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Laffy Kat

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23. I'm from the south and it's all coke (little "c").

Wed May 31, 2017, 10:52 PM

May 2017

When you tell the waitress or waiter Down South that you'd like a coke, they'll ask what kind. Then you order a Dr. Pepper, 7-Up, etc. At least that's how it was when I was growing up. It was either "coke" or Tab, but Tab was literally Tab. Grandparents always ordered Tab, I don't know why, maybe because it was sugar free?

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Is it soda or pop? [View all] Tiggeroshii May 2017 OP

I voted for pop... LisaM May 2017 #1

RC COLA!!! underpants May 2017 #2

Yep, coke. nt Laffy Kat May 2017 #24

Co-coler. House of Roberts Jun 2017 #32

As a Canadian, True Dough May 2017 #3

I remember a driving vacation through Canada Staph May 2017 #13

Ha ha! True Dough May 2017 #14

I recall seeing a can of "Raisin Crush" soda alongside the road left-of-center2012 Jun 2017 #41

Coincidentally True Dough Jun 2017 #42

My question is where are the people who call it soda-pop from? Tiggeroshii May 2017 #4

Not just New Mexico TomSlick May 2017 #15

Haha so maybe a southern thing? Tiggeroshii May 2017 #18

Perhaps TomSlick May 2017 #19

I live in New Mexico left-of-center2012 Jun 2017 #44

where are the people who call it soda-pop from? left-of-center2012 Jun 2017 #45

Huh. Doesn't seem like you can narrow it down by region. Tiggeroshii Jun 2017 #46

Texas northoftheborder Jun 2017 #53

I used to see commercials calling it soda-pop in 60s LeftInTX Jun 2017 #58

"nectar of the gods" unblock May 2017 #5

actually a lot of people call them "colas" unblock May 2017 #6

Soft drink Polly Hennessey May 2017 #7

pop - western Nebraska nt frogmarch May 2017 #8

Pop. SamKnause May 2017 #9

A regional thing? bobbieinok May 2017 #10

More similar questions bobbieinok May 2017 #12

Old folks at home TomSlick May 2017 #16

My gramps was the only person I ever had admonish me to 'wash my teeth before bed' ... mr_lebowski Jun 2017 #52

My mother in law "drinks" her medicine and also calls insecticide, "medicine" LeftInTX Jun 2017 #59

1961--OK/TX vs Boston bobbieinok May 2017 #11

Soda. Grew up in New Jersey. nt hay rick May 2017 #17

Both Hassin Bin Sober May 2017 #20

Growing up in the Boston area, it was always "tonic". Fla Dem May 2017 #21

Yup ..tonic. amuse bouche Jun 2017 #28

Hey, that's "bublah." Warpy Jun 2017 #30

Yes, calling it"tonic" was popular in MA when i was a kid.. CentralMass Jun 2017 #34

Oh yeah, I forgot about Moxie! Nasty stuff yellowdogintexas Jun 2017 #49

+1 CentralMass Jun 2017 #57

'Tonic" is what I learned bobbieinok Jun 2017 #35

New Englander here also-- these other words have very different meanings. yewberry Jun 2017 #43

Pop Leith May 2017 #22

I'm from the south and it's all coke (little "c"). Laffy Kat May 2017 #23

So if you want a large C... 3catwoman3 Jun 2017 #25

Coka-cola Sophiegirl Jun 2017 #31

Dialect maps are fun Salviati Jun 2017 #26

Soda water demosincebirth Jun 2017 #27

My FIL used to say that...are you from Texas? LeftInTX Jun 2017 #60

Oakland, Ca., born and raised demosincebirth Jun 2017 #62

It's mostly "pop" out west, but "soda" is understood Warpy Jun 2017 #29

yep Boston has some weird names for stuff.... yellowdogintexas Jun 2017 #48

Diet Mountain Dew to keep your engine reeving. democratisphere Jun 2017 #33

Both my parents were Canadian ailsagirl Jun 2017 #36

It's soda here sakabatou Jun 2017 #37

PEPSI! You Didn't Include PEPSI! Doug the Dem Jun 2017 #38

When I wore bell bottoms we called it 'Bottle a Bud' Special Prosciuto Jun 2017 #39

Getranke Solly Mack Jun 2017 #40

Coke, dammit! yellowdogintexas Jun 2017 #47

Liquid candy Major Nikon Jun 2017 #50

i call it pop. im from the pacific northwest and my parents are from the south... samnsara Jun 2017 #51

Pop. (MI) JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2017 #54

Cola! csziggy Jun 2017 #55

In Texas it was a 'coke'. The generic name for a drink California_Republic Jun 2017 #56

Coke. CottonBear Jun 2017 #61

My folks from Pittsburgh called it pop. My sister and I (growing up in Virginia) called it coke. FSogol Jun 2017 #63