Why do people in Arizona call soda "pop"? (buying, foods)

[odannyboi]

Yea, its all of the illinois transplants. Maybe I'll be one too pending application decisions.

Anywho, I'm from Chicago but I always say "soda" just to annoy people here.

[Grannysroost]

A real Minne-sno-duh'n...would never say soda

[SityData]

Pop is the "water" in all village communities;

but no one uses the word 'soda' our water is POP i.e. coke, pepsi etc.

24 dollars per case in the villages - in some stores - it is $1.50 per can !!

Village water is yuk.

[Arizona Mike]

Arizona is solidly a "soda" state as part of the western dialect region, except for those weirdies in Santa Cruz, Gila, and Greenlee counties who side with their neighbors in the southern dialect region and say "Coke" as a generic term for soft drink.

You find odder terms in other parts of the country, like "dope" in the Carolinas and "tonic" in Boston (both fading away in use), or "soda pop" in the deep south.

[Alley01]

Thanks for posting that Map...so interesting!! I call it Soda.

[ErikCortez]

Originally Posted by Arizona Mike

Arizona is solidly a "soda" state as part of the western dialect region, except for those weirdies in Santa Cruz, Gila, and Greenlee counties who side with their neighbors in the southern dialect region and say "Coke" as a generic term for soft drink.

You find odder terms in other parts of the country, like "dope" in the Carolinas and "tonic" in Boston (both fading away in use), or "soda pop" in the deep south.

I sometimes say Sody Pop.

[~PaperMoon~]

LOL Yeah I'm from the midwest and I grew up saying "pop" but yeah everyone here says soda so I do find myself picking up the lingo and saying soda now most of the time.

[azdr0710]

and don't even get us started on "sneakers" vs. "tennis shoes".....or "hoagie" vs. "sub"

(is there a map for those??!!!)

[Bondurant]

"Pop" till I die.

I can leave Michigan but Michigan will never leave me.

[coatimundi]

That's a Midwestern thing. If someone says that in Arizona, it's almost certainly because they're from that region. You'll hear it more in the Phoenix area because that area has more Midwest transplants.