Pop vs. Soda

[texas1928]

You can put in your generic name for coke.

http://www.popvssoda.com

[Jack_Dawson]

1. Coke

Signed,

Californian

[Droopy]

15. When I ask for Coke in Ohio and they don't carry Coke products

They ask me if Pepsi will be okay.

[Maddy McCall]

2. Coke...no matter which form of fizzy, flavored water it is. (Mississippi)

It's a coke.

[Jack_Dawson]

4. Damn...even people from MS are on board

:toast:

[MercutioATC]

17. So how do you distinguish between 'coke" and "Coke"?

"coke" is a shortened form of a brand name of cola.

"soda" is a specific beverage...soda water (as in "scotch and soda").

"pop" is a generic word meaning (at least here in Ohio) "soft drink".

How do "coke" and "soda" people avoid getting confused about what they're really talking about?

[texas1928]

21. You say you want a coke

and they ask what kind.

[MercutioATC]

24. O.K....

Here, we specify the brand or type of beverage we want (Coke, cola, 7-Up, root beer, etc.) We never ask for a "pop".

[bratcatinok]

3. Coke

whether it's Sprite, Dr. Pepper or whatever...it's all coke to me.

Native Texan

[Radical Activist]

5. Soda!

what is wrong with you people?!?!

[JohnKleeb]

6. soda

[Droopy]

7. Pop

I'm from Ohio.

[MrScorpio]

8. It's "POP" people

Buy a clue

http://www.popvssoda.com/stats/MI.html

[HEyHEY]

9. Pop

[deadparrot]

10. Soda

[Sporadicus]

11. Soda

I raised eyebrows when I lived in northern Indiana and mentioned 'soda.' The natives called it 'pop' without exception.

[HawkerHurricane]

12. coke or soda

But with relatives in South Alabama, I know what is meant when someone asks if I want a pop.

[LiberalTechie1337]

13. pop

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[texas1928]

14. IT IS COKE

Come on get on board you will feel better.

[name not needed]

16. coke

Clarance Thomas will tell you the same.

[murielm99]

18. Go to Southern Illinois,

where it is all sody.

[Radical Activist]

23. I went to SIUC

sometimes people said Soda. I got sick of my Chicago friends always saying pop, pronounced paap.

[Bjornsdotter]

50. Funny, I'm from Chicago and I say...

...coke or pop...not pronounced "paap"...but päp. Although some people from certain areas from Chicago open all their vowels....you know who you are...lol.

Cheers,
Kim :toast:

[yvr girl]

19. Pop

Vancouver, BC

Coke is a brand name of a company based in Atlanta. Soda sounds like something from a corny 50's TV show to me.

Anyone here remember 'Pop Shoppe' pop?

[GOPFighter]

20. It was Pop until 1973...

...when I moved from Indiana to Maryland. Then it became soda.

[MichaelHarris]

22. having moved

from Texas to Washington I freaked right out the first time I heard the word Pop. We called everything coke

[Reverend_Smitty]

25. Whats wrong with you people???

It's soda dammit!! :P

[mitchtv]

58. red states Pop- Midwest(fly over)

Blue states soda

[ordinaryaveragegirl]

26. Soda

[SmileyBoy]

27. Pop.

Screw you, soda-sayers!!!!

North Dakotans call it POP!!!!

[TlalocW]

28. Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop

But what I really want is a Shasta. Remember that jingle?

TlalocW

[FATNED]

29. What might some "others" be?

The purple specks showing "other" have me baffled. I'm still trying to figure out how coke became generic in some places but what might "other" be?

BTW, grew up in Nebraska where it was Pop. Now in Los Angeles where soda is the rule so I've switched. Now when I visit Lincoln and call it soda, they sneer and mock as though I've lost my way in the big city and am now an iniquitous left-coaster.

[mrboba1]

46. Soft drink.

That's what I hear here...

There's no way NC (the birthplace of Pepsi) would call it 'coke'...

[Guy Fawkes]

30. Coke

Just. Coke.

[SmileyBoy]

31. Weird North Dakota statistics

2 people in ND said "fart water"???

