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Is it Soda or is it Pop?
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jstkdn
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May-4-2005 08:56
Discuss...
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sunny
Lady of Shadows
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May-4-2005 10:26
both: soda pop
actually when I was growing up (utah/colorado), everyone said coke as a general term for soft drink. like kleenex for tissue.
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Blaise Joshua
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May-4-2005 10:34
In Britain, a lot of people wouldn't know what you meant if you asked for a soda. Pop sounds very childish - it's the name fizzy drinks are called in Beano and Dandy comics and the like. Generally, we call them fizzy drinks : o )
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Orbitrux
Well-Connected
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May-4-2005 13:20
I call it both. Typically in the United States it is called "Soda" on the East Coast and "Pop" in the midwest. I'm from the midwest, but went to school on the east coast, so i call it both.
I think someone told me once that they call it "Dr. Pepper" in the south, because that drink is so popular there. can anyone confirm that?
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Blueberry Hill
Lucky Stiff
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May-4-2005 13:51
Carbonated beverage. :)
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jstkdn
Well-Connected
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May-4-2005 13:55
True true, strange would that also count for the upper mid-west, orbi? I speak Minnesotan, but would say "Soda." This could however be, as I learned my English in various parts of the north-american continent and TV. I spent the majority of time in the upper mid-west and Canada though.
I unintentially pick up other peoples dialects and way of speaking. It sounds like I am making fun of people, but I am really not.
M.Zane....you mean Sweet Tea. :)
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Gary Grey
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May-4-2005 15:08
Ok well just to confuse you further we say soft drinks.
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Makensie Brewer
Super Steeper
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May-4-2005 15:36
Im from Ohio..we say pop here. My fiance` is originally from Alabama, and his kids live there so when we go visit, and I ask for a pop they look at me as if Im weird. They say "drink" down there. If I said drink here, they would think Im asking for an alcoholic beverage :)
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Markie P
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May-4-2005 15:56
Cool drink in South Africa - pop and/or soda not even an option.
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Detective Smart Ass
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May-4-2005 18:48
I'm from NC, and we "rednecks" refer to it as soda or soft drink. We don't tend to use our imagination and just read the name right off the bottle.
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Morley Dotes
Well-Connected
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May-4-2005 21:07
Another Ohioan here, (is Ohioan even a word? If it is, it should be banned. It just doesn't look right!)and "pop" it is! I know in New England states it's called soda. I also have been asked if I want a "cola" to drink, but don't remember where. Probably West Virginia, where most of my family is from, but I can't place it.
JSTKDN - I'm probably wrong about this, but I'm thinking Sweet Tea might be a southern thing. They love sugar in tea down there! I personally like tea unsweetened with lemon. Yum! Maybe it's just a preference thing with no bearing on where your located. Hopefully, someone will correct me about it!
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