What do you call it where you live and where you come from?
Growing up, in the state I lived in, it was generally called *pop*, then in Cali for the other half of my life it is *soda*, spent some time back in OR and it is *pop* there and it seems that's what I call it still even tho I am in Cali and people look at me like I am nuts when they hear me say *pop* lol...how about you?
growing up in Ohio it was pop.
I've also heard "coke" used as a generic term for pop or soda. I can't remember where I was that they used "coke" as generic.
Debbie
Coke is used as a generic term in much of the south and especially in Georgia. As in:
"You want a Coke?"
"Sure."
"What kind?"
"Dr. Pepper."
Beverly
Pop where I am.
Dennis
"Soda" here (near Philadelphia, PA), but it's "pop" up near Altoona, PA where my parents live ;)
They also tend to "supp" around noon, and "warsh up" for meals, lol...
~Kate~
Although I've learned it both ways, I tend to use pop.
As a bartender, I learned what some of the proper terms are:
Soda generally means soda water (carbonated water).
Cola is generic for Coke/Pepsi, etc.
When somebody asks for coke you ask if it is specifically coke, or if they were using it generically
Oh well, that's all part of our "pop" culture.
Quote from: Kate on April 19, 2007, 01:44:37 PM
"Soda" here (near Philadelphia, PA), but it's "pop" up near Altoona, PA where my parents live ;)
They also tend to "supp" around noon, and "warsh up" for meals, lol...
~Kate~
arghhh....My Mom says *warsh* drives me crazy lol
Quote from: togetherwecan on April 19, 2007, 12:23:14 PM
...I am in Cali and people look at me like I am nuts when they hear me say *pop*
I remember visiting in LA a while back and asking for a "pop" and they didn't know what I was talking about, so I started searching through terminology until they accepted the word "soda".
Quote from: togetherwecan on April 19, 2007, 01:49:06 PM
arghhh....My Mom says *warsh* drives me crazy lol
It's even worse when you live in *Warshington* State. :P
Quote from: togetherwecan on April 19, 2007, 01:49:06 PM
arghhh....My Mom says *warsh* drives me crazy lol
LOL, it can be a different world in some places...
The first time my wife and I visited my parents, we were parking along the main street in town when this guy comes walking along with a rifle in his hands... my wife started taking cover behind the car, lol. We had to explain,
"No, no, it's just hunting season. He's just going to get bullets, lol..." It's just normal there.
~Kate~
In NYC, growing up, it was soda. If anyone used the word pop they'd be branded as hicks immediately.
It took me awhile to get used to calling it pop, which is what they use in SW New York State. When I accidentally say soda, I quickly add the word pop to make sure they know what I'm talking about and realize I'm not some sort of foreigner. :D
hugs & smiles
helen (as she jacks the action open to make sure it's clear)
another soda girl.
I grew up in Utah. We called it "pop" there.
Here in CA, we call it "soda"
Cindi
Here in Utopia where everything is pink and perfect ::), we call it soda. :P
tink :icon_chick:
Here its usualy called a coke.... I dont understand why but thats the way it is and Im not going to argue... Can I have a sprite please :)
Just to be different maybe, but here we call it "soft drink".
I know, makes no sense to me, but this is Australia after all :).
Im from DC and its a soda 4 us
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
when someone asks for a coke, they get coca cola unless they ask for something else without calling it a coke
its not a coke, its not pop, or soda pop......ITS FREKIN SODA
now that i have that out of my system...
Here in the UK POP is the genral term, but in polite conversation you may ask if people want a soft drink.
Pop is allways fizzy and a softdrink incorperates squash or juice, cordial or what ever else you wish to call it.
I grew up close to Philly and we also called everything soda. Although when I was older I got into the habit (no idea where it came from) of calling it a cola. That usually leads people into saying things like, "We only have Pepsi, is that okay?" especially in the southern parts of the US.
I was born in NYC and grew up in NJ...it's always been soda to me.
Quote from: ChildOfTheLight on April 21, 2007, 11:13:30 AM
I was born in NYC and grew up in NJ...it's always been soda to me.
thank you, someone who knows what they are talking about....lol
Quote from: BeverlyAnn on April 19, 2007, 01:24:10 PM
Coke is used as a generic term in much of the south and especially in Georgia. As in:
"You want a Coke?"
"Sure."
"What kind?"
"Dr. Pepper."
