Soda or Pop? ( Inspired by Belle 2003's Ketchup Poll)

[faithinkarma]

Since moving to NY I have learned to cal it soda. When I lived in Quebec I called it a soft drink. My adult children, who live in Ontario, call it pop.

 

[DSNY FN]

Yep here in Ontario Canada it is POP and nothing else unless you call the drink by name ie: Dr Pepper or Pepsi etc but it is all called POP.

 

[CBRorBust]

Listen to me very carefully people!

It is called COKE!

 

[zurgswife]

soda in PA

 

[momof3disneyholics]

soda here

 

[dani blaski]

I am from South Louisiana, Big Easy area specifically, and we say soft drink. Some say cold drink or COKE, no matter if it is diet, dr. pepper, mr. pibb, whatever. Now I live in Chicago, and here it is pop. It sounds so foreign & I REFUSE to call it that!

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Originally posted by KrnB

I'm a Midwesterner, so it's "pop."

Hello mid westerner here (MO), and it is SODA! I have found the dividing line is is (VERY) Northern MO.

 

[HollyJoy]

Grew up here in Maryland drinking SODA.

 

[DWSCLS]

Grew up in NJ where we just called it soda. Now living in GA where they call it all "coke".

 

[julybride]

We say soda

But my granparents always said tonic ( I wonder if it's a New England thing)

 

[julie_yet]

Originally posted by MacGyverTDS
For us it's tonic, so I must have grown up somewhere near julie-yet's grandmother.

My grandmother's from Mass.

 

[Mr.BsMom]

I grew up in Illinois and always said "pop"...
Then I moved to Texas and had to learn to call everything Coke so people wouldn't look at me like I was from another planet!

 

[KathyTX]

It's coke. It's ALL coke.

Whether it's Sprite, root beer, Dr. Pepper- it's all coke.

Like Kelly said, I guess it's a Texas thing.

 

[crazelion]

Coke I work in food service. Come in order a drink and not say coke. I know is not from the south.

 

[Nutsy]

We call them Soft Drinks here in the land of OZ

 

[WalkOnTheWind]

Waaallll, if'n y'all happen to be old timers of the Southern Appalachian persuasion, you'd call it "dope". I had a dear friend who just recently passed away and he teetotally freaked out another friend of mine who had come in to visit from California when he asked him if he wanted a dope. I think this came from the old Coke recipe which supposedly had a small amount of narcotic substance in it.
So - how many of you call it dope?????????

 

[zen1]

I call it POP! There has been a couple of times when I have gone out to eat in FL and some other states, where they look at me like I am ! LOL Then they go, oh you are from MN and I look at them like how did you know that! They go because of your accent and I am like what accent! LOL And everyone always tells me that they love my sweet little MN accent too!

 

[PenskeSth1]

Grew up in North western Pa. We called it POP, all my relatives up there still call it POP.
Now I live in FL and have grown to callin it SODA.

 

[Bear Necessities]

Iowa checking in here and its POP

Soda is that nasty tasking junk for mixed drinks or for when you have stomach flu YUK!!! (no not 7-up)

 

[TinkBoo&ElliesMum]

Originally posted by Bear Necessities
Iowa checking in here and its POP

Soda is that nasty tasking junk for mixed drinks or for when you have stomach flu YUK!!! (no not 7-up)

soda and tonic are those no flavor nasty things my Mom drinks

It's pop here in Washington too! DH just calls it a drink