The Great Debate: Pop vs. Soda

what do u call those sweet fizzy drinks?

it's always been "pop" for me. pop can, pop bottle, drinking pop.

pop. pop. pop.

it just sounds more fun. :)

stop calling it soda. it's pop u guys. calling it soda makes u sound crazy. and generically referring all pop as "coke" makes u sound foolish.

anyway here's a cool map that shows what peeps call those fizzy drinks. What do u call it?

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oh that's silly!
'Pop' is what you do to zits or bubble wrap
Soda is the delicious sugary carbonated beverage that you drink
:P


While back had a coworker visiting from the east coast asking me to take him by the MAC machine. I was so confused until I realized he wanted an ATM.

Wow, with half of the country using the very old fashioned term, Pop, I wonder if they follow suit and call the refrigerator an Ice Box as well.

generically referring all pop as "coke" makes u sound foolish.

I'm originally from Texas and growing up EVERYONE said coke.
"Hey can I get a coke?"
"Sure, what kind?"
"Sprite."
That was how it was and if you said pop everyone would die laughing at you. Haha to each their own though!

It is POP. I HATE the word Soda. when I was a kid everyone said pop. I am in Western Wa (seattle) now since everyone has moved here....people are saying Soda. Sucks big time. Its pop damn it! lol

And we are from the same place so YES i totally agree with you!!!

Just do the healthy thing and drink water, then it doesn't matter what you call it. :P But seriously, it's soda. :pepsi:

I must be foolish because around here we call it coke, ya'll. :D I'm in one of those little red counties in southern Indiana btw lol

If I have to differentiate, I'll say pop (like for that decade I lived in Ohio and got strange glances for saying I was getting a Coke and would come back with a Sprite). Never soda. What the heck is that, anyway??

My parents just call it a soft drink. No other terms. But I grew up in a soda area, moved to a Coke area and then moved again to another Coke area. I thought soda was just an abbreviation for soda pop.

​I'm from northwestern Pa, we say pop and
MAC. When I lived in Virginia Beach, we said
soda and ATM. :gj:

Originally I am from Michigan, so I say Pop. Now I live in Georgia and everyone says Soda. (It's also the home of Coca-Cola Corp. so a double whammy to the Pop people.)

The reality is Pop and Soda are both abbreviated versions of the longer original term Soda Pop. So everybody is correct. Except for those who say Coke. That is just wrong and you should be ashamed of yourselves.

Pop? yeah i love to have a cold pop when i'm all tuckered out from pushing my hoop with a stick, lol.
But seriously, its soda, although pop is silly, but not crazy
"Coke" as a generic? thats crazy. Its as bad as my midwestern relatives who refer to all rubber soled athletic shoes (sneakers) as "tennis shoes".

FYI, we call them all "Coke" down here because Coke was invented here. While Dr Pepper (also invented here) technically came out one year earlier, Coke gets all the credit. So folks see all sodas are a derivative of Coke so there ya go.

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Originally Posted by dkatz4

Pop? yeah i love to have a cold pop when i'm all tuckered out from pushing my hoop with a stick, lol.
But seriously, its soda, although pop is silly, but not crazy
"Coke" as a generic? thats crazy. Its as bad as my midwestern relatives who refer to all rubber soled athletic shoes (sneakers) as "tennis shoes".

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Umm... they are all tennis shoes, hello.

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Originally Posted by dkatz4

Pop? yeah i love to have a cold pop when i'm all tuckered out from pushing my hoop with a stick, lol.
But seriously, its soda, although pop is silly, but not crazy
"Coke" as a generic? thats crazy. Its as bad as my midwestern relatives who refer to all rubber soled athletic shoes (sneakers) as "tennis shoes".

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They are all Tennis Shoes in the south too. Or sometimes "Tenny Shoes!"

And if anyone cares, we call shopping carts "buggies" here.

Remember when Rob Lowe was Soda Pop?

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Originally Posted by craigafrechette

Remember when Rob Lowe was Soda Pop?

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Stay Golden Ponyboy

MN and we say pop here, if you say Coke you are getting a Coca-Cola. Soda we would just look at you weird.

Shouldn't the question be what do you put in your coke, pop, soda, dew to make it more enjoyable?

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Originally Posted by Bcycling

Shouldn't the question be what do you put in your coke, pop, soda, dew to make it more enjoyable?

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Of course I put ICE in it! :rolleyes: :fishslap:

Ice. And on occasion, Vodka.

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Originally Posted by MasonC2K

Ice. And on occasion, Vodka.

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Rum for me. Vodka goes in orange juice.

Vodka goes with almost any beverage. I love it in lemonade with shaved ice

That's why I like it. It takes on the flavor of whatever you put it in.

Soft drinks are a mix of flavoring and soda water, that were sold at ​soda fountains. The people behind the counter were soda clerks, but commonly called soda jerks. You could order a number of ​flavored sodas, or even an ice cream soda.

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Originally Posted by Reinz

Wow, with half of the country using the very old fashioned term, Pop, I wonder if they follow suit and call the refrigerator an Ice Box as well.

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I say Pop and Fridge :)

pop here in missouri lol

I call it soda, though most of western ny calls it pop.