Coke, Soda, Or Pop: The Answer Is Online

from the see-what-the-web-can-do? dept

I grew up in New York, so I remember being pretty surprised the first time (probably in college) when I heard someone refer to "soda" as "pop". Oddly, it did set off some "man, that's weird" bells in my head. I've since had the discussion numerous times with folks discussing which descriptor they use for the bubbly sugary drinks that I was once (but, thankfully, no longer) addicted to. It seems I'm not the only one who has discussed this. What does this have to do with technology? Well, leave it to the web to run an online survey to find out what people call their colas, depending on where they're from. The results are pretty much what you would assume. Folks in the northeast call it soda. The midwest goes with pop. In the south, it's just Coke (no matter what the brand name).
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  1. identicon
    Digispice, 13 Sep 2002 @ 11:06am

    Soda

    Only the freaks in the midwest call it Pop. The Milwaukee area (and ST. Louis) call it Soda.

    Of course we have "bubblers", were all of you barbarians have "Water Fountains".

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  2. identicon
    MissinLnk, 13 Sep 2002 @ 12:31pm

    Re: Soda

    We call is pop because we don't have the the time to waste saying soda.

    link to this | view in thread ]

  3. identicon
    Anonymoose, 13 Sep 2002 @ 2:30pm

    No Subject Given

    I live in a sort of linguistic border area. As a result, I always call it "soda pop" when asking for it because I never know which term the other person will understand.

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  4. identicon
    Paul, 3 Feb 2007 @ 11:00am

    Its soda

    You really know how lazy america is getting when the cant say the extra letter in Soda. pop is better cuz it has one less letter. Lazy asses. Getting punched in the face now that is a pop the stuff you drink is a soda get it right.

    link to this | view in thread ]

  5. identicon
    Anonymous Coward, 3 Feb 2007 @ 11:03am

    Re: Re: Soda

    your just to lazy to say that extra letter its not that you don't have enough time it just cuz your lazy and that is why everyone is overwait. Dont be so lazy and call it what it really is. Soda

    link to this | view in thread ]


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