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After a rather lengthy discussion this weekend about carbonated beverages, I believe a poll is in order. What do you call it??

soda!!

Oh you're one of THEM!

Yes! He's one of US!!!!!!!!

But...but he's a MIDWESTERNER!!Pop, baby! Pop and nothing else!

I'm one of them too!

ive found that more rural areas often call it pop. my cousins were from kc though, and they called it pop. i wonder what determines which one? my neighbor from ohio called it pop

I call it soda.

I'm originally from North Jersey, so I pronounce it "so - der"

Quote, originally posted by Salsa! »I call it Pepsibut you're also from quebec so that's a given! (joe louis anyone?? )pop up here in Canada as far as the places i've been to around our country. (this topic comes up quite a bit with the in-laws as they lived in New Jersey for awhile and then moved to the mid-west and are now in upstate NY).

Awwww Snap! j/k

Quote, originally posted by Reynoma »I'm originally from North Jersey, so I pronounce it "so - der"so, instead of martha, would you say marther?curious

Everything is a coke here....unless it is beer.

Quote, originally posted by Atomb »but you're also from quebec so that's a given! (joe louis anyone?? )pop up here in Canada as far as the places i've been to around our country. (this topic comes up quite a bit with the in-laws as they lived in New Jersey for awhile and then moved to the mid-west and are now in upstate NY).I also call it Pepsi and unless I'm looking to get thirsty all over again, I never touch coke.

HAH!!! told you ragingfish! pop is far more exciting than "so-duh" Thanks for doing the pole for me poopy. i have no idea what you have to type

Just click on "New Poll" instead of "New Topic" and it gives you boxes for the poll choices.

thanks kari

Soooda pop. You betcha!

You left out the "Add another choice" option, Mike! I call 'em soft drinks.

SODA, for the love of God, SODA. Pop is one of those words that gets on my nerves. Kinda like supper instead of dinner. Just wondering for those of you in the south, if you call all soda "coke" than how do you order a Pepsi or Sprite without getting a Coke by mistake. Very confusing to me. This might be one of those wars that will wage on until the end of time or sweet carbonated beverages, whichever comes first.

I call it Coke. Cause if you an't got Coke I'll drink water.

Quote, originally posted by redlava »SODA, for the love of God, SODA. Pop is one of those words that gets on my nerves. Kinda like supper instead of dinner. Just wondering for those of you in the south, if you call all soda "coke" than how do you order a Pepsi or Sprite without getting a Coke by mistake. Very confusing to me. This might be one of those wars that will wage on until the end of time or sweet carbonated beverages, whichever comes first.Ditto but switch soda and pop around in the first sentence

yeah, around here, everything is coke, like: "Hey man, you want somethin' to drink?" "Yeah, i'll have a coke." "Ok, what kind you want?" "Gimme a Dr. Pepper."

OK. I didn't respond to any of the poll choices, because...Quote, originally posted by futseal04 »Everything is a coke here....unless it is beer.It was always 'coke' in the central Indiana neighborhood where I grew up. My wife and my college friends from 'da Region' (the Calumet River region of northwest Indiana), always call it 'pop.'My 13-year old son (native of Lebanon, Indiana, just northwest of Indianapolis) calls it 'soda'. He must've picked it up at school.So what do the linguists among us think of THAT?

When I lived in Buffalo it was Pop. Now that I live in Virginia it's Soda!

i was raised in south dakota, so "pop." since living on the west coat, i am starting to conform to calling it "soda." in iraq we call it "camel (removed)," cause its usually warm like pee.

dinners and resturants refer to them as "soft drinks" But when someone is going to buy something to drink at the variety store its "Man I'm going to buy a pop, you want one?" or hey we got any pop left?

Apparently this forum is full of aliens from another planet and/or demension (sp)... because everyone knows it's SOFT DRINK... jeez....

Quote, originally posted by MadBill »You left out the "Add another choice" option, Mike! I call 'em soft drinks.If I would have known that you people were even more weird than the people who call it soda I would have left the option open.

I grew up in Pennsylvania where it was soda....but for the last 10 years here in the south I've come to know it as coke. Everything's a coke. "You want a coke?" "Sure, I'll take a Sprite." It grows on you after a while.

Quote, originally posted by Winter »I grew up in Pennsylvania where it was soda....but for the last 10 years here in the south I've come to know it as coke. Everything's a coke. "You want a coke?" "Sure, I'll take a Sprite." It grows on you after a while. now THAT"S weird!

I'm originally from Wisconsin - Soda Pop...I also remember calling it Soda Water when I was a tike.In Minnesota I hear POP all the timeRobin

hmm. i call it just "drink" as in "what do you have to drink?" or i'm asked "what would you like to drink?" and it's an automatic, "Dr. Pepper"my mom calls it soda, my cousins pop, and i just say drink. makes it easier.

For the most part I call it "pop." Buy, having grown up a military brat and living all over the US, you could hear me call it soda, pop, soft drink, or whatever pops into my head first

Everyone up in Metropolitan Detroit call it "pop". Since I live there, that's what I'm gonna call it also.Inder Singh

Here around Pittsburgh it is exclusively called pop. My relatives from Valporiso, IN always called it soda. Hmm, I think I'll grab a Coke now, all this soft drink talk is making me thirsty!