I Say "Pop" Instead of "Soda"

Hes not really out, but he did move away to North Dakota and come back saying 'soda', which although popular in most of the country, I find uncomfortable to say. I lived in NY state as a teen and people seemed to find it hilarious that...

lol i say fizzy drinks or soft drink or usually just the name of the drink. :)

When I think about it, I have only heard the term 'soda' from American TV and movies. Since I was a tiny and innocent tyke, I have only heard others refer to carbonated beverages as 'pop'. Soda has never been said. Not that this...

It is a North and Southern difference. Up North, well at least I do, I call it pop. Down South they call it soda pop. Which I find that odd. It's just a matter of how you were raised on certain words.

Everyone says pop around here. I guess it's just a midwest thing. lol.

thats like baking soda or something.
 
 
its POP!!!
 
it pisses me off when people are like... "would you like some soda?"
lmfao.
and i think, "no but i sure would like some POP!"
lol im just...

I think it's more of a Northern thing than Southern. Here in Pittsburgh we say lots of weird things! lol
 

I thought it was divided by generation, rather than by region. For instance, I thought elderly people used "soda" and my generation and my parents' generation used "pop". I thought "soda" was just for people my grandparents' age.

Does...

I was asked once if I wanted a soda. I didn't know what it was but I felt I should at least try it. I was brought soda and I looked down and it was Pop. :)

I giggle when I hear people say Soda. I'm from Canada and I don't know anyone who says Soda. It's called Pop! *giggles

it probably sounds funny but i neither say pop or soda. when i lived down south in north carolina the locals always said we are going to go get some drinkswhich ment pop or soda or beerDRINKS seemed tocover it all.so i got  in the...

i've become accustom to writing in pencil easier to correct errors. i do medical sceduling so it works out

I had never heard the word soda, except in cooking or home remedys, until I was 18. then I went into the ARMY, and my whole life changed. I still call it pop, and some folks look at me like I am from space?

ed inside while One day I went to place some coins in the soda machine "But" The coins kept dropping out. I repeated the process about 3-4 times... until finally I decided something was wrong with the machine. On a whim, I pushed the...

Here in the south (cue Scarlett O'Hara voice) it's all Coke, not "soda" or "pop".  In other words, "Coke" refers both to the genre of carbonated soda beverages AND to a specific type of carbonated soda...