What's Your Generic Term for "Soft Drink?"

festeringZit · Jan 29, 2012

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festeringZit · Jan 29, 2012

Since I grew up in New England, I still use the term "soda," but all my cousins in Minnesota say "pop."

And, most people in Texas tend to use the term "coke" to refer to soft drinks in general. It's always seemed weird to me...

ALSportsJunkie · Jan 29, 2012

I just call them all soft drinks...guess that is my generic term.

celticGreen+ · Jan 29, 2012

Yea, grew up in the 617 so "soda" it is

HacheMan · Jan 29, 2012

I voted Coke

Speaking of generic, Coke/soft drinks are one thing in which I will not by cheap brands...

lax_gunman · Jan 29, 2012

I have spent extended time in places who use each term...to me the most annoying was "coke"

Here in Maine it is a soda. I could deal with "pop" but calling every "soda" a "coke" just annoyed the hell out of me.

celticGreen+ · Jan 29, 2012

Why is soda so popular in that one spot in the middle of the map..? Must be a good reason, but he'll if I know...

texansfan · Jan 29, 2012

I use soda down here in Texas.

Jstack34 · Jan 29, 2012

Soda in DC/MD area. Met a girl from wv, she called it pop. was annoying

RobFunk · Jan 29, 2012

when I was younger soda, but now soft drink. That's some real progressive thinking!

Doug · Jan 29, 2012

I call it a pop, kinda picked that term up in the 2-3 years I lived in Co.

Defying · Jan 29, 2012

soda... i agree calling it all a coke would annoy me...

there is a lot of "other" right next to me on that map.. but no idea what other would be

bukis1 · Jan 29, 2012

My wife is from PA she said east coast all called it soda.
here midwest its pop or soft drink

Stylez · Jan 29, 2012

pop, rarely have heard soda or anything else

VIEJODINOSAUR · Jan 30, 2012

soda back then and soda now....

GilRenard · Jan 30, 2012

I'm a 'Pop' guy. My county is a pop county bordering a soda county. Explains why many of my friends are soda people. My wife is also a soda person, but she is from a dark blue region. Go figure.

I thought there were areas in Texas that did the 'Dr. Pepper' usage (like Coke). I wonder if they are those heavily represented by 'Other'.

SoCal · Jan 30, 2012

grew up in phila.. was always soda and always will be. MY question is this ... do the people who call it 'pop' think that 'soda' is as foreign and strange as we soda people think the word 'pop' is ??? if I HAD to refer to the drink in question as pop, it would drive me nuts. that all being said... I prefer water these days rather than any type of soda

jurdo · Jan 30, 2012

called "soft drink" by mostly everyone here in australia,
A south african friend calls it "cool drink"

ZJP6050 · Jan 30, 2012

bukis 1 said:
My wife is from PA she said east coast all called it soda.
here midwest its pop or soft drink

sounds about right, in western PA we call it pop.

loomis41973 · Jan 30, 2012

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