Pop vs Coke. What do you call it?
In an ongoing debate between me, my brother and his wife, I was finally proved wrong about the regional name choice of a carbonated beverage.
My sister in law calls it soda, but we told her that only people from up north call it that (and thusly entirely discounted her opinion). I call it Coke. A waiter may ask me "What kind of Coke you want?" and I might reply Dr. Pepper. (This is Texas-- everything is called Coke.)
My brother cleverly ended this argument by saying, "When you open a can of coke, it says 'sssssss Pop!' It doesn't say 'sssssss Coke!"
He wins.
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You might be interested in this, it's been around for 9 years now.\r
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http://popvssoda.com:2998/
I grew up in Massachusetts, so it's soda to me. However, being down south for more than half my life now, I can also accept coke - to mean any carbonated soft drink. Pop always sounded kind of 1940's to me.
LOVE that link Venom!!
grew up calling all soda coke. Raised in south orange county.