I have noticed in these boards about the different references to the same word members use. This can be expected, since members come from all over the world here, so I was just curious.

It's called soda! Now, quickly, lock this thread!!! :lol:

:agree:

:amen:

soda all the way

I think this poll was done before.

But anyways; a couple of years ago (when I was just a young'n) we called it Sodie Pop, in St. Louis. Then shortened it to Sodie, and then no matter the flavor it was transformed to Coke.

Soda. Pop is my dad.

we say soda in New England...we also say buttah, lobstah, and we say we live in Roe Dylan...so I don't know if we count!;)

We say :"Cooldrink" or "Colddrink" or even Coke, of Fanta or Pepsi... we normally name it by flavour or brand :D

We say :"Cooldrink" or "Colddrink" or even Coke, of Fanta or Pepsi... we normally name it by flavour or brand :D

Many of the men in our family work for Coca Cola..so we consider that other soda that starts with a "P"... a bad word... ;)

Up north (US) its pop.

Down south its soda or coke.

It's called soda! Now, quickly, lock this thread!!! :lol:
Hold on now missy. I am Canadian, and I say pop....:lol:

:) Used to call it sodie :D but usually it's soda.
Wonder where those names came from. :hmm:

Hmmmmmm....Debra if you tell me you grew up on the Southside too, then I have to say it is all your fault we called it Sodie....after all...your older than me...:rofl: :P ;) :hug:

I always said "cola" or "coke" even if it wasn't coke.

Hmmmmmm....Debra if you tell me you grew up on the Southside too, then I have to say it is all your fault we called it Sodie....after all...your older than me...:rofl: :P ;) :hug:

:P :D, no I didn't. I grew up in southeast Missouri in Gideon. I know you know where that is. :D Someday when we come down that way by Dexter I'm going to stop and see you. :hug:

Up north (US) its pop.

Down south its soda or coke.

Yep, I'm a northern too, and I very rarley hear the word soda. Don't know where the word Pop comes from perhaps, it's talking about the carbination, but whatever.

If I'm hanging out with my dad and his buddies, we say "colddrink" (as opposed to "coldbeer"). Otherwise, it's a "Coke", regardless of whether it's Coke, Sprite or Dr Pepper. :lol:

"Coke" as the generic term....unless you want a specific 'off-brand'

Too bad you didn't offer "Coke" in the voting, it would probably have won the vote.

When I was growing up, "soda" was something Mama took for indigestion. And a "pop" was a type of correction before she made us go and break a keen switch for further correction.

We had real milk "cows milk" to drink, sweet milk and butter milk, not the kind from grocery stores. But from old Suzie, our pet cow.

We had "sweet tea" to drink for Sunday dinner. And after we got electricity and had ice to put in our "sweet tea", we called it "ice tea". We knew that "ice tea" meant that we put ice cubes into our glass of "sweet tea".

Other than that, we had an abundance of good fesh water to drink. And it was good and cold when we gave that old pump a few pumps.

I grew up in "Pepsi" country. Only got them though in the summer when we were gathering in the crops. "Coke" was something that Daddy bought us only when we were sick. But I changed to "Coke" when I got married since my husband grew up in "Coke" country. And I have enjoyed "Coke" now for over 46 years.

:P :D, no I didn't. I grew up in southeast Missouri in Gideon. I know you know where that is. :D Someday when we come down that way by Dexter I'm going to stop and see you. :hug:


hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Oh Debra! We have switched lives! I am probably only 15-20 miles from Gideon!

Sorry did not mean to ummmmmm...forgot the word....meanwhile back to topic........

I have always called it soda.

Pop is what I call it.

I think this poll was done before.

But anyways; a couple of years ago (when I was just a young'n) we called it Sodie Pop, in St. Louis. Then shortened it to Sodie, and then no matter the flavor it was transformed to Coke.
Same here in Texas.....when somebody says do you want a Coke ,in these parts you say what "ya" got....Coke means anything from Orange Soda to Pepsi!:)

Soda is all you'll really hear around here. My grandma calls it pop sometimes, as she's from the Northeast.

soda here

pop when visiting mom in Pittsburgh

I'm a Southern girl. Here we say Coke (regardless of it is it Coke, Pepsi, RC, etc or if you want an actual Coke, a Sprite, or a Mr. Pibb...). :D

I grew up drinking soda...then I moved to Oklahoma. The first time someone asked me if I wanted a pop, I laughed in their face! I seriously thought they were joking. I still haven't gotten used to it, but now I just laugh on the inside.;)

Another Southerner! Coke --what kind? :lol:

I say pop. Sometimes I like to take my pop down by the crik to drink it - what about you'uns?
P.S.- I need to get my hair out of my face - anyone have a gumband?

