Ellie Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 When I was growing up in the South, everything was a Coke. "Y'all want a coke?" "Sure." "What kind?" "Oh, a Dr Pepper." I never heard anyone call it "soda" until I was almost 20yo. To me, it's either the specific brand name or it's a soft drink. So, what do *you* call it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXMomof4 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 It's a coke (little c). Now, I drink Diet Coke. My kids get Sprite. We all go get cokes during happy hour at Sonic though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Soda. Coke is a brand name. Not to be confused with Pepsi because the folks who drink soda seem to be passionate about their brand of choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Marple Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Like Ellie, we in the South called it Coke. But when I moved to Iowa no one knew what I meant. I learned to call it "pop". It's been pop ever since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivetails Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 It's pop! :D "coke" is a KIND of pop... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k2bdeutmeyer Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Like Ellie, we in the South called it Coke. But when I moved to Iowa no one knew what I meant. I learned to call it "pop". It's been pop ever since. Another Iowan.....so "pop" :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda in VT Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I use "soda" and "pop" and "soda pop" interchangeably. It confuses my East-coast-raised kids, but I can't remember what they call it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngieW in Texas Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I'm from Texas. When I was a kid, all fizzy drinks were Coke. When I worked at the theater, we would ask all the patrons what kind of Coke they'd like. The whole time I was in school, they were all called Cokes. Some time later, everybody seemed to switch over to calling them sodas. I don't think I've heard them all called Cokes in at least 20 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 It's soda. I tried calling it pop when I moved here, since that's the norm in this part of the state. It just sounded forced, so I gave up. I suppose it lets everyone know I'm not a local. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krista in LA Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Originally from Iowa, so we called it pop. Moved to PA and still called it pop just to be different. Went back to Iowa for college and started calling it soda just to be different. Live in the south now and still call it soda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I grew up calling them "coke" (in TN), but that drove my dh nuts (he's from WI), so I learned to call them soda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise1mds Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Oklahoma is weird. If you're in the part of the state I'm at, it's pop. If you go down south, more toward Texas, it's coke. DH had no idea what 'pop' was when he moved here. To him, 'pop' was his late grandfather. He would say soda or drink. He's learned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I say Coke, I mean Coke (the brand), but I am sure that is just me being annoying. I met tons of people at college who called it POP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormy weather Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I don't know why both, but there it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Growing up in S. California, my Kansas-bred parents always called it pop, so we did too. Now that I have lived half my life (!!!) in Illinois, it is soda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutor Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Originally from Iowa, so we called it pop. Moved to PA and still called it pop just to be different. Went back to Iowa for college and started calling it soda just to be different. Live in the south now and still call it soda. So you're a beverage rebel. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam L in Mid Tenn Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I was a teen before I realized that "coke" was a brand name only, LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquirrellyMama Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Another Iowan.....so "pop" :) I'm also from Iowa but I call it soda. Even though I've lived here for over 20 years I still call it soda from my 11 years in Southern Illinois. Kelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 In Connecticut, it's called soda. In Ohio, it's pop. Here in VA, it's soda. I call it soda. Now, in England, I know better than to call it soda--it's lemonade (for Sprite!) lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katrina J Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I have an 'other' for you. I say soft drink now but when I was growing up we called them 'cool drinks' and my parents still do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieM Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 (edited) When I was growing up in the South, everything was a Coke. "Y'all want a coke?" "Sure." "What kind?" "Oh, a Dr Pepper." I never heard anyone call it "soda" until I was almost 20yo. To me, it's either the specific brand name or it's a soft drink. So, what do *you* call it? Ellie, you crack me up. Your explanation is what I would have said, almost to the same exact words! I am now a "specific brand namer," too. Or sometimes just "cold drinks." Edited May 7, 2010 by AuntieM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andie Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Coke. Soda, if I'm among strange folk that don't understand "Coke". ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohdanigirl Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 We ostly call it soda, but my grandparents were from the South, so I knew what a pop was. Now it's Soda or refresco here in Mexico. Soda for those of us who have been to the U.S. or lived near the border and refresco for those from the south. When my SIL and BIL come for visits I have to remember to call it refresco, if you say soda they look at you like :001_huh: Danielle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Rain Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Coke. Soda, if I'm among strange folk that don't understand "Coke". ;) :lol: I call it soda, but lots of my family calls it pop. My inlaws call it Coke, but they only have the brand name Coke. Maybe they'd call other flavors something different? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted May 7, 2010 Author Share Posted May 7, 2010 Ellie, you crack me up. Your explanation is what I would have said, almost to the same exact words! I am now a "specific brand namer," too. Or sometimes just "cold drinks." GMTA. :D I think I was about 10yo when I figured out that a Pepsi or a Brownie (anyone remember those???) or a Dr Pepper was certainly not a Coke. In my old age, I'm even fussier about what things are called. It's the little things in life that give me pleasure, lol.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara in Colo Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I grew up in BOTH Colo and Texas, went to college in Calif. I call it all three. I also have children and keep the pop in the garage fridge, so I say go get momma a coke, its a red can with a white stripe and a big "C" on the outside.:D Lara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Virginia Dawn Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I call it soda, but my grandparents in New Hampshire always called it tonic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I personally call it "soda", but the proper Boston word is supposed to be "tonic". My parents aren't from here, though, and we never drank soda, so that's probably why. I do call a drinking fountain a "bubbler", though. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicole M Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I call those drinks disgusting. I can't put anything carbonated in my mouth. Oh, wait. I take that back. I found if I watered down a Mike's (two parts water, one part Mike's), I can tolerate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendi Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Yesterday I was chatting with a new friend at our co-op. She's the study hall monitor, and they have snacks and cokes, etc. for purchase. Her daughter came in at lunchtime, and she asked her daughter, "Do you want a soda pop?" I said, "Soda pop? Where are you from?" She thought it might be an age thing (she's 51, I'm 43). But I think it's regional. I grew up in Florida, and call all soft drinks "cokes". My New England-born grandparents called them, I think, soda, or even tonic. Definitely not "cokes". Wendi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooh bear Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I picked other. My family always call it Fizzy Pop. I think that it is a regional UK thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyCrazyMama Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I say "soda", though being born and raised in Washington State I should say "pop". If someone offered me a coke then asked my what kind I would assume they meant diet or regular.:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeFe Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I grew up down south where everything was "coke". I began calling it soda somehow. As of 2 years ago I moved to an area where they call it "pop". I'll stick to soda! ;) OT - but I'm a Coke girl ALL THE WAY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Growing up (down here in FL), everyone called it coke, no matter what the brand. All Pepsi, Sprite, Coke, Root Beer was called coke. Now I call it soda though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in FL Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Growing up in Central NY it was Soda. When I moved to MI nobody knew what I was talking about so I started calling it Pop. Down here in FL you hear both and I sometimes call it Soda and sometimes Pop. If I'm asking for it out I just ask for a Diet. Melissa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Is bubbler Bostonian? I say soda but I wouldn't notice if someone called it tonic. Pop sounds funny GRIN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3peasinapod Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Pop, and it sounds weird to me any other way, except now that I live in the South I've learned to accept Coke as any fizzy drink. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I voted other. Growing up in Oklahoma everything was a "coke." When I lived in Germany I picked up the habit of calling them "colas." Now, I use "soda" a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn. Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Native Texan here. When I was little we called them soda. Soda water to be specific. But then I went to visit my uncle in Dallas. He said to be careful, because if I asked for soda water, I would get something very different. Have called them all cokes ever since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 If I am asking specifically for a cola drink, I ask for a 'cola' ie Coke, Pepsi. If I am asking for a list of everything a restaurant serves, I will say 'soda'. I don't like the word 'pop' for some reason. I have lived in 6 states from Texas to Washington so I have noticed the regional differences but don't really give in to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Closeacademy Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I mainly say soda but have been known the say pop. My mil says coke.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I'm from Texas. When I was a kid, all fizzy drinks were Coke. When I worked at the theater, we would ask all the patrons what kind of Coke they'd like. The whole time I was in school, they were all called Cokes. Some time later, everybody seemed to switch over to calling them sodas. I don't think I've heard them all called Cokes in at least 20 years. :iagree:I couldn't vote, bc both terms are/were valid here. Except...I know we were still saying "coke" 10yrs ago. Hmmm...maybe it *has* been a little longer than that. :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyWImom Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I'm from Illinois, and they must say pop there, because everyone here (Wisconsin) says soda. I just can't! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SusanAR Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Soda is for baking Pops is our grandchildren's term of endearment for my husband "Soft drink" or "coke" (lower case c) is a drink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I have only heard people here in Australia call them SOFT DRINKS. My kids call it fizzy, they very rarely get any. in fact, my husband bought some organic Cider Vinegar form the health food shop. the shop put it into an recycled Coke bottle, my ds found it in the pantry, and poured himself a glass, he had never tasted coke before and thought it was coke! he said it tasted great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sputterduck Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 It's pop! :D "coke" is a KIND of pop... No, no. Pop is a nickname for a dad. It's soda! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelly in the Country Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 (edited) Forgive me if this has already been linked but I don't have time to read the whole thread at the moment. Pop vs. Soda map of the US I'm originally from Central PA and I say "soda". My dh is from Southern IL and he says "soda". This makes for marital harmony. Edited May 7, 2010 by Shelly in the Country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeannie in NJ Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 here in NJ we call them soda. Now here at the "Jersey shore" we have subs, not hoagies or grinders. Maybe I should start another poll lol re: what do you call those LONG sandwiches? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 We've called it pop as long as I remember. Dh's relatives in PA call it soda :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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