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Pop

posted 7 years ago by elaphe-1
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I thought people in the South called what we call "pop" here in the Midwest "soda." I am wrong?

[–] Matt-nicholson-246-892076 7 years ago

Pop is wrong, so is soda. "Coke" or a "cold drank."

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[–] ben-thayer 7 years ago

Pop is wrong, so is soda. "Coke" or a "cold drank."

Agreed. I never heard anyone from my town call it pop or soda...ever. We once had visitors from St. Louis, and they said pop.

Growing up, the word "Coke" was used pretty much all the time, whether it was Coke or not.

[–] Matt-nicholson-246-892076 7 years ago

I think of "pop" as being Midwest; "soda," Northeast.

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[–] mercybrown-1 7 years ago

I've lived in New England my entire life and have never heard anyone call it anything but 'soda'.

[–] Matt-nicholson-246-892076 7 years ago

There you go.

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[–] lilsusieq86 7 years ago

We mostly used coke.

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[–] Moonglum9 (10708) 3 years ago

You probably shouldn't admit that on a public forum like this.

[–] Squeaky_Dog_Toy 7 years ago

I've lived in the south (Fla, Tex, Ala,Tenn and NC) the majority of my life, with the exception of 3 years in Japan, and I have only heard one person call soft drinks "sody". Everyone I know calls it by its name...coke dr pepper pepsi...whatever.

[–] MusicLover3889 (306) 3 years ago

I’m in Michigan and we call it pop here too.

[–] GreenGoblinsOck8 (7401) 3 years ago

I'm fine with whatever anyone wants to call it. I think most people I knew just called it by whatever brand it is. Also, I only like Cream Soda now. I really don't like Pepsi, Coke, Sprite, 7 up, or Mountain Dew. Then again I only drink Cream Soda on special occations cause it isn't healthy for me. I can't get the brand of Cream Soda I liked the most though which was A&W. Nobody sells it here in Southern Illinois anymore. I have found drinking more than one serving of it can give me a stomach ache.

[–] Moonglum9 (10708) 3 years ago

Well I call it soda-pop, so I am accepted by all.