SODA vs. POP: The Endless War!

[Havok83]

The thing is called soda and if you didnt know that well you're wrong

 

[terry78]

What do they call it in France?

 

[SuperFerret]

Who cares?

 

[Heffer Wolf]

Pop. I never understood that. I had a neighbor from Minnesota and one time he asked me if I wanted some pop, and I was like, hell no. Then I learned pop was soda and still didn't want it just because he called it pop.

Also, my Grandma calles it "so-dee"

 

[Manic]

"Sodee" is just a cute old folksy way of saying "soda." My grampa sometimes says "soderre."

 

[Hound55]

What do they call it in France?

Non-wine beverage...

 

[Hound55]

"Sodee" is just a cute old folksy way of saying "soda." My grampa sometimes says "soderre."

 

[Immortalfire]

What about Soder..or is that a brand in the DC universe?

 

[Spidey-Bat]

Pop is derived from the name Soda Pop. Pop is the adjective and Soda the noun. You cannot refer to something by just the noun. For example, I don't call my shaving razor a shaving, I call it a razor.

 

[Manic]

Pop is derived from the name Soda Pop. Pop is the adjective and Soda the noun. You cannot refer to something by just the noun. For example, I don't call my shaving razor a shaving, I call it a razor.

Where the hell do I begin?

"Shaving razor." "Razor" is the noun. You refer to it by just the noun.

 

[terry78]

Just call it a Mr. Fizzy and be done with it.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

Pop is derived from the name Soda Pop. Pop is the adjective and Soda the noun. You cannot refer to something by just the noun. For example, I don't call my shaving razor a shaving, I call it a razor.

except we speak english... not a language derived from Latin.. thus we don't put the noun before the adjective. Most other languages... like Spanish, would say "madre loco/mother crazy" rather than putting the adjective first like we do "crazy mother". We say "green grass" they say "grass green" We describe a noun before we say it.

Thus Soda would technically be the adjective and POP would be the noun (in our language. what kinda pop is it? soda pop. Which is of course also ridiculous because there arn't any other kinds of POP (i mean you could say Cherry Pop, or Grape Pop i guess... but it's still all "soda pop". And we of course also know there's all kinds of different Soda's.

 

[terry78]

Whenever I purchase a Jones Soda I scratch out the word and write in "Pop" with a Sharpie just because.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

except we speak english... not a language derived from Latin.. thus we don't put the noun before the adjective. Most other languages... like Spanish, would say "madre loco/mother crazy" rather than putting the adjective first like we do "crazy mother". We say "green grass" they say "grass green" We describe a noun before we say it.

Thus Soda would technically be the adjective and POP would be the noun

In the case of Soda Pop, the adjective follows the noun. If you just say "soda", people know what you're talking about. If you just say "pop", it can be many different things

 

[Duke]

Anyone who calls it "pop" should be popped in the mouth.

VERY FUNNY!!!

 

[Scarlet spidey]

sugar water.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

In the case of Soda Pop, the adjective follows the noun. If you just say "soda", people know what you're talking about. If you just say "pop", it can be many different things

um... soda can be many different things too... Baking Soda is completely different then Soda water. and both of those are different then Soda Pop

 

[Hound55]

Diabetes juice

 

[Charlie Boy]

That's Kool-Aid.

 

[Ponyboy]

You left out "Fizzy drink"... but if I didnt say that, I'd say soda... or Coke... but I'd say "pop" last.

 

[imdaly]

Next time you're in a fast food restaurant and you go up to the drink station to pour yourself a drink pour yourself a nice tall class of the liquid labeled "Soda Only" and tell me that's your delicious drink.

Soda is carbonated water.
Pop is flavored carbonated water.
Coke is a specific flavor of carbonated water.

 

[NHawk19]

^Exactly. It's also why in some area's they refer to the drink as Sodapop

 

[imdaly]

what gets me is 'other' What's 'other'?

I am curious about those respondents who actually said "other." What else can it be called?

http://www.popvssoda.com/stats/ALL.html

Click on each state's name to see what was "other" names were named.

Hahaha!!!

I'm thinking some people weren't exactly serious with their answers....

Random check on a few states show these as answers:

Top 5 ALABAMA "others":
47 votes for "soft drink"
24 votes for "*****juice" (WTF?!)
22 votes for "drink"
18 votes for "Tarzan Slam" (??)
9 votes for cold drink

Top 5 CALIFORNIA "others":
257 votes for "hot man gravy" (Oh, those crazy liberals!)
255 votes for "soft drink"
171 votes for "soda pop"
91 votes for "fizzy lifting drink" (Wonka would be proud!)
57 votes for "cola"

Top 5 KANSAS "othere":
89 votes for "fundango" (89 people call it Fandango AND spell it wrong??)
53 votes for "soda pop"
13 votes for "soft drink"
5 votes for "Tyler Cook huffs choad" (Interesting!)
4 votes for "cola"

Top 5 NEW YORK "others":
60 votes for "soft drink"
55 votes for "soda pop"
20 votes for "Pepsi"
18 votes for "Tarzan Slam" (again?!)
7 votes for "cola"

Top 5 OHIO "others":
78 votes for "soft drink"
67 votes for "soda pop"
11 votes for "Pepsi"
9 votes for "cola"
9 votes for "Jeff Patterson is an awesome drink"



Top 5 USA "others" overall:
2912 votes for "soft drink"
1817 votes for "tonic"
1545 votes for "soda pop"
719 votes for "drink"
399 votes for "Tarzan Slam"




So...what the heck is a "Tarzan Slam"????

 

[Drizzle]

In all seriousness, I never call it soda or pop. I always call it by its brand name when I order. "I'll take a Coke" or "I'll have a Pepsi", etc.

 

[kane9321]

Sodaaaaaaaaa