NationStates Jolt Archive

Well, which is it?

Air your geographical lexicon-based grievances here!

And vote, eh!

I'm making you choose one or the other... so there's no "Both" option. Choose sides, set your battle lines, dig your trenches!

time for me to grab a soda...

Neither, I tell you. It's "Coke".

Nah, it's called pop and the best brand is Coke.

its soda, gosh dang it, SODA, pop seems so toddlerish, like saying momma or dadda

It's pop or the actual name of the drink in the UK.

Lemonade. Yes, Coke is a kind of lemonade.

Nah, it's called pop and the best brand is Coke.
Pepsi is better, RC is best, and they're all sodas.

Lemonade. Yes, Coke is a kind of lemonade.
If only that were true. There just isn't enough good lemonade around. Best cure for dry mouth other than cold lager or pilsner.

It's called "coke" around here. Dr Pepper is the best brand of coke.

That's bordering on Blasphemy...

yeh who honestly calls it pop or soda - soda is american, pop sounds plain babyish.

If anything its fizzy drinks, or the brand name/general name.

Here in the south it is "soda" or "coke." We invented it, we can call it whatever we want, damnit.

Oh ... and if you want an actual Coca-Cola, you generally ask for a "belly washer" around these parts. Otherwise, you'll get Dr Pepper or just ask for iced tea.

Is softdrink a totally outrageous suggestion?

normal people say Pop

I'm from Southern California and now I live in South Florida.

In both states It has been called soda.

It's pop or the actual name of the drink in the UK.

woah there, hold on, i lived in england, oxfordshire, and they called it soda, coke, or softdrink, or by its name(most commonly by the actual drinks name). i never really heard them say POP

Soda.

"Pop" sounds too annoying and sophisticated...

But irl I dont call it either, I call it "drink" >_> because I'm a redneck possibly and was raised that way.

Is softdrink a totally outrageous suggestion?softdrink is far too sensible and legalistic. I know of fizzy drinks being used as well. But most of the time I find the drink is generally refered to by it's sub-group (eg coke, lemonade, etc...) or by its brand. Though I think the only name I know for that horrible stuff that's supposed to taste like vanilla is 'soda'... or was it 'cream soda'.

i say pop cause the word soda seems old fashioned

We just call it fizzy drink in the UK. Here's a map for the US:

http://www.popvssoda.com/countystats/total-county.gif

im from canada and most people call it pop

woah there, hold on, i lived in england, oxfordshire, and they called it soda, coke, or softdrink, or by its name(most commonly by the actual drinks name). i never really heard them say POP

It's mostly said in northern England, and i have never heard anyone call it soda here.

its soda, gosh dang it, SODA, pop seems so toddlerish, like saying momma or dadda

and soda makes it sound like the speaker is mildly retarded

Well, which is it?

Air your geographical lexicon-based grievances here!

And vote, eh!

I'm making you choose one or the other... so there's no "Both" option. Choose sides, set your battle lines, dig your trenches!

time for me to grab a soda...

I remember stealing bottles of Ginger Beer from the back of the Corona pop lorry as a grubby urchin child and running with me butties up to the abandoned quarry on the hillside and guzzling it all down and belching contentedly.

Corona pop, exported world-wide, first made in Porth, Rhondda, South Wales.

A more worthwhile claim to fame than Tom fucking Jones, let me tell you.

normal people say Pop
Yeah, when they're talking about corn.

It's mostly said in northern England, and i have never heard anyone call it soda here.

It's mostly said in working class areas, to be precise.

Is softdrink a totally outrageous suggestion?

Yes, it is!

Polysyllabic words need not apply!

I remember stealing bottles of Ginger Beer from the back of the Corona pop lorry as a grubby urchin child and running with me butties up to the abandoned quarry on the hillside and guzzling it all down and belching contentedly.

Corona pop, exported world-wide, first made in Porth, Rhondda, South Wales.

A more worthwhile claim to fame than Tom fucking Jones, let me tell you.

hehe

I remember stealing bottles of Ginger Beer from the back of the Corona pop lorry as a grubby urchin child and running with me butties up to the abandoned quarry on the hillside and guzzling it all down and belching contentedly.

Corona pop, exported world-wide, first made in Porth, Rhondda, South Wales.

