Pop, Coke, Soda...Or What?
By SueD823
@SueD823 (371)
United States
January 24, 2009 10:19am CST
What do you refer to Coke as? I'm a Southerner, so all soda is "Coke", even if it is Mountain Dew, it is Coke. When I go to a restaurant I ask "What kind of 'Coke' do you serve?".
What do you say?
4 responses
@kel1483 (986)
• United States
25 Jan 09
I live in Michigan. Here we call it 'pop'. I'm glad you put that how you ask for it in a restaurant, because I always wondered. I didn't know how you'd specify a regular coke versus say Dr. Pepper or someother kind.
@SueD823 (371)
• United States
26 Jan 09
I have relatives in Michigan and we always would laugh at each other when we were teens because of that difference. Of course, we southerners can also hear that northern accent come out each time y'all say "pop", too. It sounds more like "Paawp" wouldn't you say?
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@michmich2 (432)
• United States
28 Jan 09
I say 'soda'. I would say that among people I know and talk to regularly, it's 50/50 'soda' and 'pop', and a couple people say 'coke' for everything like you do.
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@bodhisatya (2384)
• India
25 Jan 09
Well, we call it cold drinks here, and to be more specific in Hindi the word here in bombay is, "thanda" which means cold. Pepsi is more famous and common here instead of coke I guess,
Cheers,
Bodhi
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@x0xpinkyx0x (673)
• Brazil
24 Jan 09
I call it soda, I have a friend of mine that calls all types of soda coke, I usually make fun of her, I didn't know there was a place where people call all types of soda coke, good to know that. lol
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