Poll: What do you call Soda/Pop/Coke?

[Breezy]

Growing up in a small town outside of L.A. We called everything Coke (every sugary carbonated beverage).

It would be like

Dude1: "Hey do you want a Coke?"
Dude2: "Sure what kind?"
Dude1: "We've got pepsi, mountain dew, orange soda, dr. pepper"

Since moving I've never met another person who used that terminology. Everyone else calls them Soda or Pop.

So what do you call it?

1. Coke
2. Pop
3. Soda
4. Other (Why do you call it other? That's pretty weird)

[BrooklynZoo]

funny i just mentioned this to my friend yesterday. Here in New York, we call it soda, but from what I've heard, most of the country calls it pop?

[LongLiveTheKing]

Coke

[GASOL IS GOAT]

I personally call it Sodium hydrogen carbonate :confusedshrug:

[MMM]

in canada i think most of us call it "pop" and i think most northern states call it the same.

[ace23]

Soda

[HarryCallahan]

Name of the brand or soft drink.

[East_Stone_Ya]

it's coke

[MMM]

i was a coke fiend before i became a teen

[Chuckbrook]

Pop. When I moved to Dallas people laughed at me for calling it pop. I didn't see what the big deal was. I guess they were calling it soda at that time.

-Brook

[Breezy]

I lived in Washington for a bit and they all called it pop, Now I live in Oregon and they call it soda. Glad to see there are other people who call it Coke though.

[$LakerGold]

Soda. Then they ask: "What do you have?" ......

[$LakerGold]

In the Philippines, they call any type of console - "Computer"; whether if it's a Portable Device or a console. It bothers me :(

[ace23]

In the Philippines, they call any type of console - "Computer"; whether if it's a Portable Device or a console. It bothers me :(
That's technically accurate, though.

Call every soda Coke ain't.

[El Kabong]

Soft/fizzy drink.

[Jackass18]

Coke

People who say 'pop' makes me think they're from the 1950s.

[DCL]

it's soda. if you say pop, you sound redneck or a 90 year old fart.

[highwhey]

Sody pop or diabetes drink

[Bandito]

Refresco

[Bcogswell]

name of the drink (coke,pepsi,7up,etc) or just pop
Same here

[AI Thornton]

soda ftw

[Groovy Kat]

I say soda but I do hear a lot of people that say pop. Ive heard older people call it coke.

[ItsMillerTime]

Soda or pop are both acceptable. But if you say soda pop..

:crazysam:

[Tarik One]

Pop as a kid. Then soda when I got stationed in San Diego. Haven't said pop since.

[Dresta]

Soft drink.

lol @ 'pop'

[CelticBaller]

soda, coke is the taste, like coke/pepsi/generic sodas

[highwhey]

Nonalcoholic drink

[StateProperty]

Growing up in a small town outside of L.A. We called everything Coke (every sugary carbonated beverage).

It would be like

Dude1: "Hey do you want a Coke?"
Dude2: "Sure what kind?"
Dude1: "We've got pepsi, mountain dew, orange soda, dr. pepper"

Since moving I've never met another person who used that terminology. Everyone else calls them Soda or Pop.

So what do you call it?

1. Coke
2. Pop
3. Soda
4. Other (Why do you call it other? That's pretty weird)
So what if you wanted a Coke?

"Hey do you want a coke?"
"Sure what kind?"
"A coke."
"What kind of coke?!"
"Just a COKE DAMNIT."

[L.Kizzle]

Soda, Soda Water or Cold Drink.

[Levity]

pretty much the conversation when i order a drink at a restaurant

"what would you like to drink"

"ill have a coke"

"is pepsi ok"

"yeah"

[hateraid]

OP are you filipino? Thats something my dad would do. Like calling all markers pentel pens or calling all vapor rubs vicks.

And pinoys pronounce it Coke"s"
Im thirsty, pour me some Cokes

[InfiniteBaskets]

Growing up in Northeast, everyone said Soda. Now in the corporate world, even inter-office emails, will use "Refreshments" or "Soft Drinks"

[no pun intended]

http://i.imgur.com/a6848KG.png

[Breezy]

So what if you wanted a Coke?

"Hey do you want a coke?"
"Sure what kind?"
"A coke."
"What kind of coke?!"
"Just a COKE DAMNIT."

You would just say "A regular coke"

[Breezy]

OP are you filipino? Thats something my dad would do. Like calling all markers pentel pens or calling all vapor rubs vicks.

And pinoys pronounce it Coke"s"
Im thirsty, pour me some Cokes

No I'm White. The town I'm from (Big Bear Lake if anyone's interested) is heavily Caucasian. It's a ski resort town up in the San Bernadino mountains.

[Breezy]

pretty much the conversation when i order a drink at a restaurant

"what would you like to drink"

"ill have a coke"

"is pepsi ok"

"yeah"

Dude! Exact same here.

[Breezy]

http://i.imgur.com/a6848KG.png


Very interesting. Although assuming that map is accurate I was in the middle of "soda" country calling it coke.

That also Jives with my experience of hearing pop in washington and soda in oregon.

