Do you call it soda or pop?

[ShaTTeredMasterpeace]

Another age old debate. It's definitely called soda where I'm from. But I've also been down south a few times to "popville" lol. I can't remember what they were calling it in Cali when I visited.

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[MCheetah]

Only rednecks from the Midwest call it "Pop." Same thing with rednecks from the south calling literally all sodas "Coke," even Pepsi and Mountain Dew. Not that I even drink soda too often; it's VERY bad for you! I prefer orange juice, apple juice, or lemonade to Pepsi or Coca Cola.

I call it "Soda," or at worst "Soda Pop," cause I'm not an illiterate redneck from Indiana. 😂

I'm kind of joking here, but yeah. Don't call soda "pop" like it's your daddy.

[ShaTTeredMasterpeace]

Lol everyone knows it's bad for you. Water is your friend.

[AviatorTom]

I was raised in Northern US and we called it "pop", sometimes "soda pop". I've moved but I still tend to call it "pop".

[DizzyDesii]

Over here in South MS we call it “drank”. I just call it soda when i type it out online because most assume drank is alcohol. But like if you go to anyones house, they offer you some “drank” which could be any Coke or Pepsi product. If its juice or tea, we just say juice or tea

[ShaTTeredMasterpeace]

Drank is definitely known as lean over here.

[DizzyDesii]

Prob in new orleans too. But they mainly call it purple drank if so

[DizzyDesii]

Like the old folks been callin it drank since prob the 50s so I don't know when the drug one started

[purplepoppy]

It's pop here. The only exception I can think of is cream soda but we still call it pop.
Bottle of pop sounds right but bottle of soda sounds disjointed

[purplepoppy]

We make ours with Half a pound of tuppenny rice,
Half a pound of treacle...

[ShaTTeredMasterpeace]

Where are you from?

[ChrisMaster69]

I call it Pop.

Soda is fizzy water.

if in a bar, would ask what soft drinks they have.

[ShaTTeredMasterpeace]

Fizzy water? Like seltzer?

[ChrisMaster69]

As in
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[ChrisMaster69]

Yeah
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonated_water
You lot have a different name for it

[ShaTTeredMasterpeace]

Lol of course we doooo

[MarkRet]

When I lived around Pittsburgh PA I called it pop. That was the word around there. When I moved to Harrisburg Pa I started calling it soda. That's what they say here. Same state, but separated by mountains.

[ShaTTeredMasterpeace]

Also same state, different city and we call it soda

[Th3ft]

Honestly I have heard pop, soda, soda-pop, coke, and cola. Drank is a new one I’ve never heard of but I have only been in the south twice and neither times did I really get to interact with locals. But I have been all across the norther line. I personally call it soda but I think that is particular to my location. I’m in the New England corner.

[Anonymous]

I call it the name of the thing that it is.

I dont really drink it so I actually dont remember what I authentically used to call those drinks anymore, maybe fizzy drinks?

I might say pop now if were going to use a catch all term but that is extremely unlikely.

[Kaneki05]

No point in using extra words for no reason. Therefore I call the drink by it's name. Fanta is just Fanta. Pepsi is Pepsi.

[AndrésC64]

But what do you call that group of beverages?

[Kaneki05]

@AndrésC64 I mean factually they are all known as soft drinks so that.

[ShaTTeredMasterpeace]

Lol there's nothing extra about categorizing something.

[Kaneki05]

Oh there is even a response on here is a great example why it is.
“What do you want to drink”
“Coke.”
“What kind?”
“Dr. Pepper”
When all this needs to be is "What do you want to drink" "Dr Pepper."
There is 0 reason to specific beforehand it's just adding in extra words and prolonging the question asked.

[AndrésC64]

But the question was not "what do you want to drink?" The question is "What do you call that group of drinks?"

[Kaneki05]

@AndrésC64 I know

[AndrésC64]

Then your previous explanation makes no sense.

[Kaneki05]

@AndrésC64 It makes perfect sense to a real situation that happens in real life. That shows exactly why it's extra. Instead of saying Juice when someone asks what do you want to drink just say orange juice if that's what you want. No need to add extra into it.

[Kaneki05]

Otherwise your just giving an answer that demands another question which is dumb.

[AndrésC64]

It was a very specific question, and you chose to answer something else.

[Kaneki05]

@AndrésC64 Nope I choose to answer why I wouldn't use such words as Pop or soda. So when the question was Do you call it soda or pop? I answered with why I wouldn't call it ethier.

[USLegionary]

Fantastic was the Waffen SS favourite soda pop

[TransAm85]

I'm from Wisconsin.. we say pop, white soda, or Coke.

[ShaTTeredMasterpeace]

I know a few people from Wisconsin and I can't even remember what they used.

[LikeALog]

Yes, both at the same time: sodapop. And sometimes a carbonated drink.
In some parts of Texas, it's a coke, like in "Bring me a coke" "What kind?" "A Dr Pepper!"

