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Contributor: P'Gell P'Gell
Different regions of the US, and different parts of the world call it different things. I'm from Chicago, and we call it "POP"! If I'm watching a movie or TV show and someone is supposed to be from Chicago and calls it "soda" I know it's BS. (The same thing with "Sah-Sidge" no self respecting Chicagoan would call it "Saw-sage")

What do you call it, and in the thread portion, tell me where you are from, (it can be basic, like "the southwest" "The northeast" "The North Pole" " OZ" etc.
Answers (public voting - your screen name will appear in the results):
Pop
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Soda
Jimbo Jones , Andromeda , bluekaren , kelaaa33wish , Upskirt , Jul!a , Vaccinium , DeliciousSurprise , Gunsmoke , Kindred , indiglo , PiratePrincess , Waterfall , Chilipepper , Lily Night , Red Vinyl Kitty , Rockin' , alliegator , ZenaidaMacroura , hjtee , liilii080 , MaryExy , cobiffle , *HisMrs* , OhMy! , BadassFatass , Tuesday , eggiweg , Midway through , leela , BluePixi , SamsDelight , Tori Rebel , tickle me pink , sarahbear , tim1724 , JWinston , Ms. Spice , REDRUM , Joie de Cherresse , MonkeyBoo , bunny love , Hot'n'Bothered , Bunnycups , Karakaten , jay28 , Naughty Student , Airen Wolf , dv8 , Eden C. , C4ss , Retro , Miss Morphine , DustBunny , The Curious Couple , starsNairguitars , BBW Talks Toys , Persephone Nightmare , leatherlover , Virgulino , Keegski , Unconventional , ToyGurl , Diabolical Kitty , charcat , Rossie , daniel and frances , Dizzykakes , Cream in the Cupcake , RubenesqueAna , GravyCakes , Sweet-Justice , PinkPedal , ily , redstarr681 , guard083 , Anjulie , LaBellaVita1982 , MastersXKittenXSlave , Envy , M121212 , Pixie5 , ThoughtsAblaze , CAKES , Enci , v23 , oohlookasquirrel , Miss Anonymous , JessCee , slynch , Rin (aka Nire) , thisisadeletedaccount , Lummox , Peggi , HarlequinBunnie , Stagger13 , Sundae Sparkles , wicked weasel , Allstars316 , ellejay , Amber1319 , RomanticGoth , SecretKinksters , BG529 , PropertyOfPotter , Lover of Leather , elli , Badass , L&P3040 , MistressDandelion , humpday , Deeder , cryinglightning86 , AshMegYo , Pink Jewel , Stinkytofu10 , KrissyNovacaine , haley730 , averageguyextrodinarypleasure , Ouroborean , pootpootpoot , authorzero , pinkpottergirl , wdanas , SimpleTeaser , lilys , nosrslylol , Lildrummrgurl7 , anonkitty , neil i. , GONE! , FallFire , lovebites , Apirka , hem , Willowe , edeneve , skeeterlynn , charmedtomeetyou , SneakersAndPearls , CuteDee , PeaceToTheMiddleEast , Noelle , Anne , hannahlsperru , Trysexual , Living Doll , Leather & Lace , Voir , Synthete , Falsepast , chicmichiw , Cowgirl-Cutie , amazon , lulz , Bleu , Incendiaire , cicispizzaisyummy , LavenderSkies , Cosmonaut , Isola , Martiniman , butts , I Am Sherlocked , DigitalSweety , toffee , xscorpiox
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Soda Pop
Jimbo Jones , namelesschaos , A Closet Slut (aka nipplepeople) , tim1724 , JWinston , Bignuf , Sinfully , v23 , Apate , SimpleTeaser
10
Sody Pop (yes, you'll be giggled at and we'll sing "Dueling Banjos" in your presence)
♥ Amanda ♥
1
Flavored Seltzer (WHO calls it that, who wasn't born in 1873?)
Total votes: 259 (237 voters)
Poll is closed
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Contributor: bluekaren bluekaren
I'm in Florida and it is SODA. We can always tell someone from the northeast when they ask for pop, lol!
04/14/2011
Contributor: Pleasure Piratess Pleasure Piratess
I'm in the Michigan and we call it "pop".
04/14/2011
Contributor: newlady newlady
I've lived in 3 different provinces in Canada, and I call it pop. (Actually, I usually call it by brand name I think)
04/14/2011
Contributor: IrishLassie IrishLassie
I'm from the Midwest, Iowa to be exact, and I call it pop. Now my husband who grew up in California will call it soda every so often. He's been living here long enough I think "pop" has ingrained in him
04/14/2011
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
I'm in the Chicago suburbs and I call it SODA. But I'm originally from New England, so I guess that explains it
04/14/2011
Contributor: Vaccinium Vaccinium
For the first 23 years of my life, I lived in Ohio and only called it "pop." Then I moved to Florida and everyone called it "soda," so I started doing so too. I still call it "soda."

