Pop or soda?

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I always called it pop as a kid in KC. Then in college, I had a roomate from St. Louis who insisted soda was the correct name.

Now, soda to me seems like the correct reference. Pop is a sound. But what does the rest of the country think?

Pop or soda?

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Soda.

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It is "soda pop," so either is technically correct.  Pop sounds much better to me, and "soda" is usually a good giveaway that someone is not from this area.
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soda.  when i came out here from jersey..."pop" was plain silly to me.  "pop" is music. talk about....
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I grew in central Illinois, where almost everyone calls it soda. Then, I went to college in Iowa, surrounded by Iowans and Chicagoans that say pop. To refer to it as pop, to me, evokes mental images of extreme fizziness combining with saliva to ruin the soda.

And then apparently, some misled people around here say pop too. Shame.
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I always say pop. The word soda is needlessly multisyllabic, verbose, sesquipedalian, and logorrheic.
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Tosspot wrote: I always say pop. The word soda is needlessly multisyllabic, verbose, sesquipedalian, and logorrheic.
:)  At maybe 1/10 of a second per syllable, think of how much of your life you are wasting saying soda  :)
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I use both terms.  "Pop" = colas, while "soda" = all other carbonated soft drinks.


Based on the map I'm curious why there is that big cluster of "soda" people in southeastern Missouri sandwiched between "pop" and "coke" people and a thousand miles removed from the main "soda" parts of the country.
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i say coke - but when i want a soda i want a coke.

just like when i want a video game, i want nintendo.
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voltopt wrote: i say coke - but when i want a soda i want a coke.

just like when i want a video game, i want nintendo.
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It's pop...........don't get annoyed 8)
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Kard wrote: Kleenex.
Band-Aid.  Q-Tip.  Xerox.  Post-It.  Thermos.  Frisbee.  Rollerblade.  Super Glue.  Vaseline.  Velcro.  iPod.  Scotch Tape.  ChapStick.
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staubio wrote: Band-Aid.  Q-Tip.  Xerox.  Post-It.  Thermos.  Frisbee.  Rollerblade.  Super Glue.  Vaseline.  Velcro.  iPod.  Scotch Tape.  ChapStick.
bike racks,  even those on the front of a bus :lol: 8) :lol: 8)
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staubio wrote: Band-Aid.  Q-Tip.  Xerox.  Post-It.  Thermos.  Frisbee.  Rollerblade.  Super Glue.  Vaseline.  Velcro.  iPod.  Scotch Tape.  ChapStick.
Does anyone really say Xerox anymore?  And who calls their non-iPod an iPod?  Sounds like a wanna be thing :)
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I call mine an mp3 player.
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i call mine a walkman!  oops, i mean, "cassette player"

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schugg wrote: bike racks,  even those on the front of a bus :lol: 8) :lol: 8)
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soda.
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I used to say "pop", then I moved to where "soda" was said and now I can't stop saying "soda."

So, it's soda.
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staubio wrote: ?
don't play stupid, you know what i'm talking about.

I saw you on tv today :?
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