What do you call it? Pop? Soda? Soda Pop? Sody Pop?

Contributor: Yoda Yoda
We Canadians call it pop. In restaurants it's called a "soft-drink".
04/14/2011
Contributor: Checkmate Checkmate
Have lived in several Midwestern states, and almost all drank pop.
04/14/2011
Contributor: Kdlips Kdlips
I'm from the Midwest and i call it pop
04/14/2011
Contributor: Solar Ray Solar Ray
Another option should be Fizzy... which is said a lot in some overseas countries.
04/14/2011
Contributor: Midway through Midway through
I'm from Southern-Tennessee, our area is dominated by the Coke bottling company, so many people here call all sodas "cokes".

IE: Would you like a coke?
Sure!
What kind?
Dr. Pepper.

It's weird. I've only really thought about it recently. But I've figured that the bottling company is why.
04/14/2011
Contributor: Sammi Sammi
Pop here, or just Coke.
04/14/2011
Contributor: leela leela
Silly question... if you're in an area where they call everything Coke, how do you go about ordering a real Coke?

"I'd like a Coke."
"What kind?"
"Er...Coca Cola flavored Coke?"

I'm from New England, it's all soda to me.
04/14/2011
Contributor: sexyk515 sexyk515
im from Ohio and i call it pop
04/14/2011
Contributor: BluePixi BluePixi
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Originally posted by Vaccinium
For the first 23 years of my life, I lived in Ohio and only called it "pop." Then I moved to Florida and everyone called it "soda," so I started doing so too. I still call it "soda."



BTW, you missed an ... more
I am from Texas and I had that conversation today

I usually call any kind of soda coke.
04/14/2011
Contributor: Lily Night Lily Night
We're out west and its soda to us
04/15/2011
Contributor: SamsDelight SamsDelight
From North Carolina and only call it Soda. I like in NJ now and a lot of people here call it Pop. I love when people say you have such a sweet accent. Seriously you asked me what I wanted to drink and I said soda. What accent do you get from Soda.
04/15/2011
Contributor: removedacnt removedacnt
I'm from Illinois and we call it pop.
04/15/2011
Contributor: Shellz31 Shellz31
It's fizzy or soft drink over here!
04/15/2011
Contributor: Shellz31 Shellz31
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Originally posted by Rockin'
The Coke conversation is 100% accurate. Coke is also offered as a nonspecific drink choice, as in "Want a Coke?" after which you would specify which kind. *nods*
Interesting.
Over here, Coke has always specifically been called Coke.

I'm curious - where on earth did the word 'pop' come from?
04/15/2011
Contributor: Teaser Teaser
I'm from upstate NY, and we call it POP!

A SODA has sparkling water, some flavoring like chocolate, and a scoop of ice cream.
04/15/2011
Contributor: Teaser Teaser
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Originally posted by Shellz31
Interesting.

Over here, Coke has always specifically been called Coke.



I'm curious - where on earth did the word 'pop' come from?
I think it might have originally been called soda-pop. Some of us dropped the "soda", and some dropped the "pop".
04/15/2011
Contributor: Tori Rebel Tori Rebel
Born and bred Jersey girl and it's soda.
04/15/2011
Contributor: toxie m toxie m
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Originally posted by newlady
I've lived in 3 different provinces in Canada, and I call it pop. (Actually, I usually call it by brand name I think)

I'm in Ontario and it's pop or else the actual brand name for me as well
04/15/2011
Contributor: tickle me pink tickle me pink
I'll switch between "pop" and "soda." I grew up right around Chicago and all my friends called it "pop" so of course I did too. But I'll occasionally call it "soda" too.
04/15/2011
Contributor: SamsDelight SamsDelight
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Originally posted by Shellz31
It's fizzy or soft drink over here!
Oh I like fizzy. Never heard that one. In Germany you ask for a cola which is any dark regular soda they have. Usually coke but I was in Southern Germany.
04/15/2011
Contributor: tim1724 tim1724
southern California

When I was growing up it was often "soda pop" (especially when talking with older people) but now it's usually just "soda" .. and of course in restaurants they're usually just called "soft drinks"

Anyway, there have been many surveys on this topic ... the best known being the Great Pop vs. Soda Controversy
04/15/2011
Contributor: REDRUM REDRUM
I say soda and I'm on the east coast.

One thing that gets on my last nerve though is when people try to correct me.

"No no no it's pop!" I didn't try to correct you when you said pop...
04/15/2011
Contributor: Joie de Cherresse Joie de Cherresse
Well I'm from Louisiana and down here, every type of "soda" is called a "coke", lol. When we ask what type of "coke" that's when you tell us what kind you want, lol.
04/15/2011
Contributor: Hot'n'Bothered Hot'n'Bothered
Soda or pop....it just kinda depends. I only drink dt. coke though...so really I usually just say coke
04/16/2011
Contributor: SomewhatSomewhere SomewhatSomewhere
Pop. It's pop. I'm from the Midwest, but my boyfriend, who if from New York, calls it soda. Sometimes I find myself saying that too, but then I quickly change it. Pop.
04/16/2011
Contributor: Bunnycups Bunnycups
I call soda soda. I only call soda a "sody pop" when I'm being silly.
04/16/2011
Contributor: Karakaten Karakaten
Oklahoma here, and I usually call them "sodas" or "cokes," and on occasion I'll call them "colas."

I used to call them "pops" as a kid, but when I would ask my brother for a "pop" he'd always punch me in the arm. "There's your pop, now what?"
04/16/2011
Contributor: mandiegk mandiegk
I'm from Pennsylvania and I call it soda. When I lived in Ireland they called them minerals. I had no idea what was going on the first time someone asked me if I wanted any minerals.
04/16/2011
Contributor: Gunsmoke Gunsmoke
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Originally posted by mandiegk
I'm from Pennsylvania and I call it soda. When I lived in Ireland they called them minerals. I had no idea what was going on the first time someone asked me if I wanted any minerals.
In Western PA we called it pop
04/18/2011
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
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Originally posted by P'Gell
Different regions of the US, and different parts of the world call it different things. I'm from Chicago, and we call it "POP"! If I'm watching a movie or TV show and someone is supposed to be from Chicago and calls it ... more
Soda Water?? I love saying that...
04/19/2011