BTW, you missed an option. In many places in the American South, it is called "Coke." Seriously. A typical conversation might go like this:

Person 1: "What do you want to drink?"
Person 2: "Coke."
Person 1: "What kind?"
Person 2: "Dr. Pepper."
04/14/2011
Contributor: namelesschaos namelesschaos
Ok I call it "soda", but my accuracy is off today it seems as I noticed I accidentally vote for "soda pop".

Anyway I grew up in NJ, everyone called in soda. Spent 2 years in buffalo NY there was a mixture of people who called it soda and people who called it pop, I now live in FL people call it soda.
04/14/2011
Contributor: Gunsmoke Gunsmoke
Growing up in Pittsburgh it was 'pop' - but I've been gone so long I use 'soda' like most other Californians.
04/14/2011
Contributor: P'Gell P'Gell
Quote:
Originally posted by Jul!a
I'm in the Chicago suburbs and I call it SODA. But I'm originally from New England, so I guess that explains it
That doesn't count as "Chicago" Sam.

No, really, people usually use the regional dialect from where they grew up.
04/14/2011
Contributor: P'Gell P'Gell
Quote:
Originally posted by Vaccinium
For the first 23 years of my life, I lived in Ohio and only called it "pop." Then I moved to Florida and everyone called it "soda," so I started doing so too. I still call it "soda."



BTW, you missed an ... more
I KNOW! Crap. I realized that when I finished and the survey went live! Southerners call all pop "Coke" or "Co'Cola" ;

And they look at you like you're a communist or a terrorist if you don't want your tea "sweet." We had a few close calls at Waffle Houses in the South. We like our tea, like.....tea, not like.....pop.

I wish I could change the survey.
04/14/2011
Contributor: indiglo indiglo
I'm not from the South, but I call everything Coke. (Really makes my man laugh, even after all this time! LOL) I don't know anyone else who calls it that though. If I don't call it Coke, then I use the word soda. Calling it "pop" would never even occur to me. But I find those kinds of regionalisms absolutely fascinating.
04/14/2011
Contributor: Ansley Ansley
None of the above. It's Coke. For everything. ATL Represent!
04/14/2011
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
Quote:
Originally posted by P'Gell
That doesn't count as "Chicago" Sam.



No, really, people usually use the regional dialect from where they grew up.
That's why I said suburbs

I didn't spend much time in New England growing up, but I was there long enough to learn how to talk, so when I'm really tired or drunk, I have an accent too. My husband thinks it's hilarious.
04/14/2011
Contributor: Ansley Ansley
Quote:
Originally posted by Vaccinium
For the first 23 years of my life, I lived in Ohio and only called it "pop." Then I moved to Florida and everyone called it "soda," so I started doing so too. I still call it "soda."



BTW, you missed an ... more
Dr. Pepper is a Pepsi product.

But you're not entirely wrong. Coke = Sprite, Coke, Diet Coke, Fanta and Mr. Pibb.

