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'
(they are tennis shoes dammit)
Also, I now have my NY born and bread boyfriend saying 'pop'! Victory!!!!!!
