Soda or Pop

[TonyH]

The ginger ale thread made me think of this. Around my house growing up (outside Kansas City), it was soda. Regionally it seems to vary.

So which is it, soda or pop?

 

[danparker77]

soda around here (South/Central IL) I drink soda, Pop is my dad

 

[Saunterer]

I grew up in NC and the generic term for a soft drink was Coke regardless of what you wanted.

Here in KS, everyone calls them pop.

Here's some demographics for ya -> http://popvssoda.com

 

[TonyH]

I grew up in NC and the generic term for a soft drink was Coke regardless of what you wanted.

Here in KS, everyone calls them pop.

Here's some demographics for ya -> http://popvssoda.com

Whereabouts in Kansas are you? I grew up (30+ years) in Lawrence.

 

[Edcculus]

I grew up in SC its Coke.

 

[Saunterer]

Whereabouts in Kansas are you? I grew up (30+ years) in Lawrence.

Spring Hill (about 8 miles south of Olathe)

I grew up in SC its Coke.

hehe. Yep, exactly. Someone would ask you if you wanted a Coke. You would say yep. And they would say, what kind. You would say Mt. Dew.

 

[TimmyBoston]

Saying "pop" should carry legal consequences.

 

[timmyd]

pop is the sound a soda makes

 

[OkieStubble]

Don't some regions call it "soda pop?"

 

[AlanL]

And baking soda has the chemical name "bicarbonate of pop."

 

[kg0mz]

In Crawford County, Wyandotte County, and now Sedgwick County where I have lived in Kansas it has always been pop. I have heard soda-pop once in a while, but not soda. Maybe soda-pop is said by uproots from elsewhere who cannot stop saying soda, but want to be understood.

 

[Telecaster52]

coke in general, or Co'Coler if you want to be specific.

Generally, in places where "alternative" beverages are served, the drink order goes a little like this:

"i'll have a coke"

"is pepsi ok"

"i'll have Sweet tea/water"

 

[DFrancis]

Generally it was pop for us growing up, Sodapop was Ponyboy's brother.

 

[auk1124]

Someone would ask you if you wanted a Coke. You would say yep. And they would say, what kind. You would say Mt. Dew.

This, exactly word for word, in my neck of the woods also. But I am a flatlander and my wife is a mountain woman, and up there they call it "pop".

Now she has me saying it.

 

[TonyH]

In Crawford County, Wyandotte County, and now Sedgwick County where I have lived in Kansas it has always been pop. I have heard soda-pop once in a while, but not soda. Maybe soda-pop is said by uproots from elsewhere who cannot stop saying soda, but want to be understood.

Perhaps it's the college transplants in Douglas County that make it soda in Lawrence?

 

[13th Duke of Wymbourne]

coke in general, or Co'Coler if you want to be specific.

Generally, in places where "alternative" beverages are served, the drink order goes a little like this:

"i'll have a coke"

"is pepsi ok"

"i'll have Sweet tea/water"

I don't want to hijack the thread but give me Pepsi over Coke any day.

 

[Rossmeister]

As an outlander.. I say "soda" whenever I speak English. Whenever I need to say "soda," mind you.

 

[mdevine]

In NE Ohio, it is definitely pop.

 

[greenerock]

I grew up in Iowa calling it pop. Now, in Texas it's either soda or coke. Coke is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. It's like calling all beer coors or another brand.
Could I get a coors? What kind do you want? Miller Lite.

 

[danparker77]

I grew up in Iowa calling it pop. Now, in Texas it's either soda or coke. Coke is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. It's like calling all beer coors or another brand.
Could I get a coors? What kind do you want? Miller Lite.

Coke has turned into an eponym, like kleenex, and band-aid.....

http://www.searstower.org/rkrause/brands.html