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Contributor: P'Gell P'Gell
Quote:
Originally posted by hjtee
I'm from Labrador (Canada), a lot of people in my region call it pop, but I personally call it soda.



Pop just seems lazy to me. It drives me nuts when people call it that.
Most of the Midwest and a good portion of Canada North of the Midwest would drive you crazy then.

Why is it "lazy?" It's a regional word. Like "Coke" or "INsurance" "Drapes Vs Curtains" pecan, route or anything else that varies from one part of the country to an other.
06/20/2012
Contributor: Allstars316 Allstars316
I'm in the East coast and we call it either soda or coke.
06/20/2012
Contributor: Beck Beck
I call it pop.
06/20/2012
Contributor: RomanticGoth RomanticGoth
I'm from Northern California and always called it soda or by the brand name. The prefered drink of choice was always coffee though. Everyone was always saying, "Damn, I need a cup of coffee!"
06/20/2012
Contributor: SecretKinksters SecretKinksters
I grew up calling it 'pop'...now I say 'soda'
06/20/2012
Contributor: BG529 BG529
i grew up in NJ and we call it Soda. I now live in SC and they all everything by name IE Coke, Mountain Dew, ECT
06/20/2012
Contributor: PropertyOfPotter PropertyOfPotter
I'm from the North East and everyone up here calls it Soda.
06/20/2012
Contributor: marrythenight marrythenight
Quote:
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
I'm from colorado, but I lived in pittsburgh for a few years, and I think I picked up 'pop' from there. Sometimes I say 'soda' too? But most of the time I just say the drink name, honestly.

In pittsburgh they say "book bags" instead of "backpacks" and that always drove me nuts.
06/20/2012
Contributor: Lover of Leather Lover of Leather
I'm from Milwaukee, WI and we call it soda. When I moved to the "sticks" of west-central Illinois and heard a 6'3", 230lb friend of mine, who is all redneck and mountain man combined refer to it as sody pop, I nearly spit my soda all over him. And yes, there were banjos playing in the back ground, Ha!!
06/20/2012
Contributor: Badass Badass
I call it soda or pop depending on the day..
06/20/2012
Contributor: L&P3040 L&P3040
I call it soda but I think most people say coke now.
06/20/2012
Contributor: dirtythoughts:) dirtythoughts:)
I say both and am from PA. Always said pop until my mother moved down to Delaware where apparently most people say soda. Now I catch myself saying soda alot even though I swore I never would
06/20/2012
Contributor: MistressDandelion MistressDandelion
When I speak english I'll probably say soft drink or soda, with a big preference for soft drink. Because soda makes me think of soda pop, which is the worst name you can give a child (The outsiders traumatized me, thanks).

But in french, in the part of the world where I am, we call soft drinks "Liqueurs", which basically means "liquors"... Which can lead to some misunderstanding sometimes. I remember, as a kid, I once bought a chocolate box that stated "fruit liquor filled chocolates".... No, that did not taste like strawberry or cherry soda. At all. Oh the horror. If I would have expected this, it would have been least worse I think. (And yes, I could buy those as a kid because the liquid was only liquor flavored, there was no alcohol amount)
06/20/2012
Contributor: Deeder Deeder
Quote:
Originally posted by bluekaren
I'm in Florida and it is SODA. We can always tell someone from the northeast when they ask for pop, lol!
THIS.
06/20/2012
Contributor: cryinglightning86 cryinglightning86
I'm from Georgia originally, and I call it soda, though I've heard plenty of people call all soft drinks Coke. My boyfriend's from the UK, and he calls it "fizzy drink."
06/21/2012
Contributor: AshMegYo AshMegYo
We in South GA call everything coke. LOL
06/21/2012
Contributor: Sundae Sparkles Sundae Sparkles
Quote:
Originally posted by unfulfilled
I live in Arkansas and it's none of the above.

We call them Coke.
Lol dont come to NY asking for coke you might cocaine...
06/21/2012
Contributor: P'Gell P'Gell
Quote:
Originally posted by Lover of Leather
I'm from Milwaukee, WI and we call it soda. When I moved to the "sticks" of west-central Illinois and heard a 6'3", 230lb friend of mine, who is all redneck and mountain man combined refer to it as sody pop, I nearly spit my ... more
Hell, yeah. Just as I imagined.
06/21/2012
Contributor: P'Gell P'Gell
Quote:
Originally posted by MistressDandelion
When I speak english I'll probably say soft drink or soda, with a big preference for soft drink. Because soda makes me think of soda pop, which is the worst name you can give a child (The outsiders traumatized me, thanks).

But in french, ... more
That's right, Pony Boy's middle brother was named Soda Pop. (The Outsiders.) That was one of my favorite books as a teenager.
06/21/2012
Contributor: Stinkytofu10 Stinkytofu10
Quote:
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
I call it soda.
06/21/2012
Contributor: KrissyNovacaine KrissyNovacaine
I'm from CA and it is Soda. period. no arguments.
06/21/2012
Contributor: Woman China Woman China
I am from Canada, some of my family calls it soda some call it pop some call it soda pop and I call coke coke, pepsi pepsi, sprite sprite never pop or soda.

Personally I just prefer bubbley water.
06/21/2012
Contributor: haley730 haley730
I'm from Alabama and we call it soda.
06/21/2012
Contributor: averageguyextrodinarypleasure averageguyextrodinarypleasure
use to call it pop back in the good ol days of yor, now its soda
06/21/2012
Contributor: Claire-Bear Claire-Bear
Soda! Whee.
06/21/2012
Contributor: quackbuster quackbuster
Coke! (from Georgia)
06/21/2012
Contributor: authorzero authorzero
I live in the Northwest. When I was a kid I called it pop. Now that I'm an adult I call it soda. I have no idea why I switched.
06/21/2012
Contributor: sexxxkitten sexxxkitten
I call it pop.
06/21/2012
Contributor: A.noel A.noel
I'm in Tennessee and I call it coke.
Everything around here is coke.
And yes we love our tea sweet, I went to Houston once with some friends and we were all shocked when they didn't have sweet tea.
06/21/2012
Contributor: SimpleTeaser SimpleTeaser
Soda and soda pop
06/22/2012