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Coke, Pop, Soda, Soft Drink
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Is it a Coke, a pop, a soda, a soda pop, or soft drink?
In a recent survey, over 120,000 respondents from all over the United States identified what they call those sweet, carbonated beverages. If you can't read the small type on the map, the blue indicates "pop," the red is "Coke," the yellow represents "soda," and the green is for all other names.
As shown, what you call it may show the region of the country where you grew up or are living now. For example, it's not surprising to me that Georgia is well-represented with saying "Coke," as Coca-Cola has corporate offices there, as well as a museum of its history.
What do you call them? And if you ever ordered a "Coke" and your waitress asked, "Is Pepsi OK?" have you ever said "No"? Comments Showing comments in chronological order [Show most recent comments first] |
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The generic term is pop. At a restaurant if I don't notice whether they serve Coke or Pepsi I will either ask "Coke or Pepsi products" or just say Coke. If they ask if Pepsi is ok I say no. I usually drink Mountain Dew. I sort of envy Dr Pepper drinkers. They have their drink of choice no matter where they go.
I've always wondered.. does coke or pepsi stain your teeth like coffee and tea? I always ask for sprite just to be safe. I guess the sugar is probably is gonna rot my teeth out anyway. And why is it that no one has 7-Up anymore, what's up with that?
When I visited a cave last, the tour guide said the acids found in carbonated soft drinks are the same ones that carved out all of the caves there. Scary, but then again, I probably won't be alive in thousands of years to see if the acids have done anything similar to me that they did to all of that limestone.
Twenty years ago, I was flying out to CA during my college spring break and the flight attendant asked me what I would like to drink. I replied "pop, please". She looked at me funny and an older gentleman that was sitting beside me intervened and he looked at me and said "you mean 'soda'." That was the very first time in my life that I have ever heard it called something other than "pop" and I will never forget it. To this day I call it "pop". And Coke is my preference over Pepsi... even if it is powerful enough to unclog drains!
At Peeny Sharp's Marco gas station, there was a sign saying "WE DON'T KNOW WHERE MOM IS, BUT WE'VE GOT POP ON ICE !". So there you have it, in Marco it's officially called POP.
I travel through several states. It is very regional on the names. Up in the Minn I hear Soooooda at times. The nasal long "O" from up that is a hoot.
Hoe about asking for a sugary carbonated beverage!
My question is what are they calling it in all those green areas?
I quit drinking any sort of soda 6 years ago. The caffeine was making me wired and the sugar was adding calories I didn't need. If I have to have any sort of soda I pick diet no matter whether it is pepsi or coke.
However, my mother is a soda nut but there are rules to what she will and won't drink: 1. if it comes in a can, it has to be diet coke 2. if it comes in a bottle, it has to be diet pepsi 3. if she's in a restaurant, it can either be pepsi or coke but it has to be diet 4. if it isn't polar iceberg cold, she refuses to drink any of it. I've always made fun of her soda issues but she presists it all tastes different. Whatever!
It's soda. Pop is what I call my father.
I agree with Polar Bear's mother, the taste of pop and soda differs from the container it comes in. Cans taste like aluminum, bottles taste like plastic, and restaurant drinks all taste different depending on how it's setup in the restaurant and the mineral content of the ice they use.