Soda or Pop?

[PizzaSHARK]

Hey guys, so i'm from New York and everyone here calls soda "soda." I was talking to my cousin from Minnesota on the phone and i don't remember how it got brought up but he said something to the effect of "let me go grab a pop." I knew they called soda a different name in Europe but not the U.S. So i'm wondering do you call it "Soda or "Pop" or something else entirely?

Coke. There is no other option.

[Issalice]

Here in Cincinnati most people say pop, some of us say soda. I tend to say soda but I know for a fact I have said pop as well lol.

[Rendia]

Always SODA.

I lived in Washington State for a few years (after living in Southern California my whole life prior), and in the more rural areas of WA they call it pop. IT DRIVES ME BATTY!

POP IS WHAT A DAMN WEASEL DOES, NOT SOMETHING YOU DRINK!

[Palmatum]

The only drink like that I drink is Coke, occasionally Sprite. I just call it Coke or Sprite... lol.

If I had to choose between soda or pop, definitely pop.

Pretty sure soda is a North American term.

[Harry Botter]

People in GA call everything coke too. Confused the hell out of my wife, who is from Ohio, when we first started living together.

[PizzaSHARK]

People in GA call everything coke too. Confused the hell out of my wife, who is from Ohio, when we first started living together.

Go to Turner Field and ask for a Pepsi sometime. It's amusing.

[Kubex]

here in aussie land we call it soft drink, fizzy drink or lemonade. "What flavor lemonade do you want?"

[Linkedblade]

I'm in NJ, USA we call it "soda." Normally at restuarants it's called a "soft drink" or "fountain drink." I know in the south where I'm from "pop" or "sodapop" is used. I only drink Dr Pepper or if I'm desperate Mr Pibb.

---------- Post added 2013-01-04 at 12:37 AM ----------

In Alabama:

"Want a coke?"
"Sure."
"What kind?"
"I'll take a Dr. Pepper, thanks."

Suddenly, Everyone in this thread realizes that Dr Pepper is its own company. And it is bottled under the authority of Pepsi or Coke depending on where you live. Here in NJ, it is bottled by Coke, yet when I'm visiting Ghettysburg, PA it is in the Pepsi machines. :O

[v2prwsmb45yhuq3wj23vpjk]

What are you talking about? I was referring to ordering a coke vs a pepsi

Your post didn't specify as much.

Also, how is it less pretentious to say 'Coke' instead of 'Pepsi'?

[PizzaSHARK]

I'm in NJ, USA we call it "soda." Normally at restuarants it's called a "soft drink" or "fountain drink." I know in the south where I'm from "pop" or "sodapop" is used. I only drink Dr Pepper or if I'm desperate Mr Pibb.

---------- Post added 2013-01-04 at 12:37 AM ----------



Suddenly, Everyone in this thread realizes that Dr Pepper is its own company. And it is bottled under the authority of Pepsi or Coke depending on where you live. Here in NJ, it is bottled by Coke, yet when I'm visiting Ghettysburg, PA it is in the Pepsi machines. :O

Doesn't matter. In Georgia, everything is Coke. Except Pepsi, which is creek water.

[Fitzgerald77]

As someone said already, a lot of us here in Canada call it pop, but it seems that ever since I quit the stuff a few years ago and turned to iced tea I've been calling it soda :O

[Belize]

people in texas call everything coke.

It's funny because it's true... I call it soda. Or heck, I usually say what brand I want like "Pepsi" or Mountain Dew"

[HeroZero]

Its Soda Pop. end of story.

[Tradewind]

Your post didn't specify as much.

Also, how is it less pretentious to say 'Coke' instead of 'Pepsi'?

It isn't really, I was being intentionally facetious. This is why we can't have nice things.

[Giants41]

Its Soda Pop. end of story.

I know some older people who call it that. I remember my grandpa used to.

[Mormolyce]

Yeah in Australia it's "soft drink" or "fizzy drink". "Soda" is very rare, sounds extremely American. "Pop" is just bizarre.

[Prokne]

Say you were saying like "what kinda of "soda" do you like" What word would you use?

I call everything by its brand name. If I had to ask someone what they wanted I would probably ask "Do you want a coke?" and they would either say yes or ask for something else.

[Tribunal]

Texas, so "coke" in general, but a lot of that is also because I drink Coke as my soda of choice.

I usually just call it by name "Coke or Pepsi, whichever you have". Or say "sodas" if I need to refer to the collective in a general sense, although sometimes "cokes" slips in.


We're not quite as bad about it as some people make us out to be, but I have also legitimately seen the "I'll have a coke." "Which kind?" exchange happen, so there's that.

[Layuth]

its a midwest thing to call it pop, coasts call it soda, and south calls everything coke because they are (expletive deleted).

Pretty much this. Do not even start me on that South Carolina folk and their peanuts and coke. Sigh.

[endersblade]

I call it soda. The only time I use the word pop is when I say "I'm going to pop you in the mouth if you call it pop again". See what I did there?

You and me both.

We can even get technical. The full term is 'Soda Pop'. Unless you're in the military, or have some weird desire to call things by their last name, the 'short' way to say it would be 'Soda', the first part of the term. Calling it pop makes you look silly, and makes me want to give you a reason to say it.