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Soda vs Pop

Soda vs. Pop

  • Pop

    Votes: 30 42.9%

  • Soda

    Votes: 27 38.6%

  • Other

    Votes: 13 18.6%
  • Total voters
    70
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ExiledMafia

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Original poster
Jan 26, 2011
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Alright folks I want to hear it, what do you think is more proper soda vs. pop. My preference is pop but thats because I'm from buffalo, ny.
 
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Coke, because I am from Nashville and everything is Coke down here.

I have a lot of family from Chicago and they all say Pop so I guess it is a regional thing.
 
It's all Coke, then gets more specific from there.

Person 1: "Hey man, you want a Coke or something?"

Person 2: "How about a Dr. Pepper?"

Person 1: "Sure thing, you got it."
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If you say anything other than "soda" in St. Louis, people will look at you like you have two heads.
 
sodapop

hehe

j/k I use 'soda' you know .... like the crackers.


Its just like toilet paper, there is only one correct answer


(tp is supposed to come off the top of the roll, not the back/bottom where you have to hunt for it)
 
It's one of those regional things so there's no right or wrong answer.
No one says "pop" here in FL, but I think most people refer to things as "coke" anyways.
 
Not sure if this is an American only thread, but in most of the places I've lived/visited (many countries excluding the US) you either just say 'drink' or 'soft drink' or refer to it by it's name (Coke, Sprite, etc).
 
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I'm not even sure what soda is. I don't think it's big in the UK.

When I was a 14 or so and on holiday, I had my first "soda" (or rather it said Soda on the can). Not sure what it was supposed to be but it was horrible.
Coke, energy drinks, fruit cordials and loads of mineral water make up my drinking diet now.

Edit: It was probably an ice cream soda because I just found a picture of one and it's turning my stomach.
 
I'm from Boston and so we use (at least used to) the term Tonic :D
 
Dagless said:
I'm not even sure what soda is. I don't think it's big in the UK.

When I was a 14 or so and on holiday, I had my first "soda" (or rather it said Soda on the can). Not sure what it was supposed to be but it was horrible.
Coke, energy drinks, fruit cordials and loads of mineral water make up my drinking diet now.

Edit: It was probably an ice cream soda because I just found a picture of one and it's turning my stomach.
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I believe you would call them "fizzy drinks". Or the most generic term is "soft drink". From the sounds of it "soda" refers to something completely different over there.
 
boss.king said:
Not sure if this is an American only thread, but in most of the places I've lived/visited (many countries excluding the US) you either just say 'drink' or 'soft drink' or refer to it by it's name (Coke, Sprite, etc).
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Exactly; in Europe, and elsewhere, the more usual term is "soft drink", or one will ask for a drink by using its actual name (Coke, Pepsi, Sprite, etc).

Dagless said:
I'm not even sure what soda is. I don't think it's big in the UK.

When I was a 14 or so and on holiday, I had my first "soda" (or rather it said Soda on the can). Not sure what it was supposed to be but it was horrible.
Coke, energy drinks, fruit cordials and loads of mineral water make up my drinking diet now.

Edit: It was probably an ice cream soda because I just found a picture of one and it's turning my stomach.
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In the UK (and Ireland), the term "soda" is used to describe a very specific (and you are absolutely right, quite horrible), soft drink. So, when our cousins from across the Pond ask for a "soda", it is only a diet of US TV that allows us to divine exactly they were asking for, and it wasn't what we understood by the use of the term "soda".

maflynn said:
I'm from Boston and so we use (at least used to) the term Tonic :D
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I like it; logical to the very end. Very good.
 
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