[humanearth]

Here we call it soda, pop and sometimes soda pop

But in Oklahoma, where my brother lives. They call all soda, no matter the brand. They call everything Coke

Say you have Sprite, Coke, Pepsi, A&W Root Beer. To them its all coke

[FinneasWilson]

Neither. I call it what it is. So I say Dr pepper or coke or Pepsi. 🤷🏽

[AndrésC64]

But when referring to that group of drinks, what do you call it?

[FinneasWilson]

Fizzy drink.

[ShaTTeredMasterpeace]

@AndrésC64 lol thank you

[USLegionary]

[Chazmatazz269]

Soda makes more sense because the containers don’t “pop” anymore.

[Smoke-n-Growls]

Pop. Soda is seen as an American term where I live, and most of us use "pop".

[Guy13]

Soda and Processed Carbohydrate that I can't have... Life is so unfair

[MTC29]

"Pop."

To me, soda means club soda, a mixer for drinks.

[Daniela1982]

Neither, we called it soda pop, or just plain sody.

[leighbee]

As I am from the UK we call it by brand name or fizzy drinks 😂

[dolemite89]

it’s soda in cali, people say pop in the midwest and it always makes me cringe 😬

[ShaTTeredMasterpeace]

Lol I bet

[Beerluvr]

I think for me I only notice Americans call is soda. I refer to it is pop.

[ShaTTeredMasterpeace]

A lot of people in America call it pop

[Chaser3232]

Growing up we call it soda pop, now I call it soda!

[WeirdoFriendly]

I call it soda. However, I'm from the southern states, so many I should start calling it pop🤔

[Pete671]

Neither, I call it by brand name, UK here by the way,

[leighbee]

Lol yeah that and fizzy drinks 😂

[collie22]

around here in northern California it's Soda

[Twalli]

My dad took a picture of a map of the US by county of what it was called between soda, pop, and coke

[Twalli]

I just uploaded the picture to follow up on your question. From the question by @ShaTTeredMasterpeace what is the carbonated soft drink called (where you're from in the US)? ↗

[Charliefretz329]

Both cause I’ve lived in so many different cultures

[TallAnon]

Soda, no idea where one or the other is considered common.

[Snsl153]

Neither. It's fizzy lemonade.

[ShaTTeredMasterpeace]

Lol lemonade is a whole separate drink tho

[Lickmymeet]

A draaaank

[iloko1]

I call it soda.. it's the most natural for me, and I grew up in America since a very young age

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

We call it Pop in Pennsylvania USA

[ShaTTeredMasterpeace]

Lol not all parts of PA cuz we definitely say soda where I'm from

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

@ShaTTeredMasterpeace Lol see something I learned thanks for letting me know

[krin_m]

When I lived in Toronto, I called it Pop. now it is Soda.

[Knoxmandz19]

Fizzies is the term we use in New Zealand

[Lucy68]

Around here in the south we call it coke

[Blackcosmo]

I call it soda.

[HeartFullOfGlue]

I call it soda but I've heard a few people around here who call it pop

[SaoirseS]

Coke.

[ShaTTeredMasterpeace]

So you call orange soda, coke?

[SaoirseS]

Yes lol. Around here all soft drinks are cokes.
“What do you want to drink”
“Coke.”
“What kind?”
“Dr. Pepper”

[ShaTTeredMasterpeace]

Ahh ok lol that makes more sense.

[Nigjt]

Soda pop is what I call it.
How about u? Huh

[ShaTTeredMasterpeace]

Soda

[Nigjt]

Cool.
God Bless

[petitedollbabee]

I call it fizzy drink lol

[JDBSLAOQ]

called soft drinks where im at

[jshm2]

It's called "ginger" in Scots.

[LiamSawyer]

We've always called it soda pop.

[Phoenix98]

We call it pop round here.

[monkeynutts]

We call it soft drinks, or fizzy drinks.

[Sarahplus2]

I live in the Pittsburgh area and we call it pop.

[LaFerrari]

I call it chemicals in a can

[Sparkie460]

In New York we call it soda.

[BarryLiverstone]

It’s soda here in Florida

[Bubbles16]

Me and my dad say soda but my mom says pop

[NathanDavis]

Coke... there is only Coca Cola and nothing else

[AndrésC64]

🙂. I've heard that some places call everything Coke. That's weird.

[NathanDavis]

@AndrésC64 yes... lol, that would be Mexico as well

[ShaTTeredMasterpeace]

So everything is coca cola?

[NathanDavis]

in some places yes... lol, or "Cola"

[htmndg183]

Soft drink or fizzy drink

[OddBeMe]

Coke actually. Even if its pepsi. Good marketing.

[humanearth]

Must be from Oklahoma

[OddBeMe]

@humanearth no they like Dr Pepper.

[Waldoe]

Coffee/Black please

[bigpauly]

I call it soda but used to call it pop

[Sillyboi98]

It is pop in Minne-soda

[Zolly99999]

We call it 'pop' where I'm from

[TheAfrikan]

Sod is our word here

[mandyfire98]

I call it soda.

[Avgbrisbaneguy]

Called soft drink in Australia

[Skyros]

I just call it a drink.

[eagle1951]

it's been POP for 70 years of my life

[jon28805]

I call it soda.