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Is it Soda or is it Pop?
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jstkdn
jstkdn
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May-4-2005 08:56

Discuss...

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Daniella Jewel
Daniella Jewel

Jun-5-2005 11:08

More importantly: is it chicken or is it fish?

Merritt
Merritt

Aug-6-2005 22:03

In Wisconsin, it can go either way. I am squarely a SODA person myself. Another one that gets me going is drinking fountain, water fountain or bubbler!

William H Welch
William H Welch

Aug-7-2005 20:21

who ever said they call it Dr Pepper in the south.... no we dont...im from Alabama and live ona dirt rd :-P the dead end of one as a matter of fact...and for the most part here its coke.

P. Rockwell
P. Rockwell
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Aug-7-2005 23:49

Hey cfm! Doesn't the term "fountain drink" work here?

Does that term makes sence elsewhere?

Skip Brubaker
Skip Brubaker
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Aug-8-2005 17:38

Michigan- and we call it Pop

jstkdn
jstkdn
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Aug-8-2005 17:47

OK let me get this straight. Previously some folks said we call soda or pop, "Coke."

So basically if you want a fanta, you still order a coke? Or if someone offers me a coke, I may end up getting a sprite?

Huh?

Dogberta
Dogberta
Nomad

Aug-8-2005 18:25

nope...coke was generic on the west coast - as in, "let's stop and get a coke". less commonly, '...a soda', and never '...a pop'. When you ordered, though, 'coke' only refered to a cola drink.

Mickey Sticks
Mickey Sticks

Aug-8-2005 20:09

Soda here in Bermuda.
We even go so far as to order a "CokeSoda"

and, for the record, it's pronouced "Coffee..."

or at least it should be.

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Aug-9-2005 04:18

Ah thanks Dogberta. So if someone says "Do you wanna coke", and I say yes. Then they will still say "What would you like to have?"......man that would confuse the hell out of me. I'd be like "I thought you offered me a coke?"

What is pronounced as coffee? *confused*

Dogberta
Dogberta
Nomad

Aug-9-2005 14:41

Interesting, this is more convoluted than I realized. ... if I wanted to offer a soft drink to some visiting friends (and I happen to have coke, diet coke, ginger ale and rootbeer) I would say - can I get you a coke or something? If I only had the gingerale & rootbeer, I'd be more likely to say "can I get you something to drink" thus avoiding the entire soda/pop issue but opening it to hot drinks and alcoholic drinks - which I might not have intended to offer.

Of course, we won't even start on the relationship between gingerale and Vernors. ;-)

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