Everything but "soda" is wrong
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Everything but "soda" is wrong
You go to a restaurant. You want a bubbly carbonated beverage. You ask for... what?
A soda, of course! All other choices are just wrong. I'm just wondering how many other pwebbers know this.
I think all of these are used by at least some regions of the US, UK, or Canada. Sorry if there are other terms in other regions I'm not aware of.
No saying "soda pop"; if you do you're just trying to not take sides. And if you're going to say that it's just something which has evolved different terms in different regions and that there's no "correct" term.... you're not welcome here.
A soda, of course! All other choices are just wrong. I'm just wondering how many other pwebbers know this.
I think all of these are used by at least some regions of the US, UK, or Canada. Sorry if there are other terms in other regions I'm not aware of.
No saying "soda pop"; if you do you're just trying to not take sides. And if you're going to say that it's just something which has evolved different terms in different regions and that there's no "correct" term.... you're not welcome here.
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Re: Everything but "soda" is wrong
You go to a restaurant. You want a bubbly carbonated beverage. You ask for... what?
A soda, of course!
I concur. 100%.
I love that we have one of these on this Pweb, now. 2.0 had one. And I posted this map in that thread. I like it...being a geography major and all.
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i chose soda; the older generation in boston did say tonic. but no longer.
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I thought tonic was a UK thing, interesting.i chose soda; the older generation in boston did say tonic. but no longer.
And eri, say you're at a place where you're just given a cup and you get the drink yourself. Or be a normal person and don't care what the brand is.
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She probably just didn't hear me right...When Nicole came down earlier this month, we were ordering lunch and when she said pop instead of soda the waitress didn't understand her. Needless to say, I had to come in and save her by saying she wanted a soda.
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If I'm ordering a drink I tend to ask for it by name. The general term for carbonated beverages is "pop" though.
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Re: Everything but "soda" is wrong
Forgot to say, thanks for this! I saw this awhile ago, but never really bothered to find out where it came from or where I could get it from.And I posted this map in that thread. I like it...being a geography major and all.
I still find the prevalence of "pop" to be very unnerving, though, especially since I'ved in a "soda" area all my life until I came to my college's half-pop, half-soda region. When I hear someone say pop, it just... I dunno, it sounds like you're from the 20's or something.
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You think that "pop" is the outdated term? "Soda" makes me think of those old soda shops from the 40s.I still find the prevalence of "pop" to be very unnerving, though, especially since I'ved in a "soda" area all my life until I came to my college's half-pop, half-soda region. When I hear someone say pop, it just... I dunno, it sounds like you're from the 20's or something.
i always say soda. anything else is just weird.
haha a lot of Kentucky on that map is in the "coke" region. most people in Louisville just say coke. i hate it when people say that.
"what kind of coke do you want?" it just doesn't make sense.
haha a lot of Kentucky on that map is in the "coke" region. most people in Louisville just say coke. i hate it when people say that.
"what kind of coke do you want?" it just doesn't make sense.
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Hmmm... according to the map, 50-80 percent say "pop" where I'm from ... I think I hear "soda" more often, but that also sounds weird to me. "Soda Pop" sounds normal.
But I think most everyone I know just calls it by the brand name.
EDIT: I think I'll vote for "Soft Drink" that, I think I've heard people use. And it's not listed on the map, except for in the title: "Generic names of SOFT DRINKS"
But I think most everyone I know just calls it by the brand name.
EDIT: I think I'll vote for "Soft Drink" that, I think I've heard people use. And it's not listed on the map, except for in the title: "Generic names of SOFT DRINKS"
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"coke"
I grew up in Texas, what can I say?
In the words of Caspian from Pweb 2.0, "Pop is what the weasel goes. Soda is a cracker."
I've given up and say "pop" these days just because I'm living in North Dakota and it's not worth the fight. But I feel wrong doing it. I long to be in restaurants where servers ask me what kind of coke I want.
I grew up in Texas, what can I say?
In the words of Caspian from Pweb 2.0, "Pop is what the weasel goes. Soda is a cracker."
I've given up and say "pop" these days just because I'm living in North Dakota and it's not worth the fight. But I feel wrong doing it. I long to be in restaurants where servers ask me what kind of coke I want.
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I say "pop". That's what is generally accepted around here.
However, I remember a few times when in the states trying to get away with saying pop and having people look at me funny until I "correct" myself and say soda. It's clearly a regional thing, as almost all the Canadian pwebbers have said pop, whereas all the 'mericans have said soda. Give or take a couple oddballs....
However, I remember a few times when in the states trying to get away with saying pop and having people look at me funny until I "correct" myself and say soda. It's clearly a regional thing, as almost all the Canadian pwebbers have said pop, whereas all the 'mericans have said soda. Give or take a couple oddballs....
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In Texas, they say "regular coke" when asking for a Coca Cola.Coke!
When asking for an actual coke, you probably say something that sounds like "Co'Cola."
Leastwise, round here ya do.
And it's not just Canada that says pop -- North Dakotans and Minnesotans (at least, Western Minnesotans) do as well.
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yeah, my grandparents and my older aunts and uncles all say "tonic," which used to irritate me SO much as a child. they're all Bostonians, born and bred. It's pretty much died out, though, and "soda" is now the general term.
I thought tonic was a UK thing, interesting.
of course, if you are ordering something specific then you ask for it by name.
but when speaking generally, it's soda. as in, "i'm trying to cut down on soda and drink more water instead."
you snooze, you lose
well I have snozzed and lost
I'm pushing through
I'll disregard the cost
I hear the bells
so fascinating and
I'll slug it out
I'm sick of waiting
and I can
hear the bells are
ringing joyful and triumphant
well I have snozzed and lost
I'm pushing through
I'll disregard the cost
I hear the bells
so fascinating and
I'll slug it out
I'm sick of waiting
and I can
hear the bells are
ringing joyful and triumphant
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