SODA vs. POP: The Endless War!

[Kelly]

I just noticed when I put gas in my car, a sign outside the gas station read, "Soda sold here"....I have NEVER seen that kind of sign in front of a store in Texas.

I just started laughing...

 

[Immortalfire]

"Soda Sold Here"

I'm sure you appreciated the tip, Kel

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

When's the last time you ever heard someone say "gelatin" instead of "Jell-O", regardless of what brand it was?

 

[Kelly]

"Soda Sold Here"

I'm sure you appreciated the tip, Kel

I totally appreciated it....I mean, I don't think Soda is sold anywhere in Texas.....lol Drinks are sold in Texas.....but honestly, first I heard of Sodas....lol

 

[Kelly]

When's the last time you ever heard someone say "gelatin" instead of "Jell-O", regardless of what brand it was?

Oh wow, good point....

 

[Prison Mike]

It's soda.

 

[terry78]

They only say Jell-O in entertainment when they don't want to pay the Jell-O people.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

When's the last time you ever heard someone say "gelatin" instead of "Jell-O", regardless of what brand it was?

yeah but Jell-O is like 95% if not more of the market shares of gelatin.. i mean how many people really even know of another brand?

kleenex is sorta the same way. It's Coke as a company is pretty much equal in size with pepsi.. and each company houses many different popular drinks. so it's not really the same thing.

 

[Jennifer Walters]

Eh. I've never really said ''I need Kleenex." I just usually say ''Hand me a tissue."

For the bathroom stuff it's toilet paper, for the kitchen it's paper towels.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

well none the less we say jell-0 for all gelatin because well.. that's really the only brand we know that makes it.. and lets face it. it's appealing to say.

 

[Jennifer Walters]

True. Even when buying the knock off stuff for my mother sometimes she still called it jell-o.

 

[terry78]

Soda has always sounded so girly to me. Pop just...."pops." It's basically saying, "I'm not sugarcoating it, I know what I am, and what I want."

 

[Jennifer Walters]

Soda is the damn word, Terry. Accept it.

Pop is a freezer item for god sake.

Coke is a brand.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

I never said Kleenex either. I usually say tissue though I always use Kleenex.

 

[JP]

Soda has always sounded so girly to me. Pop just...."pops." It's basically saying, "I'm not sugarcoating it, I know what I am, and what I want."

Its the opposite for me. When I hear "pop" I think of a 1940's house wife.

 

[Kelly]

I say coke..... (which is ok, because that is what I drink)

I say kleenex for tissue....

I say Jello-O...

I say go xerox it....

I say Krogers rather than Kroger.... (have no idea why)



And guess what? I still love myself....

 

[spideyboy_1111]

Its the opposite for me. When I hear "pop" I think of a 1940's house wife.

well considering Soda is dated as older... and the term "pop" even as music wasn't even around then... that's a very odd association lol.

 

[Hobgoblin]

Pop ftw.

Baking soda is soda. Pop is a delicious carbonated drink.

 

[Kelly]

Pop is what I do when I crack my fingers....

 

[Hobgoblin]

Pop is what I do when I crack my fingers....

Just one more reason that its such a wonderful word.

 

[JP]

Poppiddypop POP! POP!

 

[blah]

I call it "cola"...even if it's cream soda; just about the only cola I drink.

 

[SuperFerret]

Poppiddypop POP! POP!

Pip pop poobidy pop!

 

[Prison Mike]

well considering Soda is dated as older... and the term "pop" even as music wasn't even around then... that's a very odd association lol.

I get what JP is saying though. I also think of the 1950s when I hear "pop".

 

[terry78]

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