I call it "Dr. Pepper".!

Yep, I'm a northern too, and I very rarley hear the word soda. Don't know where the word Pop comes from perhaps, it's talking about the carbination, but whatever.
A lot of people from Wisconsin say soda. I'm originally from Chicago but now live in Tennessee. I say either pop or Coke.

My husband (born here in Tenn.) laughs at me when I say pop. He asks me how I can drink a sound.

Proper Arkansans call all non-alcoholic carbonated beverages "coke"!

:D

Tommy

I call it soda but also Soda Pop

Pop! I'm from Iowa, and everyone I know (except for the weirdos...) call it pop. Although, now that I'm in Florida, I'm sad to say that I'm following the crowd and calling it soda. I guess I could lie and say that Disney requires me to say soda to the guests just like we're required to use the two finger point... but then that'd be lying. ;)

I say juice but thats bcos im not based in the states i guess.

Fizzy juice (to distinguish it from diluting), fizz or the brand name eg Coke! Again, like C of S, it's a British thing!

I love the international language distinctions! One of my favourites (correct spelling, btw!!!! ;) ) was the other day when I said that our house is heated by gas!!!!! :o:o:o

I usually say the brand name. Also when I order, I say Coke-a-Cola because I've found sometimes if I only say Coke, they end up getting me a Diet Coke.

I always say soda, or else just ask for whatever I want by brand name.

How about sod-e-pop ?

I say, "Would you like a Coke?" Then I ask them what kind. (Sprite, Dr. Pepper, etc..)

In Australia we call it soft drink.

Its a coke. It doesnt matter if your having root beer, dr. pepper, pepsi, sprite or what. It's a coke.

Up north (US) its pop.

Down south its soda or coke.

It is only 'soda' down south, when transplanted yankees living in the south say it.



For southern-born down south, it is always Coke.

For really old southerners, you might hear -- cold-drink or dope.

Interesting thread! ;) I say soda, but I was raised saying "pop".

I say pop but sometimes, I'll say soda.

Up north (US) its pop.

Down south its soda or coke.

I'm from the north and I've never heard anyone call it pop, always soda :lol:

I say soda, even though I live in TX. My parents grew up in CA and say soda. Their parents came from Minnesota and Maryland, respectively, and I'm pretty sure they say soda (my mom's mom may say soda pop, I'm not sure).

Most of my truly Texan friends say Coke (which I find interesting because Dr. Pepper is the carbonated beverage native to Texas...).

I say 'pop'
Though I will occasionally slip and say soda.

More often than not though, I call it by its brand.

We say :"Cooldrink" or "Colddrink" or even Coke, of Fanta or Pepsi... we normally name it by flavour or brand :D

I presume you from sunny sa

I presume you from sunny saThe land that BRrrrrrrrrrrrr's for Coke.... you are so right my friend

Down here in the south, it's called coke. If you order a coke here, people will ask what flavor. :D

Coke....wait...Diet Coke...yes..I'm from CA:D

I was raised in California and we called it sodie pop.

I usually say soda or coke even if it's not coke.

Funny poll question. :)

I grew up in Detroit area, and we said "pop".

Then after undergrad, moved to DC area, where everyone says "soda". In Boston (where I later moved) it's also "soda". Moved back to mid-west (Columbus, OH) in 2000, and . . . . back to "pop"

So, I'm thinking "pop" is a mid-west term, "soda" is east coast.

What's California say? Give me a cola?

I say soda. But, I say coke just as much. Sometimes I even say Coca-cola when refering to soda in general.

Many of the men in our family work for Coca Cola..so we consider that other soda that starts with a "P"... a bad word... ;)

Amen Sister K

Its Coke down here, Of course it was invented within a 3 hr drive of me so :D

a bottle of ginger if its fizzy and juice if its diluting/fresh :)

I say "soft drinks"

It will always be coke to me...not matter what flavor of cola I drink.

I have all ways said soda pop
I could not vote for both so I put other even though I use both at the same time :D

Fizzy drink, soft drink, or it's brand name.

I have noticed in these boards about the different references to the same word members use. This can be expected, since members come from all over the world here, so I was just curious.Uh how about "soda pop"?... or "coke"?