North Dakota statistics:

Total responses: 547 (0.35% of all responses, 0.37% of all U.S. responses)
pop: 434 (79.34% of all North Dakota responses, 0.70% of all pop responses)
soda: 98 (17.92% of all North Dakota responses, 0.17% of all soda responses)
coke: 8 (1.46% of all North Dakota responses, 0.03% of all coke responses)
other: 7 (1.28% of all North Dakota responses, 0.09% of all other responses)

"other" reponses:

2 Fart Water
1 drink
1 pop under age 5 soda after age 5
1 Morgan Coke
1 I grew up in the midwest saying pop, but moved to the east coast and quickly learned saying "pop" would get you many stares. I switched to saying soda. I have moved back to the midwest and even thogh saying soda get funny looks here, I can not go back to pop. I just sounds strange. Once you go soda, you never go back

[JohnKleeb]

34. fart water? I always knew North Dakotans were fucked up

[Qanisqineq]

56. you think that's fucked up?

you should read what people from some of the other states said... I think all 50 states are a little fucked up!

[Tom Kitten]

32. It's Tonic, man!

you ask for a glass of Tonic! All Bostonians (the cradle of liberty) know this! soda is some kind of lye ...Pop is your Dad! Coke is something you snort! Get with it people it's TONIC!!! and Moxie is the best Tonic!

[SmileyBoy]

33. You'aa freakin' ret-aaaaahded.

:)

[Tom Kitten]

40. Why yes! You might be right!

Ever since I moved out west and learned tonic was something you used for your hair I've been considered rather stupid by the locals...Turned off a potential girlfriend when i dipped my comb in Coca Cola, substituting 7-Up made no difference..."What about Dr. Pepper!" I shouted as she left but indeed she was gone forever...Sometimes I just don't understand people...

[Throckmorton]

48. Marry me count Floyd

and I'll make you baked beans and canned brown bread for dinner next Tuesday.

Tonic, from New England, for real Americans, and not those no account losers that had to migrate west to other places, like Ohio, where the competition wasn't as tough.

By the Jesus, to hell with all you guys and your damn letter "R"'s.

[Tom Kitten]

62. You mean BM baked beans with the piece of salt pork and

the classic BM brown bread in a can and I'm there baby! Of course the main item has to be franks!

I'd consider marrying you Throckmorton but I did move out west (wasn't my fault my parents had custody over me being a child and them being my parents and all..) and knowing a little about OTR I can't help but picture the Great Gildersleeve in my mind! :)

[LoZoccolo]

35. Funny hidden thing about that site.

Go here:

http://www.popvssoda.com/stats/ALL.html

And then click on one of the states to see what people said when they chose "other". There's some funny junk up in there!

[Swamp Rat]

36. In New Orleans it's "col' drink."

In Louisiana (in general) it's "coke."

[ronzo]

37. Yeah, you right.

Cold drink? What flava?

[Swamp Rat]

42. Who dat say who dat?

Bawks, of course!

If I'm gonna drink a beer I'll pass by Cooter's and have an Abita Ambah.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

38. SODA

:D

[flamingyouth]

39. POP!

Soda is carbonated water, people! :D

[JohnKleeb]

43. and pop is your father

I am so not drinking my dad.

[LSU_Subversive]

41. Soda! But if you ask the people down here they will say Coke.

[texas1928]

44. Kick

:kick:

[ceile]

45. coke

[mrboba1]

47. Other:

Soft drink.

'cause that's what it is.

See post #46 above as well...

[Scooter24]

49. Soda water...

lol..kidding :D

I always say Pepsi :D

[texas1928]

51. Bleech

Pepsi, to sweet.

[MissMillie]

52. It's soda

Pop is music, popsicles, and lollipops.

[Dan-W]

53. I live in NH now, so it's "soda"... but

in the 50's & 60's, when I was a kid in Nahth Andahvah, MA... "Tonic" was the word.

Edit: For proper pronunciation of North Andover, Massachusetts.

[JVS]

54. POP

[1gobluedem]

55. It's pop in Michigan

A soda is something with ice cream in it.

[slutticus]

57. Coke.

It doesn't matter if it's really a sprite. It's a coke.

[Ithuilwen]

59. A resounding "SODA!!!" from Maine. nt

[Jack_Dawson]

60. "Soda"??? OK Gramps...

:eyes:

And from a state with such great lobster...disappointing.

[St. Jarvitude]

61. So....dah?

Why use two syllables when you can use one? Beats me. :shrug:

Pop! :beer: