soda or pop?

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pop or soda?

pop
6
13%
soda
26
58%
soda-pop
0
No votes
sody
0
No votes
either "soda" or "pop" is acceptable
1
2%
dont care
2
4%
coke
10
22%
 
Total votes: 45

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Unread postby Lord of the Poles » Sat Feb 28, 2004 12:44 pm

I actually call it Coke... but I'm usually talking about Coke when I say that...lol... otherwise I call it Soda

(most of the time I'm referring to Coke :))

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Unread postby polecat » Sat Feb 28, 2004 1:47 pm

I believe the map is quite good. I grew up in southern Ohio and almost everyone called it pop. I went to Ohio State University and everyone except the out-of-state students from the Northeast called it pop. I worked in Michigan and almost everyone called it pop. I'm now in eastern upstate NY, and everyone calls it soda. However, when I travel to Buffalo and Rochester, almost everyone calls it pop. When I travel to Syracuse and New England, almost everyone calls it soda. I wonder how people who live on the lines of demarcation, like somewhere between Rochester and Syracuse, communicate when they want a carbonated beverage? They must do a lot of pointing.

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Unread postby opalkak » Mon Mar 01, 2004 11:54 pm

deffinetly coke always even if I actually want a sprite or something else its always coke
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Unread postby vaultmd » Tue Mar 09, 2004 4:15 am

Looks like in Vancouver, BC, it is "pop." I'm at a hotel where the sign reads "Ice and Pop" with an arrow pointing to the ice and soda machines.

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Unread postby Russ » Wed Mar 10, 2004 5:35 pm

We call them "sodas" here.

Growing up in North Carolina, we called them "Drinks" (sounds like "draahhnks" when "properly" pronounced in N.C.).
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Unread postby Azbeachboy1 » Wed Mar 10, 2004 6:04 pm

I call it "Jacks best friend"......hmmmm think about it....hehe :yes:
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Unread postby vaulterpunk » Thu Mar 11, 2004 12:20 am

More like the Captains best friend ;)
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Unread postby vaultinggoat16 » Thu Mar 11, 2004 12:38 am

texans say coke nowadays if they are not gray then "soda water" is not generally a choice around my area.....
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Unread postby Robert schmitt » Fri Mar 12, 2004 12:19 am

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Unread postby 1yeldud1 » Fri Mar 12, 2004 8:23 pm

My teenage kids make fun of me asking for a "SODE' POP" guess this is from my Missouri up-bringing

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Unread postby Aviendha » Sun Mar 14, 2004 10:25 pm

heh....not all missourians are weird like that... :P i'm one of the NORMAL ones that asks for soda...lol
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