[fsvr54]

Literally have never heard anyone call it pop.

We call it soda here.

[Dolphin]

it's soda. if you say pop, you sound redneck or a 90 year old fart.

Well most of Canada and the upper midwest of the US are neither rednecks or 90 years old so I don't know where you go that idea from lol. Maybe it's different where you are, but up here redneck is associated with some hick from Alabama or something. lol

And ya, never heard a Canadian call it anything but pop. Americans up here are mixed. When I've gone to the states it depends on the region (Penn., Miami, Wisconsin, Baltimore, etc.) and I think it's 50/50 from what I remember as well.

[StateProperty]

http://i.imgur.com/a6848KG.png
I've always heard soda (nj and philly) so looks right. My cousin's family visited from Florida and called it pop, and it's apparently a "soda" state, but I think their mom is from Ohio so she probably just turned them into Floridian outcasts.

[Saintsfan1992]

cold drink in New Orleans

soda in Houston..

[ace23]

cold drink in New Orleans

soda in Houston..
You live in Houston?

[L.Kizzle]

You live in Houston?
Katrina blew his ass down to Houston for a hot second.
:lol

[CelticBaller]

http://i.imgur.com/a6848KG.png
accurate :applause:

[ace23]

Katrina blew his ass down to Houston for a hot second.
:lol
:roll:

[bagelred]

I was just gonna post that map. I can confirm that everyone in New York, EVERYONE, says soda. No one ever says pop or coke (as generic for soda).

As a matter of fact, I am aware that others call it 'pop', although I rarely ever hear that. I didn't even know some people use "coke" as generic. Huh? How does that even work? "I'd like a coke please. What type? Ginger Ale." lolomgwtf?

[ace23]

I was just gonna post that map. I can confirm that everyone in New York, EVERYONE, says soda. No one ever says pop or coke (as generic for soda).

As a matter of fact, I am aware that others call it 'pop', although I rarely ever hear that. I didn't even know some people use "coke" as generic. Huh? How does that even work? "I'd like a coke please. What type? Ginger Ale." lolomgwtf?
Pretty common with country white people here, particularly old country white folks.

[shaq2000]

I call this "coke":

http://www.sweettaterblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/coke__01676_zoom.jpeg

I call this "soda":

http://blogs.sacurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/sodas.jpg

and I call nothing "pop". Not even my dad.

[Crystallas]

I really don't care, but everyone here calls it soda.

If you want a pop, you might be talking about multiple things. If you want a soda, even people who call it coke or pop know what you want, every time(unless they're just stubbornly attached to a word for whatever reason).

http://i.imgur.com/TsQ351c.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/I6h0m1Z.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/NBmF5w4.jpg

[The_Yearning]

Coke = Coke

Soda = Coke, Pepsi, Sprite, etc.

Pop = I'm retarded.

Seriously. I use to work at a food joint during my teenage years and this girl walked up to me and said "pop". I was like, what? "Pop", she repeated. She looked at me like I was stupid or something. Parents have got to teach these kids the correct and proper terminology.

[DCL]

Well most of Canada and the upper midwest of the US are neither rednecks or 90 years old so I don't know where you go that idea from lol. Maybe it's different where you are, but up here redneck is associated with some hick from Alabama or something. lol



yeah, they probably still call it "pop" in alabama... forrest gump era.... when a bottle, not even a can, was only 5 cents. that's the image you bring up when you say "pop." lol

[Dolphin]

yeah, they probably still call it "pop" in alabama... forrest gump era.... when a bottle, not even a can, was only 5 cents. that's the image you bring up when you say "pop." lol

So "pop" came first? So it's settled pop > soda.

Just as "pop" sounds dumb to people who have said "soda" all of their life, "soda" sounds dumb to me. "Hey, can I get a soooooooduh please" lol

[Raymone]

So "pop" came first? So it's settled pop > soda

Great rationale, but no, it didn't come first.

[Raymone]

http://i.imgur.com/gYq4YX6.jpg

[Raymone]

Soda: short for sodium, an active ingredient in it
Pop: the sound made when the carbonated beverage is opened

One name relates to the composition of the drink, the other relates to a ****ing sound it makes. The latter is fine if you're slightly less evolved.

[Rondo]

Juice.

[GOBB]

People who say anything other than soda = weirdos.

Same thing with calling hoagies...subs or hero. Wtf is a hero? Superman is a hero. Not a f*cking hoagie.

[ace23]

People who say anything other than soda = weirdos.

Same thing with calling hoagies...subs or hero. Wtf is a hero? Superman is a hero. Not a f*cking hoagie.
Hoagie is Philly slang for sub, though.

[chosen_one6]

People who say anything other than soda = weirdos.

Same thing with calling hoagies...subs or hero. Wtf is a hero? Superman is a hero. Not a f*cking hoagie.

Do you mean "gyro"? :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

[GOBB]

gyro? Joke went over my head sorry. Explain.


Hoagie is Philly slang for sub, though.

A sub = submarine. Just because the hoagie looks like a sub doesnt mean you call it a sub. Stupid. Philly makes the best hoagies by the way.

