace · January 2010

Ha! It is totally regional. I call it soda, DH calls it pop...I wonder which DS will pick up.

prego760 · January 2010

Okay now what do you suppose they call it on that map where it says other? I'll have a COLA??

katesmom73 · January 2010

MarcnShaun:
My 5th grade teacher was from Wisconsin: she called it a water fountain, we called it a bubbler.

I actually found the opposite to be true. When I moved to Wisconsin and was working, someone asked where the bubbler was. I think I looked at her like she had two heads - wtf is a bubbler? Lol!

MotherBucker · January 2010

I call it soda now.

Growing up everything was Coke.

Wanna Coke?

Yeah

What kind?

Pepsi

mysticporter · January 2010

Put me in the soda camp. If I say Coke, I mean Coca-Cola, dagnabbit.

KatelynRae · January 2010

I'm from MN and call it pop. Now I live in NC and sometimes when I'm ordering food at like McDonalds, I'll say I would also like a pop and they'll have no idea what I mean until I say soda.

MrsBalletStar05 · January 2010

Really? I thought this was the oldest debate ever. I thought everyone knew that in other parts of the US people call it something different.

Mom_E224 · January 2010

I'm a soda girl....Don't know why though because I was born and raised here in OH and everyone here says Pop.

As for the map, I know a friend of mine went somewhere (can't remember where) and they always called any kind of soda "cold drink" lol. If I say coke, I mean an actual coke! lol.

MrsEmm · January 2010

IrishBrideND:
Its common, although I hate it.
?
I grew up calling everything Coke.
?
Here is a map that breaks it down by region.
https://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/popvssodamap.gif
?
?

oh. my. gawd. this is hilarious.

makes me wonder what us californians say that ppl think are funnny ....?

southernblond3 · January 2010

I think if someone were to ask me where the bubbler is I would go get the bubbles out of the cabinet.

It must be a southern thing, because it is Coke to me...regardless of brand/flavor

My nephews call it 'drink' when they want a coke

MrsEmm · January 2010

MrsBalletStar05:
Really?? I thought this was the oldest debate ever.? I thought everyone knew that in other parts of the US people call it something different.?

guess Ive been living in a bubble - had no idea it was so controversial ?

KiwiJ · January 2010

In New Zealand we call it soft drink or fizzy drink. I love all the variations on the English language!

Mrs. Reckling · January 2010

I call it soda but thats b/c when I was younger I would ask my dad for a pop and he would ball up a fist and ask it I wanted a pop. Around here you hear it called both.

Janacash · January 2010

As far as ive recognized...US= Soda....Canada=Pop

sabrina_nb · January 2010

allyandpat2010:
Everything is a coke... what kind of coke you want?? Dr pepper, sprite etc.... lol

Yep! That's how it is here!

kaiteedidit · January 2010

I live in PA and everyone I know calls it Pop.

hillbillysunshine · January 2010

I live in Ohio, and people here say "pop" It drives me absolutely insane! I'm a military brat...it's SODA to me!

I never heard "pop" until I moved to Ohio.(My family are made up of all east coasters)

dvroxy · January 2010

We call everything coke here and we are from FL. My mom says pop; she is from New York.

teelaman · January 2010

IrishBrideND:
Its common, although I hate it.

I grew up calling everything Coke.

Here is a map that breaks it down by region.

https://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/popvssodamap.gif

First, I think it's really weird that anyone would compile that sort of data, and second, I think it's wrong. At least, for my region it is. According to that, 80-100% of people where I live call it "pop". I've lived here my whole life and heard maybe one or two people call it that. I've only ever heard "soda".

Oh, and I have heard the "everything is Coke" thing before. And that's only true as long as it's not Pepsi. Big Smile

IrishBrideND · January 2010

Sadly, a professor complied that map as part of his research.

Random.

here is another map:

CashewsMommy · January 2010

IrishBrideND:

Its common, although I hate it.

I grew up calling everything Coke.

Here is a map that breaks it down by region.

https://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/popvssodamap.gif

Wow. I'm totally shocked that "soda" seems to be the smallest. I wonder what the "other" call it.

CashewsMommy · January 2010

dvroxy:
We call everything coke here and we are from FL. My mom says pop; she is from New York.

She must be near Buffalo, Rochester or Elmira area. I'm in NY and have only heard it called "soda" until I went to college.

jorden&kristin · January 2010

Growing up in Idaho it was always called Pop. Where we live now it's Soda and I'm thankful because I like how that sounds much better! Silly I know!

EKate2010 · January 2010

JhawkCE:
I call it pop. Everyone where I live now calls it coke which irritates me because I drink Pepsi and it gets confusing.

You must have moved to the South. Its all Coke down here. Whether you're drinking Coca-Cola, Sprite, Pepsi or Root Beer, its all called Coke.

cearleyjay · January 2010

im from IL and i grew up calling it pop. then i came down to FL and married my H, he hated the fact that i called it pop. eventually i found myself saying soda and i have never went back. now when i see my family it just cracks me up.

marykaybride · January 2010

In Texas everything is a coke, even if it's Sprite or Dr. Pepper or whatever. Saying pop or soda let's me know that you're not from here - it's like a passport.

VampyAuthor · January 2010

I call it pop. We're stationed in North Dakota and when I say pop, they reply, "you mean soda?" I also made the mistake of asking for sweet tea when we moved up here, I was told, "we have tea you can put sugar in."

edbenbow · January 2010

I'm from Georgia and it's all Coke to me. DH is from MN and he calls it pop. We're military, so I have to adapt some... but at home, it's always coke. And don't even get me started on sweet tea Mrs.Jazz

We were stationed in Alaska for 3 years and I loved every second of it... except for no sweet tea. So sad.

kirkette · January 2010

MotherBucker:
I call it soda now.

Growing up everything was Coke.

Wanna Coke?
Yeah
What kind?

Pepsi

I call everything Coke too. So, the discussion pp suggested is spot on.

I also don't think it's that weird that someone researched and collected data on the topic. I just think about how the range of dissertation topics I've heard. There data for just about everything.

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