The coke thing got me going... so... POP or SODA?

That thread about pepsi and coke got me wondering. I live out in washington and out here we call it POP, but when I go back to school in boston they call it SODA. Of course I get ridiculed, and have to bust a cap everyonce in a while.. ha ha But I was just wondering what other people thought. I go with POP, and my friends here in WA do to, and my roommate from Minnesota called it POP too. __________________ i used to call it pop until i went off to school. then somehow i converted to soda, or, just coke. __________________ Us in the Northeast call it Tonic __________________ Pop, no matter what kind it is. In fact, sometimes even Coke, no matter if it is Coca-Cola or Pepsi (which, to me, both are nasty--I drink the caffeine free diet pepsi most often. I know...sacrilige!) __________________ POP lol hahahahahahahahahahahah sorry but i still think pop sounds stupid. here in California everyone calls it soda. __________________ everything her in OK is either coke or soda... a few people call it pop, but generally it's called coke. down in brazil they call all the "soda" drinks "refrigerante" - translated it means refrigerant (sp?). __________________ pop sounds so stupid, whenever i'm out east that's all i hear, you never hear that on the west coast. i mean, i dont know where the word soda came from, but where the heck did pop come from? was soda way more carbonated back in the day? __________________ Down south, we call everything coke, or else by proper name. Soda? Pop?? Soda Pop? Those are all unusual to me. __________________ IT'S ALL COKE, DAGNABIT! DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT COKE OR PEPSI OR DP OR 7-UP. IT'S ALL COKE!!!! __________________ soda __________________ it's all about the DEW! ...Dew the Dew! __________________ soda. __________________ Whenever I hear "pop" it reminds me of those old black-and-white TV shows like Andy Griffith. Then I think of it coming in an actual glass bottle out of one of those antique machines. Soda, on the other hand, connotes something modern--plastic bottles, aluminum cans. I don't know why. Like everyone else in CA, I call it soda, BTW. __________________ Soda, S*O*D*A....so-oh-da sing it now... ------------------ §=-Sp34dFr34k-=§ __________________ When I was in Texas, they called it "soda water." (pronounced: so'-dee water) ReaganCajun's right. It's all coke! __________________ In Michigan, it's pop. Not soda, not tonic, not coke (unless you're ordering a Coke). __________________ if u order a coke by using pop, i dont think they would understand over here. __________________ you say pop in california and they'll probably bring you a gun. or maybe gum. [This message has been edited by hapoo (edited 08-18-2000).] __________________ I'm from minnesota and we call it pop. Tomato, tomato. Whatever. __________________ No one here in Oregon friggin' cares. We call it what ever we want, so long as we don't call it 'spotted owl.' I made the mistake of doing that once, and right before i took a sip, some nature ******* kept telling me how imoraly wrong it is to drink an endagered species. ------------------ The Minister of Sinister __________________ Pop __________________ BEER! __________________ Diet Coke... the only tasty beverage. Besides margaritas! (Had a few tonight.) __________________ In Indiana we usually call it pop or just order a Coke. I usually just say "I'll have a Coke" or somthing similar, but my favorite soda type drink is Surge, but the BEST is Gatorade. __________________ soda... margarita mondays... yum... buck fifty at acapulco... me gonna be drunk again... especially since on monday it's 2 for 1 at a bar right down the street from acapulco... i love mondays... =) __________________ In Chicago it's Pop, but here in Central Virginia it's Soda.