Everything but "soda" is wrong

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Which is the one true name?

soda
35
57%
pop
11
18%
coke (not referring to just Coca-Cola)
7
11%
soft drink
7
11%
cola
0
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tonic
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2%
 
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Postby Scott » Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:10 pm

I call it POP or COKE. I feel it is more a monosyllabic name, and soda or soft drink just takes too long to say. :wink:

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I lived in boston for a few months, and speech is so different from the Midwest. They call a sub sandwich a grinder. WTF I said when I first heard that, and I still say WTF... grinder?
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Postby Petra456 » Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:12 pm

I've heard of a grinder before. Some people around here call them that, but very very few.
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Postby Rei » Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:15 pm

That's... almost surreal.
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Postby Young Val » Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:28 pm

if you think THAT'S crazy, you should check out The Wicked Good Guide to Boston English.
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Postby starlooker » Mon Aug 27, 2007 3:20 pm

Grand Forksians know what grinders are. You get them from the Red Pepper. :)
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Postby shadow-petra » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:18 pm

Soda!!! Pop people are evil

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Postby Claire » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:29 pm

I have never actually heard someone say anything other than soda. I live in connecticut and missouri, and both places are definitely soda.

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Postby Syphon the Sun » Sun Sep 16, 2007 11:38 am

I'd like a liter of cola...

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Postby zeroguy » Sun Sep 16, 2007 9:51 pm

Hm, haven't heard of it. Is it French for something? ;)
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Postby zeroguy » Mon Feb 04, 2008 4:44 am

Double-posting and necroposting. What a horrible person I am.

Bumping for newbies and for this, which I recently came across. Unfortunately, the rest of the US/world doesn't seem to be as enlightened as pweb is. (And by the way, I just want to say that I'm so proud of all of you, putting soda in the lead like that.)
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Postby Jayelle » Mon Feb 04, 2008 10:04 am

If you click on "other" you can see some really funny responses. My favourite is "penis".
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Postby Eddie Pinz » Mon Feb 04, 2008 10:41 am

I'll call it a "Cold One"... Because everyone loves a "Cold One" every now and again... But in a pinch, a "Cool One" will do just nicely.
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Postby Darth Petra » Mon Feb 04, 2008 10:44 am

I ask for a root beer, myself.

But I say soda when referring to it in general.
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Postby GodInYourEyes » Mon Feb 04, 2008 10:48 am

I say coke others say pop. way Im I so
diffrent. :(
coke feels normal to me and I like the
sound of it coke! coke! coke! coke! :D
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Postby Rei » Sat Jul 05, 2008 5:24 pm

So I thought we had a thread about this already, but maybe that was 2.0.

A reference to jimmies in a comic I read (the last strip on the page). I still maintain that that's a bizarre word for sprinkles.
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Postby Olhado_ » Sat Jul 05, 2008 7:50 pm

I must say I am slightly disappointed with the results. It is "coke" not "soda" :)
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Postby lyons24000 » Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:44 am

I said Soda. My grandfather would always say Pop. That bugged me. When I was young I would call it Coke.
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Postby wizzard » Sun Jul 06, 2008 11:04 am

For those of you who call it coke, what do you ask for when you want a Coca-Cola? Cause that's what most normal people mean when they say Coke.
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Postby locke » Sun Jul 06, 2008 2:14 pm

you say coke when you want a coca-cola and a coke when you want a seven-up. The proper thing to do after asking for a coke is to wait for the server to ask you, "what kind of coke do you want, coke pepsi, seven up, sprite, root beer, diet coke, diet sprite or caffeine free?"

it is not appropriate to ask for a coke and expect them to include lemonade in the choices of coke a place offers.
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Postby starlooker » Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:30 pm

Sample dialogue in the south:

"I'd like a coke, please."
"What kind?"
"A regular coke."


Or,

"I'd like a coke."
"What kind?"
"What kind do you have?"
"We have regular coke, diet coke, sprite, dr. pepper..." etc.

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Postby Wigginfodder » Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:23 pm

I say "Coke" too. Sometimes I might say "Soda" though.

Also adding on to what starlooker said, that's pretty much the correct dialogue, but if you want a real Coca-Cola you can just say "Coca-Cola" since it's the full name and so it keeps the conversation short and simple.

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Postby UnnDunn » Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:26 am

The correct answer is "Soda". Anything else is flat wrong. :x

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Postby locke » Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:16 pm

Also adding on to what starlooker said, that's pretty much the correct dialogue, but if you want a real Coca-Cola you can just say "Coca-Cola" since it's the full name and so it keeps the conversation short and simple.
This is probably the best route to take for Yankees/Westerners that can't handle/comprehend perfectly reasonable regional differences. :) Just call it by it's proper name, ask for a sprite or a coca-cola or a diet-coke (that last one is equally specific, only coke on its own is a completely generic term, sort of like kleenex or band-aid).
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Postby vendor » Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:43 pm

if more people would understand me I'd say "refrigerant". I normally just say soft drink when not being product specific.
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Postby zeroguy » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:14 pm

The correct answer is "Soda". Anything else is flat wrong. :x
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Postby starlooker » Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:14 am

I've never known anybody who actually said "coca-cola" and it would make me feel like a huge dork.
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Postby Olhado_ » Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:10 pm

I actually had a thought today, which justified the whole "coke" thing. I am use to people saying, "where's the coke machine" or "it is right past the coke machine," even if they do not return with Coke Cola or it is not a Coke Cola machine.

Also, in convenient stores people regular ask, "where are the cokes" and then not come back with "Coke Cola."


Yet, with those people who are against this, I have also read a little bit into linguistics and the general term of "coke" tends to be in the South, which is where Coke Cola started and is still based. I also heard a convincing linguistic story about the orgins of "pop" and "soda;" but those stories allude me, right now.

However, I believe "soda" comes from those famous "pharmacies," with the "soda fountains." Of course, I only know of these from the movies. :P
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Postby Rei » Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:35 pm

People here will refer to the coke machine. I think it has something to do with the huge Coca-cola emblem on the machine, because all of the rest of the time it's pop.
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Postby Petra456 » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:26 pm

Heh, I just realized we always say we're going to get a pop out of the coke machine.
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Postby Olhado_ » Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:33 am

People here will refer to the coke machine. I think it has something to do with the huge Coca-cola emblem on the machine, because all of the rest of the time it's pop.
Well you don't (or at least I don't) hear "it is by the Pepsi machine," when it is actually a Pepsi machine, with the logo and everything.
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Postby Rei » Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:12 am

I think we may have actually done that in high school. That or we said pop machine for those ones. (We only had Pepsi machines at school.)

It does make an interesting question, though, if a group of people who refers to pop or soda also refers to all such vending machines as one particular brand.
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Postby Luet » Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:24 am

Around here everyone calls it soda and we call them soda machines or vending machines, not coke machines.
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Postby zeroguy » Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:58 pm

Yeah, soda machines here, as well. Does anyone call them pop machines?
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Postby starlooker » Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:29 pm

Yup. Around here it's "pop" machine pretty consistently.

I cannot wait to get away from the word "pop." With all the scary things about moving, that's one thing I can get excited about.
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