Arrrrrrrrrghhhhhh! Sacrilege! :)

In MA:

soda = carbonated water w/ flavored syrups added to make it taste like lemon-lime, cola, etc.
seltzer water = carbonated water (sometimes called soda water) that is often added to mixed drinks
pop = your father (noun) or an onomatopoetic adverb (or verb) regarding a loud sound (ex. Pop popped the ballon.)
coke = brand name cola

What drives me crazy is when I order a Diet Coke and they bring me a Diet Pepsi :mad: Since I no longer live in Kentucky, I've learned to ask if a restaurant has Coke. If not, it's unsweetened iced tea as a backup (because they CAN'T make sweet tea here to save their lives!)

It's a Coke, whether it's a Diet Coke or a Dr. Pepper or a Root Beer, it's a Coke!

Just don't try to go into an ice cream store in Boston and order a milkshake! I remember my first 'milkshake' and it was so wrong (from a southern standpoint :D)

Christin

That's just bizare. But I suppose it's good for Coke if people identify with their product...and Dr.Pepper is actually a Pepsi product.

Anyhoo, it's never been refered to as soad in Canada. I have never ever heard anyone use that term. It's always Pop.

Actually, no. Dr. Pepper is an independent brand owned by the Dr. Pepper/7up Company, which in turn is a subsidiary of the British candy manufacturer Cadbury/Schweppes. Pepsi Cola does distribute Dr. Pepper in some locations, though.

I'm from Michigan so it was always pop. Now I live in NY and I have to force "soda" out when I go somewhere or they have no clue what I mean. That's what I don't get. When I lived in Michigan, if a visitor asked for soda, I knew they meant pop. Why New Yorkers can't figure the same thing out in the reverse I am not sure?

When I first got here someone at work was going out and I asked her to get me a pop. She said, "What kind". I said, "Diet Pepsi" and she said, "OH a SODA! I thought you meant a lollipop or something!?!" I said, "No, if I wanted that I would have asked for a sucker." "A SUCKER??? That's what you call lollipops?!?!" Yeah, yeah, get going in your stupid 'sneakers' :rolleyes: (they are tennis shoes dammit)

Also, I now have my NY born and bread boyfriend saying 'pop'! Victory!!!!!! :D

A little bit off topic, but I remember going to Spain when I was 14 . . . I was craving milkshakes the whole trip so we kept going into restaurants that had them advertised . . . it turns out that a "milkshake" in Spain was flavored milk. Unfortunately I had to wait till I got home to have a real shake.

What's wrong with Boston milkshakes?

And you all probably thought when you saw this thread
"That crazy AGD- doesn't she know that it is called .... (Fill in the blank)" But anyway,
I just crack up over this one because I know it is kind of ubsurd to say coke meaning any type of soda/pop but in Louisville it is crazy to call it anything else. everyone here says coke.

We have the same idea about coke/pepsi, though... gimme a sweet tea instead.

we say soda out here
 

..and if you want tea you have a choice of hot or cold. Not sweet or unsweet. I don't drink tea though.I'm a Mountain Dew JUNKIE!!!!!!!

Okay, that right there- that hot or cold- that is just plain WRONG!!! Tea only comes on ice. Lemon is an option (sugar is not).

I live in TN and call it whatever it is--if I want a Sprite, I ask for a Sprite. My dad says pop though....

Yep, we say coke in North Carolina. If I want just anything, I'll say coke... but usually at a restaurant or drive through, I'll ask for a "CoCola".

That's what's wrong with Boston milkshakes--they're just milk and flavoring that they shake up and serve. If you want a milkshake, order a frappe.

Gotta love the USA!!
Christin

I'm from Southern California and I just tend to call the drink by it's name. "I could really go for a Dr. Pepper right now" etc. Though, if I have to be general, I'll call it "soda".

My family is largely from Chicago. They tend to call it "pop" most of the time. One of my cousins lived in Mephis for a while and he noticed that they refer to everything as "coke" (as in asking the waitress, "What kind of coke do you have?" and she replies, "Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, Sprite and Minute Maid Orange") :)


.....Kelly :)

Here in Michigan, myself and everyone I know refer to it as pop.

Whenever I go out of state though, I make a conscious effort to say "soda." Growing up, I always considered a soda to be something of an icecream sundae. So now, whenever I say "soda," I still kinda think it's weird to say, in reference to our pop.

I went to Arizona one time, and asked for a pop, and the waitress looked at me like I was crazy and asked me what I meant.

Now the coke thing... I have heard of that before, how everything is a coke. But I dunno, that's just weird to me. To me, a coke is a coke is a coke as in Coca Cola. Is this primarily in the southern states?