Soda vs Pop

[xultar]

Poll question: Soda vs Pop

[Zen Democrat]

1. Coke. -- Dr. Pepper, Sprite, Root Beer etc. -- It's all "Coke"

Getting a carbonated beverage was always "getting a Coke" when I was growing up. And I never drank Coca-Cola. I was a Dr. Pepper kid.

I remember the old-timers of my youth calling it "sodie-water."

The term "pop" is unknown in the South.

[Cannikin]

2. Exactly! I thought it was just a southern thing

[arwalden]

6. My Dad Calls Coca-Cola ... "Co-cola" (Or "Coke-ola")

He's from Southern Georgia.

[xultar]

4. When I moved to Chicago and heard Pop I was like where's the Beaver

I'd never heard it called anything other than soda until the 1980's

[LeftyDarthBrodie]

5. Pepsi is NOT coke

because it is so inferior in quality.

[Lilyhoney]

8. I second that. n/t

[Bluerthanblue]

3. always called it 'tonic' here in new england

but now it's becoming soda

[Zenlitened]

12. And where would you go to get a tonic? Why, to the "spa," of course.

Man, did that confuse me when I first moved to New England. I thought, gee, these folks are incredibly health-conscious -- there's a spa on practically every corner!

Spa

A luncheonette or ma-and-pop convenience store (e.g., the Palace Spa in Brighton). Store 24s are never spas.

http://www.bu.edu/mfeldman/Boston/wicked.html

[lpbk2713]

7. Soft drink

Soda is ice cream in a tall tapered glass.

Pop is what a champagne bottle does.

[The Blue Knight]

9. Pepsi > Coke

And, it's pop, not soda =P

[Kahuna]

10. "Pop" is a dad. Not soda.

:P

[johnnie]

11. Sorry kids...It looks like the "pops" have it

[Zen Democrat]

14. But you'll notice we southerners are COKE people.

First time I heard someone say "Pop" I couldn't imagine what they were talking about!

[u4ic]

13. P_O_P

Soda is either cream or club.

[chieftain]

15. When I was a kid in Missouri in the '50s, we always

got a soda pop.Did anywhere else use both?

[Cannikin]

16. I've used them both

[unsavedtrash]

17. hey, get me a coke. Ok, what kind? Sprite.

it is all coke.