Pop or Soda?

[mommytotwo]

Do you call soft drinks like Pepsi and Coke cola or pop?

 

[NC Belle]

I usually say soda--or Coke.

 

[Beauty]

Everything is a Coke here regardless.

If you are in a restaurant here you say "I would like a Dr. Pepper or a Diet Coke." But if you are thirsty and talking to someone it would be,

I need a Coke

regardless of what variety you drink. Also people who drink regular Coke usually ask for a Coke and if the place only serves Pepsi they will say we only serve Pepsi products.

 

[floridaminnie]

Soda here!

 

[accomp]

Pop.

 

[aprilgail2]

Soda here...pop is someones father or grandfather!

 

[TigrLvsPooh]

Pop!

Soda to me would be like "scotch and soda" ... the clear stuff.

 

[pumba]

soda is multiple questions......what kind of soda do you want.......well I would like to have a diet pepsi caffeine free......or my hubby wants a root beer.......and my mother in law likes diet ginger ale.......all are sodas but different types.....

 

[KJo719]

Soda

 

[sammi]

Up here in Canada we call it pop.

 

[tiggersmom2]

We call it Coke here!

 

[cinmell]

Tonic

 

[Lynn CC]

I grew up in South Boston so it will always be Tonic to me

 

[MAGICinMYHEART]

Coke

 

[CBRorBust]

We say, "what kinda coke do you want?"

LOL!

 

[hyzdufan]

I noticed this when I moved to NC and grocery stores were clueless as to which aisle the 'pop' was in.

Crazy people.

 

[shamrock bunch]

Pop!!! When we travel south, we purposely ask what kind of pop they have.

 

[meeko_33785]

They're soft drinks to me (although I do say soda occasionally).

 

[Beanie]

Soda to me now, but when I was little, it was Tonic!

 

[originalrabbit]

Everything in this "neck of the woods" is called Coke. Primarily because Coca Cola has a hold on the market. People just do not drink Pepsi products unless it's "the Dew," which we Baby Boomers find repugnant. Visitors are easily identified as "not being from these parts" when they ask for a "Pop" or "Soda." Once asked for a burbon and coke during a visit to a hospitable new neighbor from Wisconsin. You guessed it - they ruined the burbon with tonic water! They now keep Coke on hand just for us. Gotta love the English language!!!