Do you call carbonated beverages Soda or Pop?

[JumpedIntoTheDeepEndFirst]

I grew up hearing pop but have spent the rest of my life hearing soda. If I don't use a brand name I call it soda. When in Rome...

[Maria from IN]

I grew up in Evansville, IN, where we all called it "coke," and I moved to Terre Haute to attend college, where they call it "pop." My first college roommate and I were walking around campus before the first day of classes and spotted what I would call a "coke" machine (I think it was a Pepsi machine actually, but that's what I called it). She said, "Do you want a pop?" and I looked at her thinking, "What did I ever do to you?" because in my house a "pop" is what you were threatened with when you smarted off to a parent! :001_smile:

 

I actually just call them "drinks" now...it confuses the Hautians too much to call it "coke," and I'll be darned if I ever call it "pop." It just sounds too violent!:tongue_smilie:

[1GirlTwinBoys]

Everything in KY is called a COKE.

[Mergath]

Here, everyone calls it pop. When someone calls it a soda, you know they're from out of state.

[JFSinIL]

Growing up in S. California, child of Kansas born and bred parents, it was an still is, to me, "sodapop".

[Susan in TN]

I grew up calling it pop, but around here it's soda. I usually call it pop anyway.

[freerange]

Fizzy drink.

 

Laura

 

Yes, this.

[SweetMissMagnolia]

either soda or "coke".....

[StaceyinLA]

and I am VERY specific when I ask for it. I will not drink Pepsi in its place.

 

That being said, we call out all the soft drinks by name when and if we order or drink them.