S/O: What do you call those cold fizzy drinks?

[Ellie]

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?

[TXMomof4]

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.

[Crissy]

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.

[Miss Marple]

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.

[fivetails]

It's pop! :D

 

"coke" is a KIND of pop...

[k2bdeutmeyer]

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" :)

[Melinda in VT]

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.

[AngieW in Texas]

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.

[Jen in PA]

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.

[Krista in LA]

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.

[JudoMom]

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.

[elise1mds]

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.

[MariannNOVA]

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!

[stormy weather]

I don't know why both, but there it is.

[JFSinIL]

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.

[Tutor]

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:

[Pam L in Mid Tenn]

I was a teen before I realized that "coke" was a brand name only, LOL.

[SquirrellyMama]

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

[Chris in VA]

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

[Katrina J]

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.

[AuntieM]

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

[Andie]

Coke.

 

Soda, if I'm among strange folk that don't understand "Coke". ;)

[Ohdanigirl]

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

[In the Rain]

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?

[Ellie]

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

[Lara in Colo]

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

[Guest Virginia Dawn]

I call it soda, but my grandparents in New Hampshire always called it tonic.

[Matryoshka]

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:

[Nicole M]

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.

[Wendi]

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

[pooh bear]

I picked other.

 

My family always call it Fizzy Pop. I think that it is a regional UK thing.

[HappyCrazyMama]

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:

[FeFe]

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!

[ChristusG]

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.

[Melissa in FL]

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

[Nan in Mass]

Is bubbler Bostonian? I say soda but I wouldn't notice if someone called it tonic. Pop sounds funny GRIN.

[3peasinapod]

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:

[Mrs Mungo]

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.

[Unicorn.]

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.

[Tap]

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.

[Closeacademy]

I mainly say soda but have been known the say pop. My mil says coke.:001_smile:

[Aubrey]

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:

[Laura Corin]

Laura

[happyWImom]

I'm from Illinois, and they must say pop there, because everyone here (Wisconsin) says soda. I just can't!

[SusanAR]

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

[Melissa in Australia]

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!

[Sputterduck]

It's pop! :D

 

"coke" is a KIND of pop...

 

No, no. Pop is a nickname for a dad.

 

It's soda!

[Shelly in the Country]

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

[Jeannie in NJ]

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?

[Angel]

We've called it pop as long as I remember. Dh's relatives in PA call it soda :001_smile: