Soda vs. Pop

[Derk!]

Soda is the correct answer. I'm from Texas.

[celticjobber]

I usually just call it whatever the brand name is (Coke, Pepsi, Dr Pepper, etc).

[Big DSR Energy]

I live in Southwestern PA, where pop is the most frequently used expression. Though I tend to say soda because I'm a contrarian.

People in the south referring to all carbonated beverages as coke doesn't really bother me, since I say q-tip far more often than I say cotton swab, kleenex instead of tissue, and band-aid instead of bandage.

*shrug*

[The Mark of Mark]

While most of Kansas calls it pop, I find it to be a mixed bag in the Kansas City area. I ought to pay attention to who I talk to, because I don't know if it is an all around mixed bag or it depends on whether you live on the Kansas or Missouri side.

[67 more]

In the UK, it's pretty much only pop.

[CATCH_US IS the Conversation]

I call it soda. Never really heard anyone say "pop" outside of the short time I lived in Kansas and using "coke" for anything that isn't Coke (or cola in general) feels "improper". Also, I've never really heard "coke" used that way despite spending my childhood years in rural South Carolina.

[Ishmeal Loves BBL Bayley]

Upstate NY, soda. When we go out to the western part of the state (Jamestown/Buffalo area) its pop.

[Father Dougal McGuire]

I always call it coke, as in if someone is going to the store and asks if I want something, I'll answer "could you pick me up a coke, Dr Pepper."

[Raskovnik]

Pop is what you call your old man. Coke is a brand. It's soda.

[魔界5号]

I live in the UK and we call everything what it is. Coke, Pepsi, Fanta, Mountain Dew, etc.

[Deleted]

I've always called it soft drink.

[Gravedigger's Biscuits]

As mentioned, in the UK it's either pop i.e. "get me a can of pop, please?" or just calling it by the brand name (Coke, Pepsi, Sprite etc.)

In a formal setting, like if you were giving a presentation on unhealthy food and drinks, you'd probably say "fizzy drinks".

People would understand what you were saying if you said soda but it just sounds so unnatural coming out of an English mouth that you'd probably get some funny looks.

And calling Fanta or Mountain Dew "Coke" just seems absurd. Over here Coke refers to mainly Coca-Cola but is sometimes used interchangeably with cola.

[A Platypus Rave is Correct]

It's Soda and anyone who uses anything else is a heathen and should not be trusted

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

IT IS POP




AND THIS IS POP/MEDICINE






*POINTS TO HAND*

MAP




Soda is acceptable, but weird.


Calling everything coke is just wrong.

[ShaolinHandLock]

Jun 3, 2016 5:46:42 GMT -5 @torgaddon said:

I've always called it soft drink.

Same. And I've only ever heard other people call it soft drink where I live.

[Session Moth is over]

In Ireland we use pop or more than likely 'fizzy drink'. Never soda.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Jun 3, 2016 7:03:04 GMT -5 Gravedigger's Biscuits said:

As mentioned, in the UK it's either pop i.e. "get me a can of pop, please?" or just calling it by the brand name (Coke, Pepsi, Sprite etc.)

In a formal setting, like if you were giving a presentation on unhealthy food and drinks, you'd probably say "fizzy drinks".

In my near-35 years I've never heard "pop" uttered in relation to a soft drink, so for me it's a case of "Do people really call it that, or is it some outdated term that went out of use in the '60s?"

[Gravedigger's Biscuits]

Jun 3, 2016 10:10:10 GMT -5 Mighty Attack Tribble said:

Jun 3, 2016 7:03:04 GMT -5 Gravedigger's Biscuits said:

As mentioned, in the UK it's either pop i.e. "get me a can of pop, please?" or just calling it by the brand name (Coke, Pepsi, Sprite etc.)

In a formal setting, like if you were giving a presentation on unhealthy food and drinks, you'd probably say "fizzy drinks".

In my near-35 years I've never heard "pop" uttered in relation to a soft drink, so for me it's a case of "Do people really call it that, or is it some outdated term that went out of use in the '60s?"

Must be down south that they don't call it pop then. In the North and the Midlands, it's pop.

It sounds too formal to say "Can you get me a soft drink", there needs to be a colloquial term for it.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Jun 3, 2016 10:30:24 GMT -5 Gravedigger's Biscuits said:

Jun 3, 2016 10:10:10 GMT -5 Mighty Attack Tribble said:

In my near-35 years I've never heard "pop" uttered in relation to a soft drink, so for me it's a case of "Do people really call it that, or is it some outdated term that went out of use in the '60s?"

Must be down south that they don't call it pop then. In the North and the Midlands, it's pop.

It sounds too formal to say "Can you get me a soft drink", there needs to be a colloquial term for it.

It has to be a northern/Midlands thing. My only frame of reference for it was The Beano, which again firmly places in my mind an idea of it being a mid-20th century colloquialism.

It's definitely always been "fizzy drink" or the brand name for us Devonshire folk during my time on this Earth.

[Gravedigger's Biscuits]

Jun 3, 2016 10:40:48 GMT -5 Mighty Attack Tribble said:

Jun 3, 2016 10:30:24 GMT -5 Gravedigger's Biscuits said:

Must be down south that they don't call it pop then. In the North and the Midlands, it's pop.

It sounds too formal to say "Can you get me a soft drink", there needs to be a colloquial term for it.

It has to be a northern/Midlands thing. My only frame of reference for it was The Beano, which again firmly places in my mind an idea of it being a mid-20th century colloquialism.

It's definitely always been "fizzy drink" or the brand name for us Devonshire folk during my time on this Earth.

Well I'm only 21, but my parents were born in the 60s so maybe it's a term that's been passed down generation to generation, and that's why it seems like an "old" term.

Down South you're usually a bit posher which is probably why it seems fine to say "fizzy drink" even colloquially, while up North and in the Midlands it just sounds weird because we're more working class with stronger accents.