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"Pop" is an unknown term in the south.
Tell 'em you want a coke, and they'll ask you what kind.
Then you can specify Mt Dew, Shasta etc.
In the south, "Coke" is a generic term for "soft drink," because Coke was invented in the South.
Personally, I cringe and gnash my teeth at "pop."
These days I often say Coke Classic.
Pepsi tastes like perfume!
Anyone remember Nehi?
Orange and Grape were the ones the local service station sold. Had to reach down into a case with cold water around the bottles.
Well HillsAndTrees, I live on Peach Nehi, been drinking it the last four years! My wife turned me back on to it and its all I drink, occasionally I like to buy Sprite and mix it up, making my own peach limeaid, similar to what Sonic serves.
Pop?! I never heard anyone using that term anywhere in America. That's a British term...
Take a look at stockwiz's map on page 1 of this thread. Looks like about 50% of the U.S. (by land area) prefers pop to coke, and it's only the New England and mid-Atlantic states that uses soda primarily.
Take a look at stockwiz's map on page 1 of this thread. Looks like about 50% of the U.S. (by land area) prefers pop to coke, and it's only the New England and mid-Atlantic states that uses soda primarily.
The northern part of West Virginia uses the midwestern "pop". Soda is mostly a northeast thing. The south seems to prefer the term Coke. You could use any of those terms any place in this country and folks would know what you mean, but you are localizing yourself when you use them. When I lived in the NYC area, I had to get used to using soda, which is the term I had always heard associated with that bland bubbly beverage mixed with Scotch whiskey.
Take a look at stockwiz's map on page 1 of this thread. Looks like about 50% of the U.S. (by land area) prefers pop to coke, and it's only the New England and mid-Atlantic states that uses soda primarily.
Problem is that this map/survey was from 2003! Since then, untold millions of old fogeys who say "pop" have tragically died, while many toddlers and even babies have grown up learning the correct term "soda". The folks at East Central University (Oklahoma) need to get off their lazy butts and re-run this survey!
Furthermore, I question the validity of any map which:
1) mispells the word "respondent"
2) inexplicably includes some vast imaginary islands off the coast of California and Texas
3) I'm not sure why Guam was not included in this survey, just because it's an unincorporated territory of ours doesn't mean its opinions should be ignored!
I'm originally from Michigan and everyone up there calls it pop. Faygo red pop for example. A Detroit original.
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