The great pop vs soda debate

[Dzhessika]

Okay so I tried to find a thread on this to see if it existed but I was curious what do you call soft drinks in your area?

 

[Dzhessika]

AS for me its pop all the way it's not just a noise

 

[Touma]

Definitely soda. Soda is a liquid to drink. Pop is a noise. =)

Around here, we also tend to call it sodie, and some people just say "coke"

 

[MehGuy]

Pop, though I usually refer to cheap pop as Soda. Maybe cause that's what is on the title on many of them lol.

 

[ks777]

I usually call it whatever it's labelled Coke, pespi, lemonade, whatever

Either that or a can of coloured sugar.

 

[Obzocky]

Generically it is all labelled pop.
That is the only correct way of addressing it as soda = soda water. Whilst carbonated it is quite different and slightly disappointing if you were expecting the standard pop.
Also coke ... that'll get you some sort of brown, sugary, fizzy thing. Or offers of another kind.

 

[Scottish Knight]

I just call it fizzy juice or whatever is on the label

 

[Singermom]

I call it "soda". When I was a child I remember everyone refering to all sodas as "coke". I hardly ever drink it now, and my daughters can't stand it (they call it "fizzy") so it's really a moot point.

 

[Amber.ly]

Pop

In the South, for some insane reason, all pop is called "coke". So when I first moved from Michigan to Louisiana I had a fascinating conversation that went like this:

Southern person "Do you want something to drink? We have a vending machine"

Me "That would be awesome. I'd like a coke"

Southern person "Ok, what kind?"

Me "Ummm, just a regular coke"

Souther person "ok but what kind of coke?

Me "Just a plain coke, not diet or anything"

Southern person "BUT WHAT KIND OF COKE DO YOU WANT!!!!!"

Me "ARGGGHHHHH!!!!"

 

[benf]

Soda


Soda pop if I'm being obnoxious.


side note: Pepsi throwback is the only soda I've had in a long time that wasn't awful.

 

[TheOliveSeed]

Usually, I just say the name on the label. If it's coke, coke. If it's pepsi, pepsi. But if I'm speaking in general terms, then I say "pop."

 

[Apollo Celestio]

Pop.

 

[BigMat]

I voted other because I call it a number of things:

pop
soda pop
sody dody

occasionally use my grandpa's terminology -- bellywash

 

[Miles]

Soda is another word for soft drink where I grew up, and a pop is a frozen treat.

 

[crishmael]

Soda, or whatever's on the label.

 

[Dark_Lite]

http://popvssoda.com:2998/countystats/total-county.html is a good map for distribution of the terms in the United States.

 

[Keri]

Oooh. I did one of these a few years ago. I giggled when people said they called it fizz or fizzy juice.

I call it coke.

 

[Gym]

To whoever says 'coke' you were the source of general befuddlement to me when speaking to persons from the S. USA for quite some time

 

[Andrew12]

I've always just called it soda-pop. I even found a small diner that still has a couple of soda jerks! (They are quite polite, they are called Jerks b/c they "jerk" the handle on the soda fountain after adding syrup!)

 

[Keri]

To whoever says 'coke' you were the source of general befuddlement to me when speaking to persons from the S. USA for quite some time

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