Pop vs Soda

[Jalapeno Enema]

This (http://www.lonelyplanet.com/travelblogs/98/88432/Soda+vs.+Pop?destId=361959) is perhaps the most pertinent scientific study of our times. There is also an interactive map here (http://popvssoda.com/).

So, which is it? "Pop", "soda", "coke" (no, not that coke), or "other" (such as "soft drink")?

I am a member of "the St. Louis Soda Bubble", and proud of it.
http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/01795/Images/Soda.jpg

[Lyev]

I don't really understand the difference, nor do I think it is important.

[Os Cangaceiros]

Soda.

Interestingly enough, during the 2000 elections in the U.S. they did a survey in Florida regarding what people called soft drinks. The places that called them "pop" or "coke" all voted for Bush, while the places that called them "soda" voted for Gore. Just a little trivia for ya.

[Tablo]

They call it coke where I live, but I generally just say soda. Fuck anyone that calls it pop.

[Red Commissar]

Around where I live people call it coke, so it's what I'm used to calling it. Well, usually only things like coke and pepsi, not other soft drinks like 7up, rootbeer, Dr. Pepper, etc.

[Stand Your Ground]

I don't really understand the difference, nor do I think it is important.
This. If it's fizzy & sugary it's good.

[DecDoom]

Soda. Pop just sounds stupid.

[Lord Testicles]

It's pop.

[Jazzratt]

Mixer :lol:

[gorillafuck]

I say soda. But why the hell would you call soda "coke"? Coke is a specific type of soda.

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRiuGV2MpIXe0Arsbnw8g9uPdrLxwgZl bcmbQilO0p_68FE4yOQ

Would anybody actually call this Coke?

[Os Cangaceiros]

Some people actually do, moreso in the South than other areas. People will literally say "What kind of coke do you want?" (Yeah, I think it's weird, too.)

Look at what Wiki says about it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coke

[Niccolò Rossi]

That map is pretty cool.

I've never heard anyone call it 'pop'. I didn't know 'coke' was even an accepted name before this thread...

In Sydney all I've ever heard it referred to as is 'fizzy drink' or 'soft drink'.

Here's another one: What do you call swinsuits (of any particular variety)?

In Aus it varies according to state: swimmers, cozzies, speedos, togs, bathers.

Nic.

[Os Cangaceiros]

Here's another one: What do you call swinsuits (of any particular variety)?

(Swim)trunks or baggies. But more often than not just "shorts".

[Sosa]

I'm from the midwest usa so we call it Pop here...I usually say soda most of the time though

[#FF0000]

My ex-girlfriend from around Pittsburgh, PA called it pop.

It was a factor in our break up.

[Comrade Wolfie's Very Nearly Banned Adventures]

Mixer :lol:

This is the only purpose of soft drinks.

[MarxSchmarx]

soda-pop? I've met people who call it that.

[Bad Grrrl Agro]

Soda.
I'm from Milwaukee.

The question is: Bubbler or Water Fountain

[Bad Grrrl Agro]

I'm from the midwest usa so we call it Pop here...I usually say soda most of the time though
Not in Milwaukee, we call it soda.

[Quail]

I'm from the UK and I call it pop if I don't call it by the name of the particular drink.

[Savior]

I call it Fizzy bubbla....

[Rotfront]

In Germany there is no common term for soft drinks in general, so you use the name of the drink.

[Sosa]

Not in Milwaukee, we call it soda.

Maybe its just an Ohio/Michigan thing then.

off-topic...Milwaukee ay? I might me making a move there in the next year or two. I'm thinking about going to grad school there.

[Bad Grrrl Agro]

Maybe its just an Ohio/Michigan thing then.

off-topic...Milwaukee ay? I might me making a move there in the next year or two. I'm thinking about going to grad school there.
I hat the winters here but summer is fun as fuck.

[Jazzratt]

On a side note on the rare occasion I'm not putting booze in it I call it "fizzy drink" because "soda" makes me sound like a yank and "pop" makes me sound like my grandparents.

[Quail]

On a side note on the rare occasion I'm not putting booze in it I call it "fizzy drink" because "soda" makes me sound like a yank and "pop" makes me sound like my grandparents.
I think that's why I refer to it as "pop" - my family call it that, or "fizzy pop." I've also picked up some other weird words from my family. I didn't realise that "shiny balls" wasn't a normal way of talking about baubles until I said it in secondary school and my friends found it hilarious.

[gorillafuck]

Calling it "pop" makes you sound like you're from Leave It To Beaver.:laugh:

[Pavlov's House Party]

soft drink

[Sosa]

saying Pop does sound like I'm from the 1930s


I hat the winters here but summer is fun as fuck.

Hate em too, though I'm used to them living in Michigan and all

[kitsune]

Pop is music. Soda is very common, cola is specifically Coke and Pepsi type.

[Fawkes]

"Pop" is brutally reactionary and should be met with swiftly with the utmost violence.

Fuckin midwesterners

If my intention is to purposely sound like a darsh, I say trunks, but normally I say bathing suit.

[Sosa]

Fuckin midwesterners

why? :crying:

EDIT: I thought you said "Fuck midwesterners"

[Fawkes]

Cause you say pop

[Fawkes]

Also, calling all soda "coke" is irrefutable proof of douchebaggery.

[Bad Grrrl Agro]

Cause you say pop
Not in Milwaukee. But we do pronounce Milwaukee like M'waukee

[Bright Banana Beard]

Hijo, darme una soda!

Soda? Que es soda?

Un fresco por favor!

Ahh, esperarme un rato con la soda!

Gracias!

[Pretty Flaco]

i dont know about you guys, but I usually drink fizzy drinks

[Jalapeno Enema]

i dont know about you guys, but I usually drink fizzy drinksActually, I usually drink kool-aid or coffee.

Tequila, rum, whiskey, or beer on occasion.

[Os Cangaceiros]

lol kool aid. reminds me of this:

http://frangipanezabaglione.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/tang.jpg

Anyone remember Tang? I used to drink a fuckton of Tang as a kid.

EDIT: The Tang Wikipedia article is pretty funny...apparently Tang has been used by people to clean their dishwashers, by methadone addicts to get their fix, and by terrorists to make bombs. Good ol' Tang.

[Jalapeno Enema]

I still drink tang from time to time. . .

hehe. . .sounds dirty

[Pretty Flaco]

lol kool aid. reminds me of this:

http://frangipanezabaglione.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/tang.jpg

Anyone remember Tang? I used to drink a fuckton of Tang as a kid.

EDIT: The Tang Wikipedia article is pretty funny...apparently Tang has been used by people to clean their dishwashers, by methadone addicts to get their fix, and by terrorists to make bombs. Good ol' Tang.

it was the shit with the orangutans

[Aeval]

Soda is fizzy water, pop is cheap fizzy drinks that small children drink (like panda pops), coke can refer to any type of cola, and everything else is called a fizzy drink (or a soft drink if you want to be proper :lol:)

[Amphictyonis]

Swimming trunks or swimming shorts?

[John "Eh" MacDonald]

Swimming trunks or swimming shorts?

I cant swim so I call them sinking trunks.

[Os Cangaceiros]

it was the shit with the orangutans

yup

http://www.sott.net/image/image/8063/tang.jpg

http://www.thehistorybluff.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/tangmonkey.jpg

Chinese people like Tang, too:

http://bbs.chinadaily.com.cn/attachments/month_0612/picbrand_tang2_p5JbFfqNXkQQ.jpeg