Soda, Pop, or Coke?

The Coca-Cola headquarters are based in Atlanta, GA so a lot of people down in that area work for them or know people who do and I believe this is why down south the term "Coke" morphed into meaning all sodas.  Waitresses in restaurants will ask "what kind?" after you say you want a Coke.  Bizarre, I know.  People in my area of the country call it pop, but I had a roommate in college from New York, who, after we argued the merits between pop and soda, got me to convert.  So I call it soda in pop country.

johnobvious wrote: The Coca-Cola headquarters are based in Atlanta, GA so a lot of people down in that area work for them or know people who do and I believe this is why down south the term "Coke" morphed into meaning all sodas.  Waitresses in restaurants will ask "what kind?" after you say you want a Coke.  Bizarre, I know.  People in my area of the country call it pop, but I had a roommate in college from New York, who, after we argued the merits between pop and soda, got me to convert.  So I call it soda in pop country.

In Brazil, the general name for all gaseous drinks is refrigerante or simply refri. Cola is used for Coke & Pepsi and 1,000 other similar/equal brands. 

Soda.

I think the traditional thing where I'm from is "tonic" but no one my age says this.  What can I say, New England is getting less and less weird...my mother tells me that people used to have more of an accent in general, too.  Kind of sad, really.


Edited by blaughida - March 10 2007 at 20:27

I call it Soda when I'm in my home environment of New Jersey.  When I go out west, I call it Pop to fit in.  

Other. A fizzy drink.

Pop, though if they still sold it here, I'd be sure to yell, "SSSSSUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRGGGGGEEEEEEEEEE!!!

stonebeard wrote: Pop, though if they still sold it here, I'd be sure to yell, "SSSSSUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRGGGGGEEEEEEEEEE!!!

That gives me an idea for a track name...

Fizzy Surge (featuring Surge 1/Surge 2/Octosurge)

It's an instrumental, or it will be.  It'll contain a common theme, as can be heard in the original Surge.

Geck0 wrote: And just to confuse things, John Fogerty calls it Soda Pop.Soda pop, soda pop, you know you can make it to the top...

I sometimes call it soda pop.

Either that, or soda. Most of the time, I just say the specific drink that I want (Dr. Pepper, Sprite, root beer, Coke, etc)