A more worthwhile claim to fame than Tom fucking Jones, let me tell you.

(assuming you're in Wales)

you guys ready for the FA Cup Final again?

I bet Londoners are pissed!

hehe

We just call it fizzy drink in the UK. Here's a map for the US:

http://www.popvssoda.com/countystats/total-county.gif

I like this map, however I live in Michigan and call it soda, since I'm from Arizona and so is my family. Right now I feel like a missionary, converting my friends into saying soda. Ah, my work is righteous indeed...

It's called "coke" around here. Dr Pepper is the best brand of coke.

Hells yes. I agree, you left out the "coke" option. People, always hatin' on the South >O!

(assuming you're in Wales)

you guys ready for the FA Cup Final again?

I bet Londoners are pissed!

hehe

(am indeed)

there was no way on earth Wembley was going to be finished on time. I wonder if they hired Irish builders...

;)

Hopefully after seeing off the Man U scum in the last round, Stevie G's mighty Reds will be visiting my home area soon :)

It's sodapop! I prefer drinking Royal Crown (RC) cola over Coke and Pepsi.

mostly soda, but we know what you're talking about if you say pop and don't find it strange.

and soda makes it sound like the speaker is mildly retarded
Pop sounds entirely stupid. Soda has at least historical precedence for the type of drink

Sorry, but saying you drink "pop" is like saying you're drinking air. The carbonation is the "pop" part of "sodapop." SODA ALL THE WAY!!

Novice']I like this map, however I live in Michigan and call it soda, since I'm from Arizona and so is my family. Right now I feel like a missionary, converting my friends into saying soda. Ah, my work is righteous indeed...

Meet the Pop crusader! I say Pop, actually I don't care what other people call it has long as they don't says "Moutain Dew" I'm good.

we call it soda here. if someone says something about pop i assume they're talking about popsicles.

in the south they say soda, up north here they say pop

Novice']I like this map, however I live in Michigan and call it soda, since I'm from Arizona and so is my family. Right now I feel like a missionary, converting my friends into saying soda. Ah, my work is righteous indeed...
That's heresy up here. I'm trying to beat soda out of my friend who has become a UPer since he went off to college.

If you call it anything other than soda, the terrorists win. Please show some patriotism, and if you're not American then show solidarity with us by using the word Soda.

Sorry. Can't answer the poll.

"Soda" is what I put in my blended whiskey.

"Pop" is the sound of a cork leaving a bottle.

I order softdrinks by brand name.

(Go get me a Coke/Pepsi/Sprite/whatever)

It's sodapop! I prefer drinking Royal Crown (RC) cola over Coke and Pepsi.

Fie!

Sodapop was a character in The Outsiders!

Sorry. Can't answer the poll.

"Soda" is what I put in my blended whiskey.

"Pop" is the sound of a cork leaving a bottle.

I order softdrinks by brand name.

(Go get me a Coke/Pepsi/Sprite/whatever)

of course people order it by name (except in the South, where some people call everything Coke)

how would you refer to the category of product in a monosyllabic manner?

Come on, pick a side!

I said it on the other thread, but I may as well repeat it here.
In my family in Scotland we say 'ginger', 'juice', 'fizz' (or 'fizzy'), and sometimes 'pop'. I've also heard 'skoosh', but wouldn't usually use that myself.

in the south they say soda, up north here they say pop

I grew up in Wisconsin, and to my knowledge I've always referred to it as soda.

(maybe i'm an exception... though i remember different people up there referring to it differently... it seemed to be a reasonable split)

of course people order it by name (except in the South, where some people call everything Coke)

how would you refer to the category of product in a monosyllabic manner?

Come on, pick a side!
Um.. so-da is hardly monosyllabic... :p

I really don't call softdrinks by anything but their generic flavor/brand name.

I've never used the word "pop" in conjunction with softdrinks and I only use "soda" when I want plain, unsalted, unflavoured carbonated water.

Soda
Tonic
Ginger Ale
Cola
Mt Dew
etc.

here in philly its called soda. pop doesn't even go with a softdrink. cause its kind of like calling the drink your dad. which is wrong.

Damnit... pop's trailing by 2....

C'mon Pop!!

