Pop Vs. Soda Debate

[warlord 72]

Guess there was a debate here at our Christmas party I didn't know about between what soft drinks are called. Anyways someone send an email company wide to show the map of where the boundries are by county of who calls it what. Kind of interesting...

http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/200...opvssodamap.gif

[reeses16 8]

Wow...someone made a map.

[thetreble 19]

So even if it's not Coke, some people call all pop, coke?

[Kathryn41 3,205]

I notice in the South - Georgia especially where coke was invented and Atlanta which is the headquarters for CocaCola - there is a lot of calling all pop 'coke'. Interesting map!

[Sprailenes 47]

So most people call it pop then. So pop is RIGHT.

[thetreble 19]

So most people call it pop then. So pop is RIGHT.

Well, of course!

[The_Dude 1,142]

So most people call it pop then. So pop is RIGHT.

Considering the map shows that California, Arizona and the east cost from Virginia to Maine call it by soda, then i'd say no, Soda is the preferred name.

[warlord 72]

I personally want to know what "other" is. If it's not Soda, Pop or Coke then what the hell else would it be called?

[Dr. Obvious 49]

I will say all of the above. I didn't even know people had a problem with this until I took a lingusitics class in college.

[Ontarkie 13,916]

I hear coke alot here, when I say I want a pop I usually get a funny look from some ppl. In restaurants I just say sprite plz then I get what I want.

[thetreble 19]

I personally want to know what "other" is. If it's not Soda, Pop or Coke then what the hell else would it be called?

I understand "other" if, for example, they were talking about Nunavut and what people call it in their own language.

I just assumed all other parts labeled other were areas with no data.

[DeadPoolX 9]

I notice in the South - Georgia especially where coke was invented and Atlanta which is the headquarters for CocaCola - there is a lot of calling all pop 'coke'. Interesting map!

I didn't know that before my brother went to Emory University in Atlanta. Coca-Cola donates a large sum to Emory and you're highly unlikely to find any other brand of soft drink there. I think calling ever type of soda "coke" is a little vague. Coke may be extremely common, but what about Sprite? Root Beer? Cream Soda?

I once suggested to my brother that he wear a shirt that proclaims "Coke sucks! Pepsi Rocks!" around campus. I don't think he did that. He said he wanted to keep his head attached to his body.

As a side note, I refer to all soft drinks as "soda." My wife tends to say "pop," but she'll sometimes use "soda" as well.

[Sprailenes 47]

So most people call it pop then. So pop is RIGHT.

Considering the map shows that California, Arizona and the east cost from Virginia to Maine call it by soda, then i'd say no, Soda is the preferred name.

Nope. Its pop. Nuff said.

Kthxbai.

[The_Dude 1,142]

I personally want to know what "other" is. If it's not Soda, Pop or Coke then what the hell else would it be called?

I've heard "Cola" and "Fizzy" as well. I went to university in the south, and heard a variety terms. Mostly, I heard Soda/Coke in cities and pop in the less populated areas.

LoL @ Sprailenes ....... more people call it by its proper name "Soda" than pop, nuffsaid

Edited December 15, 2008 by Rob and Mel

[Sprailenes 47]

I have also heard it referred to as bubbly bubbloo.

Okay no I haven't, I just totally made that up.