Pop vs. Soda

bigdirtyfoot · Post by **bigdirtyfoot** » 28 Jul 2005 07:30

Oh man. I thought this was great. Regional map that shows what each place calls their soda/pop/coke/other.

AMAZING colors.

Here

hacksterbator · Post by **hacksterbator** » 28 Jul 2005 09:33

link?

pips · Post by **pips** » 28 Jul 2005 09:42

I say, "pop" or whatever the drink is called, and I am from Pennslyvania. I am in Georgia right now, and they say, "soda" or "coke" (referring to any carbonated drink...coke, pepsi, sprite, dr. pepper...all coke). I don't mind them saying, "soda," but I do with the "coke" name. It confuses me! Anyways, yeah.

I remember one of my friends had a message up on aim, and it had something to do with "soda pop." It said something like ""Soda" means bubbles and "pop" means rocks. It is called "soda pop." Go figure." Something like that. It was a long time ago. I don't remember.

Zeke · Post by **Zeke** » 28 Jul 2005 10:01

I'm in the midwest and I say 'pop'. I've never called it soda. I've never called it coke unless I was talking about that specific product.

footjoe · Post by **footjoe** » 28 Jul 2005 11:50

I called it soda but when I went to canada they called it pop

coke is better than pepsi

zachatree · Post by **zachatree** » 28 Jul 2005 12:25

thats only 120,000 ppls votes. thats a very unacuret map.

bigdirtyfoot · Post by **bigdirtyfoot** » 28 Jul 2005 12:32

zachatree wrote:thats only 120,000 ppls votes. thats a very unacuret map.

Yes, but the map is so PRETTY! I still think that's cool.

slapdash21 · Post by **slapdash21** » 28 Jul 2005 12:32

like the map says...boston/MA is all about soda. i think the number polled is accurate enough because most people will go with what their region would say, since they live there and many probably grew up in the area.

Jamo · Post by **Jamo** » 28 Jul 2005 12:56

They didnt do the UK.
We call Coca cola "Coke" and some things people call pop. But other than that we say "do you want a fizzy drink?"

lightningbolt · Post by **lightningbolt** » 28 Jul 2005 12:57

I just call it soda. Pop just sounds so werid to me.

SandWraith · Post by **SandWraith** » 28 Jul 2005 18:38

I remember seeing a more general map from quite a few years ago (5 or 10) . It only went so far as the state level, but was interesting as well. I realized that I call it pop or soda indiscriminately. :/

ninja · Post by **ninja** » 28 Jul 2005 18:51

We call 'em soft drinks

Blackend · Post by **Blackend** » 29 Jul 2005 07:29

Heh, go figure the rednecks would call soda coke. Damn bass ackwards hillfolk.

Just kidding. I'm from the far north and I call it soda, damn it, but it says 50-80% of the respondents in Hill County Montana call it pop. Hm... I guess I'm one of the few up thar/here.

brian relly · Post by **brian relly** » 29 Jul 2005 07:34

I grew up in the south, and everybody called everything Coke. They ask you what you want to drink, you say "Coke," they say, "What kind?"
They get mad when they come up here, because they ask for a Coke and the waiter just brings them a Coke.

I've always just called it by whatever its name is. Sprite, Coke, Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Cream Soda, etc.

professor · Post by **professor** » 29 Jul 2005 14:39

Ya, that map is pretty accurate to where I've lived.

I've always lived in the south west and we all call it soda, cause that's what it is.

I've heard pop and coke a few times, but usually people get wierd looks for saying that.

full nelson · Post by **full nelson** » 29 Jul 2005 21:56

Pete · Post by **Pete** » 06 Aug 2005 22:48

footjoe wrote:I called it soda but when I went to canada they called it pop

coke is better than pepsi

you should die for saying that. j.k.... but seriously, pepsi is better. i stand by that. and i'll never change my mind.
take the pepsi chalange!

Chema · Post by **Chema** » 07 Aug 2005 01:27

Pete wrote:
footjoe wrote:I called it soda but when I went to canada they called it pop

coke is better than pepsi
you should die for saying that. j.k.... but seriously, pepsi is better. i stand by that. and i'll never change my mind.
take the pepsi chalange!

Ok I took the pepsi challenge with a bunch of friends, 2 of them couldn't tell difference, and the other 3 (one of which was me) could tell that there was a different taste but didn't know which was which.
..and we were all sure that our personal preference was right until that damn challenge

Have you ever taken the pepsi challenge Pete?

SlashC · Post by **SlashC** » 07 Aug 2005 01:29

I call it soda pop.

I think the politically correct term is "carbonated beverage".

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 07 Aug 2005 08:04

zachatree wrote:thats only 120,000 ppls votes. thats a very unacuret map.

Actually the science behind statistics is very accurate - you'd expect the results from such a survey to be pretty spot on. Of course there are lots of factors and it's fairly easy to manipulate a survey so that people give you the answer you're looking for but I don't see any reason why that would happen in this survey.