[Derka]

Soda.

[chosen_one6]

gyro? Joke went over my head sorry. Explain.



It's not a joke bro. It's Greek food. Do they not have this on the east coast?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyro_%28food%29

[CelticBaller]

It's not a joke bro. It's Greek food. Do they not have this on the east coast?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyro_%28food%29
yes we do, but who the **** will confuse a gyro with a sub?

[chosen_one6]

yes we do, but who the **** will confuse a gyro with a sub?

Hell if I know. It's just funny that GOBB was saying "hero" :lol

[Dolphin]

Soda: short for sodium, an active ingredient in it
Pop: the sound made when the carbonated beverage is opened

One name relates to the composition of the drink, the other relates to a ****ing sound it makes. The latter is fine if you're slightly less evolved.

I'm sure the word "soda' sounds beautiful coming off the tongues of the gay people in San Fran, LA and NYC. "mmmm soda oooohhhh!"

'I want you to stick a can of soda in my butt....OOOOHHH!"


OOOOOOHHHHHHH

[Raymone]

People who call soft drinks "pop" are surely the same ones who call these "clickers"

http://i.imgur.com/yPOdRxWl.jpg

Hurr, it go click, click, click when press it! Just like drink go pop, pop, pop!

http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/neanderthal-hormones-strong-arms-676230-.jpg

[Dolphin]

People who call soft drinks "pop" are surely the same ones who call these "clickers"

http://i.imgur.com/yPOdRxWl.jpg

Hurr, it go click, click, click when press it! Just like drink go pop, pop, pop!

http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/neanderthal-hormones-strong-arms-676230-.jpg

I call them controllers. I think a hick down south who calls pop "coke" would be more likely to call them "clickers".

[BrooklynZoo]

hero with a soda. get it correct

[BasedTom]

Everyone calls it soda here.

Why would you call it pop? Do you call cars "Vrooms" and phones "Ring-Rings" because of the sound they make?
Why would you call it coke if it isn't specifically Coca-Cola you're talking about?

[Breezy]

Why would you call it coke if it isn't specifically Coca-Cola you're talking about?

Because Coke is so ubiquitous that it becomes shorthand for the thing that it is. The same way people use the term "Kleenex" when referring to tissues of different brands. Or Podcast when referring to internet radio on other services besides Itunes.

I didn't know this would get contentious. I thought we could have more of an information sharing experience but in the spirit of this Thread.

They are Soda's, Remotes, and Sub's. If you say anything else do the world a favor and put a bullet in your mouth right now.

[StateProperty]

Do you mean "gyro"? :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:
No, people do call them "heros". A gyro is something completely different.

[bagelred]

hero with a soda. get it correct

I love me a good Chicken Parmigiana Hero. If I called it a sub or hoagie, it would ruin the experience.

[chosen_one6]

No, people do call them "heros". A gyro is something completely different.

Hero and gyro sound extremely similar and I could see how someone would confuse the two.

[GOBB]

Hero and gyro sound extremely similar and I could see how someone would confuse the two.

How? :roll: you gotta have the IQ of javale McGee to confuse the two

I know what a gyro is. They are damn good. Think I might get one today.

[chosen_one6]

How? :roll: you gotta have the IQ of javale McGee to confuse the two

I know what a gyro is. They are damn good. Think I might get one today.

If someone isn't pronouncing it correctly.

I know I used to pronounce it wrong :lol

[CelticBaller]

No, people do call them "heros". A gyro is something completely different.
Those people deserve to get shot. heros? seriously? up here in NE we call them subs, but hoagies is also common.

[GOBB]

If someone isn't pronouncing it correctly.

I know I used to pronounce it wrong :lol

:roll: do u sound like mike Tyson?

Gyro..jai-row
Hero..here-row

Only way u get a pass is of u tell me ur a foreigner who moved to America.

[CelticBaller]

lol @ west coast people unable to comprehend that the east coast calls it pop

What is a clicker? Who says that? It's remote and pop. Deal with it.

I cannot even say the word soda without sounding weird or cheesy.
look at the map, the east coast also calls it soda


wtf is a pop? :facepalm

[chosen_one6]

:roll: do u sound like mike Tyson?

Gyro..jai-row
Hero..here-row

Only way u get a pass is of u tell me ur a foreigner who moved to America.

Its actually pronounced like "yeero" :facepalm

[GOBB]

Its actually pronounced like "yeero" :facepalm

:roll: greeks never corrected me when I ordered. F*cking a-holes!

[chosen_one6]

:roll: greeks never corrected me when I ordered. F*cking a-holes!


:roll: :roll:

[Budadiiii]

I don't drink Pop.

I only drink Soda.

Soft drinks on occasion.

I drink coke and Dr Pepper once in a while, but mainly just soda. Pop makes my stomach hurt, gives me the runs. Caffeine?

[Raymone]

Yeeroscope

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gyroscope_operation.gif/220px-Gyroscope_operation.gif

Yeerocopter

http://www.dotallyrad.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/9vicgh.jpg