slo’s TUESDAY 1/23 poll - Soda vs Pop vs Coke 🥤

[slo]

The other day at work (my little second job at a baseball & softball complex) a player asked me if we had any pop. So I replied - No soda, but we do have Gatorade and water. The player than said (he was very young) - what’s soda?

This reminded me how we call this drink something different depending on what we prefer, what are family may say and where we live. When I researched this a little, I found that many just say Coke - this I didn’t know and found it interesting. So I’m very curious…..

Do you say Soda or Pop or Coke?
Do you live in the US or another country?
(multiple choice)

*For those in the US - please post where
*For those in another country - please post which country and please let us Americans know if your country has different areas that call it something different.


For Me…..I always say SODA. In northern Indiana people generally say POP, my family says POP, but years ago I decided that I like the word SODA better and trained my brain to always say SODA.

 

[Meriweather]

Soda....always.
CA, WA and AZ girl.

 

[Scootin'By]

I say either soda or pop. I have relatives in both Canada and Florida, so I'm bilingual. Whatever word gets that fizzy goodness into my hand!

 

[Kitty 34]

I call it pop but if I'm having a drink it's a Rum and Coke please.

 

[snowwite]

Tonic or soda

 

[PollyannaMom]

Soda where I live now (Massachusetts, USA) but pop where I grew up (NY, but near the PA border)

 

[DisneyHardin]

I live in a "Coke" state based off the map, but I always call it soda.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

Soda - midwestern here - New England parents called it soda also

 

[mumto3girls]

DH and I grew up with pop, but our kids say soda as they don’t like the word pop. We’re in Pennsylvania.

 

[bobbiwoz]

Soda, in NJ.

However when we lived in Dayton Ohio, I trained my brain to say Pop.

 

[CdnCarrie]

Pop or soft drink. Canadian Prairies.

 

[Skywalker3]

Coke, or soft drink. every once in a while,soda, but mostly Coke (but what I really mean is diet Dr Pepper)

 

[firefly_ris]

I say soda (Maryland).

Where I live now everyone says pop (Western New York).

 

[Dan Murphy]

Pop, Chicago

 

[Wood Nymph]

Soda - Chicago suburbs

My daughter lives in St Louis and she said that everyone calls it Coke, no matter what carbonated beverage it is.

 

[LoveSpringsteen]

NE Ohio and we call it pop. If I ask for a Coke here, it is the full sugar cola in the red can.

 

[lanejudy]

Soda -- in New England.

 

[antmaril]

Pop - Michigan

 

[Schneewittchen37]

Soda - Maryland.

 

[design_mom]

I grew up/live in a “pop” area, but my husband’s family is from a “soda” area, so I think I have adopted saying soda more often but I definitely understand both.