Urethra Franklin
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Post by Urethra Franklin on Jun 2, 2016 21:21:58 GMT -5
What's the regional breakdown for this?
I used to think it was strictly a Canada (pop)/US (soda) thing, but I was recently told that it's pop in the Northeastern US, too. Is this accurate?
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Post by edgestar on Jun 2, 2016 21:25:34 GMT -5
I live in the northeast, and only hear it as soda  |
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Post by Spiderf 4 on Jun 2, 2016 21:30:33 GMT -5
I live in the northeast, and only hear it as soda Ditto. |
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Jun 2, 2016 21:30:58 GMT -5
www.popvssoda.com/It seems that the Northeast/Southwest US favor Soda, the Northwest and Central US favor Pop, and the South for some reason I cannot fathom, calls all fizzy soft drinks "Coke."
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Post by Amazing Kitsune on Jun 2, 2016 21:34:11 GMT -5
It's all coke. You just need to specify which kind of coke. There's Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Dr. Pepper, etc. Soda and pop both grate on my ears. Pop is especially annoying. (I'm sure calling everything coke gets a similar reaction from people too.  ) |
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Post by Richard on Jun 2, 2016 22:20:52 GMT -5
They're cokes, maybe sodas if you're dealing with the uncouth but never pop. You pop corn if you got a movie waiting or rocks if you need a stomach exploded but never drink a pop.
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Post by Milkman Norm on Jun 2, 2016 22:26:29 GMT -5
Pop is the prefered Midwestern term by and large.
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Post by Push R Truth on Jun 2, 2016 22:36:07 GMT -5
It's pop here between the Twin Cities and Chicago
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Post by Mackenzie Gorn on Jun 2, 2016 22:37:45 GMT -5
Soda
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Post by Mozenrath on Jun 2, 2016 22:38:13 GMT -5
www.popvssoda.com/It seems that the Northeast/Southwest US favor Soda, the Northwest and Central US favor Pop, and the South for some reason I cannot fathom, calls all fizzy soft drinks "Coke." Just since Coca Cola had/has a strangle hold on a lot of areas. I say soda, used to say pop when I lived in Iowa, and am fine with either, or "sodapop" if I want to talk like I'm in the Outsiders. |
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Post by StuntGranny® on Jun 2, 2016 22:39:15 GMT -5
I'm from the south, so it's all Coke down here.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2016 22:40:11 GMT -5
Soda Pop versus Dragon Ninja.
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Jun 2, 2016 23:13:49 GMT -5
It's all coke. You just need to specify which kind of coke. There's Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Dr. Pepper, etc. Soda and pop both grate on my ears. Pop is especially annoying. (I'm sure calling everything coke gets a similar reaction from people too. ) Given how Coke is near universal slang for Coca-Cola, this is maddening to my Canadian ears. And I can only ever equate "soda" with soda water, so using it for all carbonated beverages is equally annoying to me. Pop makes the most sense to me. It's the noise it makes when you open a can or bottle. It just makes sense. |
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Post by Duke Cameron on Jun 2, 2016 23:17:27 GMT -5
I had never heard the term pop in that sense before the age of 20 so it'll always be soda to me no matter where I am.
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Post by jagilki on Jun 2, 2016 23:22:55 GMT -5
Pop.
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Post by jagilki on Jun 2, 2016 23:23:21 GMT -5
Double Post, but why does this feel sooo familiar to me right now?
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Post by ayumidah on Jun 2, 2016 23:33:11 GMT -5
Central Illinois. It's been soda my entire life.
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Post by Stu on Jun 2, 2016 23:36:04 GMT -5
The mods discussed this privately a couple weeks ago. You have no idea how big of a can of worms you opened.
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Post by BK From WV on Jun 2, 2016 23:38:37 GMT -5
Most people in West Virginia call it pop but I refer to it as both. I think I call it soda more often but I do say pop quite a bit as well.
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Post by xxshoyuweeniexx on Jun 2, 2016 23:48:01 GMT -5
Midwest calls it pop. I call it pop.
"Soda" sounds like something you used to say in the 50s.
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