Um.. so-da is hardly monosyllabic... :p

I really don't call softdrinks by anything but their generic flavor/brand name.

I've never used the word "pop" in conjunction with softdrinks and I only use "soda" when I want plain, unsalted, unflavoured carbonated water.

Soda
Tonic
Ginger Ale
Cola
Mt Dew
etc.

ROFL, slight oversight on my part!

hehe

It's called läsk.

I agree, it's soda but that's just because that's what most (pretty much everyone) on the west coast calls it. I really don't have a preference, I just find calling it "pop" weird, because I'm just not used to hearing it.

I voted soda, but I like to call them carbonated soft drinks.

normal people say Pop
yes the normal weird people...

I live in the "coke" capitol- Texas.
I was born and raised in Northern Illinois so I have a tendancy to call it pop. But since I am a coke fanatic I get mad when I ask for a coke and they bring me pepsi. They think I can't tell the differenace. What a grave mistake those fools have made. They know not who they trifle with.

It's "pop", which is short for "soda pop". "Soda" is something you bake with.

So if normal people say "pop" that means that west virginia is FILLED with normal people??

I've been there, have family there... they are not normal by any stretch of the imagination...

Juice. Not soda, not pop, not even Lask, unfortunately, just juice.


Neds say Ginger. I think because of the infamous Scottish drink Irn-bru, which is orange.

I grew up calling it coke. However, if I had to choose soda or pop, it would be soda. After all, you go to the soda fountian and watch the soda jerk make your soft drink. So soda seems the default term.

Also, when someone asks if I want a pop, it sounds like they are asking me if I want a smack in the face. That can only end in tears.

Juice. Not soda, not pop, not even Lask, unfortunately, just juice.

My sisters husband called it juice. But then he was from Newcastle. So we didn't expect any better of him. :p

I grew up calling it coke. However, if I had to choose soda or pop, it would be soda. After all, you go to the soda fountian and watch the soda jerk make your soft drink. So soda seems the default term. That's because, as so few here will ever know/remember, soft drinks used to consist of Soda and Syrup (Hi Max...) mixed by hand and didn't come out of a can.
Also, when someone asks if I want a pop, it sounds like they are asking me if I want a smack in the face. That can only end in tears.
:eek: :D

Fizzy drink. Or softdrink. Usually you would specify the flavour and/or brand instead. The only time I've ever heard it referred to as soda or pop is on American TV shows.

It's a soft drink! That is proper. However I learned to call it soda in Massachusetts and when my parents brought me to Cincinnati I refused to switch to calling it pop. Soda, now and forever.

It's soda and anyone who disagrees is my sworn mortal enemy.

Pop sounds so childish, why not go for a lolly and some ice cweam while your at it. Pop would be a nice name for a street drug though...

pop!

Soda just isn't right. That's what I bake with.

i say soda most of the time, but i happen to like lollies and ice cream.

Three things:

It's called Soda
The Best company is Pepsi
The Best type is Serria Mist

pop!

Soda just isn't right. That's what I bake with.

This is how you use pop...

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=pop

And here we have soda...

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=soda

With the dictionary, I rest my case. Soda it is!!!

It really depends on the usage, some times using pop is awkward, sometimes using soda is awkward, sometimes both are awkward. I guess I have some tendency to say pop more than soda though.

Calling everything Coke is a southern thing and just plain weird. Too bad they didn't win the civil war.

"You want some pop?"

If you said that where I came from people would think you're talking about a BJ. O.o

Dr. Pepper for life.

This is how you use pop...

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=pop

And here we have soda...

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=soda

With the dictionary, I rest my case. Soda it is!!!
soft drink
n. In both senses also called soda pop, also called regionally cold drink, drink, pop1, soda, soda water, tonic.

1. A nonalcoholic, flavored, carbonated beverage, usually commercially prepared and sold in bottles or cans.
2. A serving of this beverage. See Regional Note at tonic.


so·da Audio pronunciation of "soda" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (sd)
n.

1.
1. Any of various forms of sodium carbonate.
2. Chemically combined sodium.
2.
1. See carbonated water.
2. Chiefly Northeastern U.S., Eastern Missouri, & Southwestern Illinois. See soft drink. See Regional Note at tonic.
3. A refreshment made from carbonated water, ice cream, and usually a flavoring.
4. Games. The card turned face up at the beginning of faro.