Beverly
As strange as this may seem, this is a common conversation in Texas and Oklahoma (where I grew up). If you ask for a soda, you get something with ice cream in it. If you ask for a pop, the guy behind the bar hollers for his father to come out. If you use the word "soda pop", everybody just looks at you and figures you are from somewhere else. "Sody Pop" is an acceptable term in the more "rural" (redneck) areas.
Another strange "southern" custom...for that morning kick, it's not coffee we reach for, it's a "coke".
.....Laurie
bah, all of it is soda, or carbonated beverage, all these southern customs are just weird. If you as for a coke, im giving you coca cola....hands down.
Quote from: Rachel on April 22, 2007, 10:38:08 AM
all these southern customs are just weird.
As one flower of southern womanhood said to the other in that old joke, "Well isn't that special." ;)
Beverly
Quote from: BeverlyAnn on April 22, 2007, 12:16:46 PM
Quote from: Rachel on April 22, 2007, 10:38:08 AM
all these southern customs are just weird.
As one flower of southern womanhood said to the other in that old joke, "Well isn't that special." ;)
Beverly
Rofl
ok, they arent all bad, but some just confuse me
I take it you've heard that joke? ;D
Beverly
yep yep
i dont think i will ever stop being a northerner
Quote from: Rachel on April 22, 2007, 12:28:27 PM
i dont think i will ever stop being a northerner
That's all right dear. Nobody is perfect. :angel: >:D
Beverly
Quote from: BeverlyAnn on April 22, 2007, 12:30:24 PM
Quote from: Rachel on April 22, 2007, 12:28:27 PM
i dont think i will ever stop being a northerner
That's all right dear. Nobody is perfect. :angel: >:D
Beverly
lol, you little minx ;D
Quote from: BeverlyAnn on April 22, 2007, 12:30:24 PM
Quote from: Rachel on April 22, 2007, 12:28:27 PM
i dont think i will ever stop being a northerner
That's all right dear. Nobody is perfect. :angel: >:D
Beverly
ROFLMAO!!!!! I laughed so hard it messed up my mascara.
Quote from: Rachel on April 22, 2007, 12:28:27 PM
i dont think i will ever stop being a northerner
Here's another fine Southern expression for you....Well, Bless Your Heart!!
I have faith in you, Rachel. If you can break the chains of gender roles, then you might be strong enough to shake off that "Yankee" yoke and learn the true advantages of being a Southern Belle. There is no better example of womanhood and femininity than a true old-fashioned Southern Lady...except maybe Myrna Loy...LOL
Bless your heart, sweetie.....Laurie
Im sorry, I will always be a northerner, i dont want to be a southerner, i like who i am
i call it pop, used to call it coke. Soda, sounds so weird to me!!
Quote from: LaurieO on April 22, 2007, 05:16:34 AM
Another strange "southern" custom...for that morning kick, it's not coffee we reach for, it's a "coke".
.....Laurie
Amen, that's my morning caffiene. ;D
In Oklahoma we generally call it all "a coke" but I grew up all over the US and Canada so I sometimes I still call it "soda" or "pop"....I dunno.
I'm in ohio and I honestly don't know what we call it. When I say pop at McDonalds they look at me like I'm nuts. But in dthru at Arby's they say 'drink'. I just say soda.
Matt
Quote from: Rachel on April 23, 2007, 01:17:28 AM
Im sorry, I will always be a northerner, i dont want to be a southerner, i like who i am
You sound like you're still sore over the war between the North and the USA.
Well bless yo' little pea pickin' heart anyway!
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It's "pop" here in Michigan.
Soda sound kind of funny to me.
I know down in Tennessee where my sister lives all pop is call coke. So when I go to visit her and order a coke they ask what kind? ::)
Come to think of it eons and eons ago when I was growing up we called it soda pop.
:)
Jillieann
why dont we all call it carbonated beverage
but that would sound weird
I want a lemon lime carbonated beverage. Yeap that does sound weird and it's such a mouthful.
Jillieann
yeah, but it is funny though
Quote from: Tink on April 20, 2007, 01:23:30 AM
Here in Utopia where everything is pink and perfect ::), we call it soda. :P
tink :icon_chick:
Woo Hoo! I'm moving to Utopia with Tink! I really like pink... lol
You know tink, I always seem to rhyme something when I quote you ^_^
I'm a soda girl too, but in PA they call it "pop" and in Mass, when I visited, they called it "soda-pop" hehehe