SODA vs. POP: The Endless War!

[Immortalfire]

And when i hear soda I think of soda fountain, like sock hops and greasers and all that there.

I hear ya, daddio.

 

[katie_girl09]

And when i hear soda I think of soda fountain, like sock hops and greasers and all that there.

When I hear soda I think of the baking kind.

 

[SuperFerret]

And when you hear bacon you think of something that's not.

 

[terry78]

Now sit back and let that one marinate.

 

[Wylie Times]

And when you hear bacon you think of something that's not.

Now sit back and let that one marinate.

When I hear soda I think of the baking kind.

I think you three have stumbled on the next trend in fast food.

 

[Kurosawa]

Here in North Cackalacka we call it SODA.

 

[al35077]

Down hear in alabamy we call it soda not sodi pop. more often we just say coke, root beer, mountain dew Etc..

 

[Philly Phanboy]

I saw this today. It really is regional when it comes to what name you call it by.

 

[Lightspeed]

That map is very accurate for the St. Louis area.

 

[terry78]

Yeah, the west and east coast are pretty much similar in most aspects, soda being one of the main ones.

 

[LegendaryCaleb]

yeah i live in texas but i still call it pop cause of my michigan ways...but from time to time i catch myself saying soda...(in dallas all i hear is soda...not coke...so thats weird about the above thing) near accurate though

 

[Marx]

Spoiler

I saw this today. It really is regional when it comes to what name you call it by.

 

[terry78]

I know people from the south probably go on vacation axing for cokes, and when they actually get it, they get pissed.

 

[Kelly]

I saw this today. It really is regional when it comes to what name you call it by.

Holy crap.....this Geography teacher, LOVES THAT MAP.........

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

I saw this today. It really is regional when it comes to what name you call it by.

Its pretty Accurate. I'd say this settles it.

Spoiler

Even though soda is the only way to say it

 

[Kelly]

I am sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo using that map in my Pop Culture and Slang ppt lecture......that is just too cool.

 

[JP]

Great map, shows that the parts of this country with intelligence call it Soda.

 

[terry78]

But Canada calls it pop, and they're the cool little sister of us.

 

[Kelly]

Shall we now have a discussion on "you all", "you guys", "yous guys", "ya'll".....?

 

[Incrediblejeff]

I don't drink carbonated beverages.I've banished it.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Shall we now have a discussion on "you all", "you guys", "yous guys", "ya'll".....?

Believe it or not, I use all of the above at various times.

 

[Kelly]

I actually do to.....it usually depends on who I'm talking to.

 

[Ziggyman]

But Canada calls it pop, and they're the cool little sister of us.

I just call the drink by its name...coke, sprite, pepsi...

 

[Philly Phanboy]

Looking at the breakdown, I just wonder how all the people who answered "soda pop" are classified. There's no option for that.

 

[terry78]

Looking at the breakdown, I just wonder how all the people who answered "soda pop" are classified. There's no option for that.

They're classifed as having used a time machine to travel to our present Earth from Earth circa 1952.