I had the perfect coke commercial the other day. Went to grab a bite at Sbarro and I asked for coke to drink. I just barely heard the cashier say 'is Pepsi ok?'. After my brain processed what my ears heard I immediately said No, Dr. Pepper please. My husband and the other cashier started a mini-conversation about how Pepsi shouldn't be served in the area without a Coke fountain in there somewhere. The cashier handling my drink immediately sparked up and defended Pepsi.

3 out of 4 prefered Coke.
04/14/2011
Contributor: Chilipepper Chilipepper
Growing up in Missouri had me calling it 'pop' (strawberry pop, please; it naturally went with barbecue). Moved to Florida when I was ten, and I somehow began calling it 'soda' and still call it soda no matter what now. While living in Montana I heard it called 'soda pop'. Did have one friend call it 'fizzy shit'.
04/14/2011
Contributor: Red Vinyl Kitty Red Vinyl Kitty
I don't like soda, but I call it er, "soda".

My grandpa used to call it tonic!
04/14/2011
Contributor: Rockin' Rockin'
Quote:
Originally posted by Vaccinium
For the first 23 years of my life, I lived in Ohio and only called it "pop." Then I moved to Florida and everyone called it "soda," so I started doing so too. I still call it "soda."



BTW, you missed an ... more
The Coke conversation is 100% accurate. Coke is also offered as a nonspecific drink choice, as in "Want a Coke?" after which you would specify which kind. *nods*
04/14/2011
Contributor: Rockin' Rockin'
I prefer to call it soda, but I have often referred to it as Coke, too.
04/14/2011
Contributor: Jobthingy Jobthingy
Quote:
Originally posted by Vaccinium
For the first 23 years of my life, I lived in Ohio and only called it "pop." Then I moved to Florida and everyone called it "soda," so I started doing so too. I still call it "soda."



BTW, you missed an ... more
what?! That is messed up.

Up here we call it pop
04/14/2011
Contributor: Coralbell Coralbell
I'm from Canada and we call it pop.
04/14/2011
Contributor: alliegator alliegator
Coke, like Kleenex or Band-Aid, is a brand name that is definitely interchangeable with the item name. When I was in Egypt, I was always offered a "coca", short for Coca-Cola. In the traditional glass bottle too.
04/14/2011
Contributor: hjtee hjtee
I'm from Labrador (Canada), a lot of people in my region call it pop, but I personally call it soda.

Pop just seems lazy to me. It drives me nuts when people call it that.
04/14/2011
Contributor: liilii080 liilii080
We used to have this debate in college! It's soda for me and was sody as a kid.
04/14/2011
Contributor: (Re)tired Stripper (Re)tired Stripper
I grew up calling it pop. I grew up in Detroit. Now I'm in the absolute middle--of-nowheres-Mi dwest-blah, and people around me call it soda often enough that I've picked it up too. Also, for some reason, since I quit drinking it, I started calling it soda more. Huh.
04/14/2011
Contributor: Crash Crash
We call it coke in Alabama. Do you want a coke is a general term for pop.
04/14/2011
Contributor: cobiffle cobiffle
Quote:
Originally posted by Crash
We call it coke in Alabama. Do you want a coke is a general term for pop.
Exactly, here in the south it is just coke and everybody that comes from the north always freaks out bout it
04/14/2011
Contributor: Redboxbaby Redboxbaby
I order a "Coke" and I expect people to respond by saying, "What kind?"

When we moved to the East Coast(about 15yrs back) and I remember the first time I placed an order. I actually got a Coke, I was mad and couldn't figure why they didn't ask me what kind I wanted. Thank goodness I am a quick learn!
04/14/2011
Contributor: BadassFatass BadassFatass
I'm in Massachusetts and everyone I know calls it soda.
04/14/2011
Contributor: null null
I'm from Arkansas, and here everything is 'coke'. My boyfriend is from Michigan and he used to call it 'pop', he has since been assimilated. :3
04/14/2011