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Pop vs. Soda
Travis Lambert
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06-08-2006 16:36
Thought this was kinda cool.....

Pop vs. Soda

(I say Pop, btw) :D
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Torley Linden
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06-08-2006 16:37
Does this make me dirty and wrong for saying "sodapop"?
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vivi Odets
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06-08-2006 16:41
From: Torley Linden
Does this make me dirty and wrong for saying "sodapop"?


lol, Torley, you're not alone in your shame! I use the peace-making hybrid term of sodapop, too!
Weedy Herbst
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06-08-2006 16:53
In Canada, we say "pop" and sometimes "sodapop", but soda is carbonated water. It's sometimes referred to as "soda water" or "club soda". Club Soda probably originated from it's use in bars and would be the equivalent to "seltzer"
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Angela Rosebud
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06-08-2006 17:21
I'm actually the only person that I know personally that says soda. It leaves me wondering what made me start saying it in the first place!
Einsman Schlegel
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06-08-2006 17:27
I say soda. Pop sounds too.. immature for some reason.
Jonas Pierterson
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06-08-2006 17:35
I've heard 'belly rub' before too
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06-08-2006 17:36
Never really thought too much about this before. I think I call it "soda" most of the time although I've probably called it "pop" as well. It's interesting that "coke" is so popular. Calling it that must cause confusion sometimes.
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06-08-2006 23:48
I call it a coke, or a pepsi, or whatever type of drink it is.
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Nolan Nash
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06-09-2006 00:03
I grew up saying pop. Of course I am from the upper midwest, so it only stands to reason.

When I was in the miltary, many folks said coke and soda. I have been heard saying soda before, but I don't use "Coke" generically, it just seems odd. Although, I call any kind of tissue a Kleenex.

Various brands of tissue are a lot more similar to each other than Coke is to Orange Crush though...
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Copper Surface
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06-09-2006 00:18
Interesting results. I wonder what term is more popular globally. I'd bet it's neither soda nor pop.
Weedy Herbst
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06-09-2006 00:32
From: Copper Surface
Interesting results. I wonder what term is more popular globally. I'd bet it's neither soda nor pop.


Good question.

Soft drinks maybe, although that may imply juices as well.

Carbonated beverage?
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Nolan Nash
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06-09-2006 00:48
When I was in the military, a lot of folks from Europe and Korea were always wanting to find Fanta - in fact my ex was from Korea, and sort of used it generically. I know Coca-Cola marketed it's Fanta brands heavily overseas at one time. Not sure if it was ever used generically in Europe though.
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Starax Statosky
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06-09-2006 00:50
Pop in the UK.
nimrod Yaffle
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06-09-2006 00:53
From: Starax Statosky
Pop in the UK.

http://www.popuk.com/ :D
I say pop too.
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Warda Kawabata
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06-09-2006 01:13
I say "fizz" for generic clear fizzy drinks. "coke" for generic dark fizzy drinks. Am I weird?
Tod69 Talamasca
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06-09-2006 06:00
Being in Pennsylvania, it's generally called 'pop'.
Billybob Goodliffe
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06-09-2006 06:51
yeah around these parts everything is called Coke. even if it is a Pepsi. :P being of course i live down the road from the Coke bottling plant here outside ATL
Blaze Nielsen
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06-09-2006 07:00
West coast and central US traditionally use the term "pop" On the East coast folks call it "soda". you say potato, I say potata:)
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06-09-2006 07:02
From: Blaze Nielsen
West coast and central US traditionally use the term "pop" On the East coast folks call it "soda". you say potato, I say potata:)

what about us in the southeast who call 'em 'taters? :D
Katlin Aridian
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06-09-2006 07:13
Really, Blaze? 'Cause every Californian I know says "soda," occasionally interchangeable with "Coke," whereas all the Midwesterners and East Coasters I know say "pop." You say "pop" in SoCal, and you're likely to get yourself a long look and a "you from back East?" ;)

My boyfriend, a New York transplant, says "pop." He claims "soda" means seltzer. My grandfather from Boston also says "pop," and if you say "soda," he'll play deaf.
Maeve Morgan
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06-09-2006 07:40
I say soda, and I was born in California never lived anywhere else most people I know do, except for a few older relatives who grew up elsewhere who say pop.
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Hiro Queso
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06-09-2006 07:51
From: Starax Statosky
Pop in the UK.


:0 I've rarely heard be called pop (or soda) in the UK!

I've always gone by the name of the drink.
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06-09-2006 10:49
From: Hiro Queso
:0 I've rarely heard be called pop (or soda) in the UK!

I've always gone by the name of the drink.


I have to agree, I've never heard it called either pop or soda in the UK.

In Australia/NZ it's just called "soft drink" and juice is just called juice.
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06-09-2006 11:19
From: Billybob Goodliffe
yeah around these parts everything is called Coke. even if it is a Pepsi. :P being of course i live down the road from the Coke bottling plant here outside ATL


My mom was in for culture shock when she moved to Tennessee from Illinois. On their way, the stopped at a restaurant. She ordered a Coke. The waitress asked her "What kind of Coke?" Now that I live in Oregon, I call it soda :D
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