Three things:

It's called Soda
The Best company is Pepsi
The Best type is Serria Mist
Eeeww...

It's pop.
Coke>Pepsi (especially for mixing)
Dr Pepper is the best kind of pop there is.

Damnit.. looks like the soda people win this round....

But the 'pop' people will not be surpressed. We will be back, and in greater numbers....

Damnit.. looks like the soda people win this round....

But the 'pop' people will not be surpressed. We will be back, and in greater numbers....
Its soda-pop.??:confused: By the way has anyone ever come across a thing called Red Lemonade or is that just an Irish thing?

Neds say Ginger. I think because of the infamous Scottish drink Irn-bru, which is orange.


It's not just neds that say 'ginger'. I've said it for as long as I can remember, but couldn't really be described as a ned. I understand that the ginger reference is related to ginger ale, and ginger beer, which've been around, longer than even the venerable irn bru!

I think red lemonade is just an Irish thing only. I've only ever seen it in Dublin, and have never heard of it elsewhere.

It's not just neds that say 'ginger'. I've said it for as long as I can remember, but couldn't really be described as a ned. I understand that the ginger reference is related to ginger ale, and ginger beer, which've been around, longer than even the venerable irn bru!

I think red lemonade is just an Irish thing only. I've only ever seen it in Dublin, and have never heard of it elsewhere.
I think thats because Red Lemonade and Irn Bru are catorgised as chemical weapons as they contain sudan red 1.;)

Its soda-pop.
it is so not that its either one or the other and i personally use the word pop

Carbonated beverages are, and always will be, POP!

it is so not that its either one or the other and i personally use the word pop
Soda-Pop

does anyone really say pop anymore? if i was to refer to such drinks as a group i'd probably say 'fizzy drinks' as in "i don't really like fizzy drinks, except irn bru". or maybe, "i don't touch any of that shit, except irn bru" :p

does anyone really say pop anymore? if i was to refer to such drinks as a group i'd probably say 'fizzy drinks' as in "i don't really like fizzy drinks, except irn bru". or maybe, "i don't touch any of that shit, except irn bru" :p
true in the parlance de jour it is probably fizzy drinks or soft drinks..

Pop is a pretty outdated term.

Fools! Relinquish your stubborn roots and submit to the soda dominance now!

we call everything coke here.

"I am going to get cokes from Sonic, you want one?"
"sure"
"what kind?"
"Dr. Pepper"
"okay"

we call everything coke here.

"I am going to get cokes from Sonic, you want one?"
"sure"
"what kind?"
"Dr. Pepper"
"okay"
Dr. Pepper has never and will never be a coke..!!!NEVER!!You hear me..;)

Fie!

Sodapop was a character in The Outsiders!


Played by Rob Lowe wasn't he? I loved the book and the movie was pretty good too.

Neither. It's soft drink.

This is how you use pop...

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=pop

And here we have soda...

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=soda

With the dictionary, I rest my case. Soda it is!!!


Your case is flawed because on that first link if you go down the page about halfway you would've found this>>>

soft drink
n. In both senses also called soda pop, also called regionally cold drink, drink, pop1, soda, soda water, tonic.
A nonalcoholic, flavored, carbonated beverage, usually commercially prepared and sold in bottles or cans.
A serving of this beverage. See Regional Note at tonic.

Notice how it says both soda and pop. Therefore you could say my arguement for SodaPop was correct. I rest MY case.

Around here it's refered to as "coke."
Which drives me nuts when I want an actual Coca-Cola and ask for a coke and they'll give me some other soft drink.

i call it acid, because it dissolves organs...

"You want some pop?"

If you said that where I came from people would think you're talking about a BJ. O.o

Dr. Pepper for life.

ROFL

i was thinking that pop is best used as a verb... fellas, you know what i'm talking about.

Soda is short for sodavand.

Therefore, I pwn you all.

I will not read any responses to this post, goodbye.

Soda is short for sodavand.

Therefore, I pwn you all.

I will not read any responses to this post, goodbye.
Not even if we agree to submit to your utter ownage and position as supreme ruler over us all?
And, to the person who posted the map: there one for Canada?