Coke, Pop, Soda, Soda-Pop, Other?

[AXO Alum]

Originally posted by Xylochick216
It's ALL coke... and yes, I'm from the South

Yep - its ALL coke

Convo:
Person A: Want a coke?
Person B: Sure
Person A: Here you go (hands person B a Mt. Dew)

[Taualumna]

Canadians tend to say pop or soft drink (but the latter is seen more often in print)

[KSigkid]

Soda - like OTW said, a coke is a coke, pepsi is a pepsi, etc.

[aephi alum]

Soda is soda.

Coke is a specific type of soda (or a recreational drug).

Pop is what you do to bubble wrap.

[AEPhiSierra]

soda. and if you said anything else in nyc people would look at you like you're crazy.

for this topic check out: Pop vs. Soda

[AOIIBrandi]

Coke. Always has been, always will be.

[Zillini]

I grew up in Illinois and it's always been soda to me. I now live in the South and it drives people crazy. If you come to my house and ask for a Coke, you'll get a Coca-Cola. If you want something else, you have to ask for it by name.

[Sister Havana]

It's pop. Always has been, always will be.

[kafromTN]

It's Coke, pure& simple.

AXO Alum, you are so dead on, or person A will ask "what kind?"


-Mark

[ragtimerose]

Where I come from, we call 'em "cold drinks". Barq's Cream Soda is especially known as "red drink".

[mmcat]

something to drink...
or get specific. if you want a coke, you get a coke. if you want fanta, you get fanta...ditto water.

[broomstick]

[Coramoor]

Pop.

The reason it got that name is b/c when it first started to be sold in cans with the old pull tabs it would 'pop' when it was opened.

[agdbirmingham]

What a great map Broomstick! Very intersting!

I call it both soda and pop, but I try not to drink the stuff so I don't call it much of anything lately.

I've lived in the south for 4 years now and it still drives me crazy that people call everything "coke". That bothers me way more than the whole pop/soda debate. I can't tell you how many people complain about restaurants that serve ONLY Pepsi products. They make it sound like they're serving illegal drugs to young children! It's rather amusing!

[dzandiloo]

Originally posted by AXO Alum
Convo:
Person A: Want a coke?
Person B: Sure
Person A: Here you go (hands person B a Mt. Dew)

Or

A: Want a coke?
B: Sure
A: What kind?
A: Got any sprite?

Yeah. It's generic until you get to the point of ordering....

My Dad, who was born in Kentucky and spent his formative years in Indiana and Texas calls it "sodey-water" instead of soda water.

ETA: Pepsi sucks.