Soda, Pop, or Coke What do you drink?

[mike17l]

I thought this was a pretty interesting map.
http://popvssoda.com/countystats/KS-stats.html
From this site: http://popvssoda.com/

I thought it was interesting that "cola" was not an option. Any way, here in Texas, pretty much all soda, cola, pop is refereed to as Coke.

 

[wade]

It hit my area correctly. Most would say pop and a few say soda.

 

[tsst]

I thought this was a pretty interesting map.
http://popvssoda.com/countystats/KS-stats.html
From this site: http://popvssoda.com/

I thought it was interesting that "cola" was not an option. Any way, here in Texas, pretty much all soda, cola, pop is refereed to as Coke.

I remember when I first moved down there, I ordered a Coke and was asked what flavor of coke I wanted. Took a short time to get used to that being a yank and all.

 

[Emily1188]

POP! It's pop... the sound it makes when you open the can! It doesn't go "Cola!" when you open it! :grin01:

 

[vetusvates]

Mike, growing up in central and northern Louisiana, anything carbonated was a coke. The second question at a party might be what kind, sprite, 7-up, pepsi, mountain dew, orange, or what. Or my grandmother might say, do you want a coke or a sprite or what?
Cola, never. Pop, never. Soda, never. Soda pop, or just pop, would get you a weird look and giggles.
I have, on the odd occasion, noticed older people or african americans using soda or pop. But they have their own unique, interesting words for a lot of things. I mean that in the most positive all-accepting way. For example, I have never once heard either of my mother's parents say the word pregnant...it was always "in the family way".

 

[Butch]

Pretty accurate throughout the state of FL, areas with higher populations of transplanted northerners such as palm beach, etc. showed soda, more rural including areas with high concentrations of native Floridians said Coke

 

[Rich in KY]

I do not drink any, but I generally call them "pops". But, most people around here call them "Coke".

 

[ArpeggioAngel]

Growing up in Ohio it was pop, living in Florida now most people I know call it soda.

 

[ceduke]

Soda! I'll never understand how "coke" can be applied to anything other than....coke...

 

[BloodyBaroness]

Hmm, I think soda is the word I use most. However, it seems most of my friends/family say coke, or whatever the exact drink name is. The company I work at is mostly northern transplants and they all use the word pop.

 

[jlindp]

I'm not sure I've ever really paid attention, but I'm sure most people around here say, "coke." I think it works along the same lines as when people refer to tissues as "Kleenex" or inline skates as "roller blades" regardless of brand. -shrug-

I prefer a good cold glass of sweet tea (sun-brewed, if possible). :}

 

[Snakewhisperer]

I say soda, unless I am specifically talking about a Coke.

 

[Nanci]

I drink pop. I grew up in Minnesota and lived there till I was almost 40.

 

[carol]

I say soda, unless I am specifically talking about a Coke.

Same here. Soda, unless it really is Coke.

Years back I was in Ohio for a few weeks and a buddy of mine asked me if I wanted a pop. I thought she was going to hit me. I kept trying to figure out what I did wrong, and she kept repeating herself. I was very confused. Then she finally got it and laughed and said, "oh I'm sorry, do you want a soooooda?" and then acted like calling it a soda was the weirdest thing in the world.

 

[Hallie]

Everyone around here calls it 'pop'...I call it soda. I generally get strange looks or people asking where I grew up (and then they think it is even weirder when I tell them I was born and raised right here).

 

[starsevol]

POP! It's pop... the sound it makes when you open the can! It doesn't go "Cola!" when you open it! :grin01:

But read the can!! On most carbonated beverages there is the word "SODA" indelibly imprinted right on the front of the can!!

It's soda.
Not pop.
Not cola.
Not Coke (unless it really is coke).

Soda....

 

[Outcast]

I used to always say coke, but then once I was ordering from a drive through here in New Mexico and said Coke and they gave me a coke... I was used to the "what kind of coke?" stuff from Louisiana. Now I usually just say what I want instead of calling it coke...My grandparents in Louisiana call them "cold drinks"

 

[Lovin2act]

We just say "soft drink" out here in the wilderness.

 

[snakemom1961]

Always POP. Up north here we would look at someone funny if they ordered a coke and got upset when they actually got a coke. Soda just doesn't sound right(I think of baking soda when I hear soda).

 

[Stormy]

This is something that drives my boyfriend nuts. I am from NY, we call it pop. Even if the stores the labels over the asiles say pop! But now I am in Louisiana and if I ask for a pop I get a weird look. And then the boyfriend keeps bursting out "ITS SODA! SODA SODA SODA!"