soda? pop?

[sallad]

in the interest of settling this once at for all...

everyone just relax and have a good laugh at my expense. :)

[wortchillergoal]

This same poll is going on at a goalie bb I visit right now. Over there it is pop at 44 and soda at 36 with a few other responses as well.

I did not vote in that pool but, I posted in that poll,"In order to avoid confusion, I order a beer."

I chose to fly across the country and beat someone as that is what people think we hockey players live to do.

[MeridianFC]

Soda.

FWIW in Scotland a soda/pop is called a "ginger" whether or not it's ginger ale.

I'm also minded of some old timers who will refer to Coke as "dope". You'd grab a "dope and a smoke".

[Fly Creek]

Thank you, Sallad for a much needed dose of levity (or, is it humor... ...or sarcasm... hmmm ... how 'bout a vote)

[studentofbeer]

why not combine them? we should all say soda pop (that's what i get for growing up in LA and living for a while in Chicago).

and isn't all soda called Coke in the South?

[Budman]

Correct, growing up in Virginia it was and is all referred to as Coke

[fretlessman71]

I voted for flying across the country and beating the crap out of a member.... of course, that member would probably be myself.... :rolleyes:

[Fast_Eddy]

Originally posted by studentofbeer
why not combine them? we should all say soda pop (that's what i get for growing up in LA and living for a while in Chicago).

and isn't all soda called Coke in the South?

Being that I am from the South - the answer is no, well almost no. The fact is I knew a lot of older guys that only drink tea, coffee, and Coke. Other than that the exchange would go...

"I'll have a soda."

"Dr. Pepper, Sprite, Coke, or RC?"

"Give me a Coke."

Well so - you're kinda right. Lot of people in the South still drink Arm & Hammer mixed with water to treat heartburn too. I just realized I miss the backwards-Ass South...

**Edit - Oh yeah - VA is not the South you yankee......

Hehe - I'm just kidding, calm down....

More memories flooding in - it's definitely (at minimum) a North/South thing. I remember the first time I heard "pop" was in 6th grade when we had a substitute teacher from New York. The whole class cracked up when she said it. 'Course making 6th graders laugh is like propelling a projectile through an aquatic animal that is confined by a container made by a cooper.

[fretlessman71]

Aw, shoot... I hate fish in a barrel! ;)

[brewmonkey]

Originally posted by Budman
Correct, growing up in Virginia it was and is all referred to as Coke

Same thing on Long Island.

[fretlessman71]

Same thing with NoCal in the 70's... I remember hearing a conversation as a very young lad: "Want a Coke?" "Sure. Whaddya got?"

[wild]

It was always soda-pop around me way back when here in the southwest.

Wild

[Stahlsturm]

Here in Bayern it´s a "Limo" (as in Limonade, not as in Limousine) but I guess that wasn´t the question, hehehe. My wife and her family in RI use "Soda" and I never even heard "Pop" until a similar poll on a different board about 3 years back. I had to ask the wife what the Heck these people were talking about. She knew the term but insisted it was a southern thing.

[fretlessman71]

Most of the RedNecks I met in the South (this is NOT everyone in Nashville, but certainly most of the natives) didn't use soda, pop, or Coke.... if it had alcohol, it was a "beer." Wine Cooler, Smirnoff Ice, whatever... approx. 12 oz.? "Beer." Anything else without alcohol? "Cold Drink." Water, ice tea, soda, pop (oh yeah - those two are the same!), lemonade out of a can - just called a "Cold Drink." At least they can't be faulted for accuracy on the latter!

I think it started when Jack In The box began printing "Cold Drink" on the side of their cups, and it stuck...

[noby]

I guess soda/pop is a US thing alright.
Here we use either a soft drink, or a mineral to describe any carbonated non-alcoholic drink (Coke etc.)



noby

[Beaver]

Originally posted by Stahlsturm
Here in Bayern it´s a "Limo" (as in Limonade, not as in Limousine) but I guess that wasn´t the question, hehehe. My wife and her family in RI use "Soda" and I never even heard "Pop" until a similar poll on a different board about 3 years back. I had to ask the wife what the Heck these people were talking about. She knew the term but insisted it was a southern thing.

I think Pop is more of a Midwest thing.

[danno]

anybody else remember Pop Shop(pe)? when I was a kid, all they had was pop, we'd go in and mix 'n match cases of all different kinds of flavors...

[Fly Creek]

Originally posted by danno
anybody else remember Pop Shop(pe)? when I was a kid, all they had was pop, we'd go in and mix 'n match cases of all different kinds of flavors...

yeah! I remeber the wood cases, the bottles were all scuffed and the only difference among the bottles was the color of the caps for various flavors. ...couldn't get enough of that grape pop.

[hops99]

I grew up in Connecticut, and it was soda. Here in Ohio, it's pop.

The rundown:
Soft drinks were known as "soda" for decades in most areas of the country. Sometime around the '40s or '50s, in some places (especially the midwest), "soda" started to be called "soda pop" - the term "pop" comes from "popping" the cap to open a bottle. Laziness set in, and "soda pop" became just "pop".

[davesarman]

I grew up in SD and live in MN and it's most commonly called pop, so it may very well be a midwest thing. I use soda and pop interchangeably and sometimes get "corrected" if I say soda.

[Jake]

Living in Michigan we always said Pop. When I lived for two summers with my brother in Virginia they called it soda. I recall the time I ordered a pop and the waiter did not know what I meant. From that point on I have always said soda.

[grizzlymike]

in delaware it's soda, as far as i know it's soda on the whole east coast

[chazwicke]

Originally posted by Fast_Eddy

**Edit - Oh yeah - VA is not the South you yankee......

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Even though Virginia was capitol of the Confederacy I always refer to my state as being from the Mid Atlantic. I think VA should secede from the South and I actually think Northern VA should secede from the rest of the state. Start a new state called New Dominion. If that were to happen we would be the most affleunt state in the country.

[Jake]

Originally posted by chazwicke
Even though Virginia was capitol of the Confederacy I always refer to my state as being from the Mid Atlantic. I think VA should secede from the South and I actually think Northern VA should secede from the rest of the state. Start a new state called New Dominion. If that were to happen we would be the most affleunt state in the country.

That is really interesting. We have had that type of talk here in Northern Michigan separating from the big cities of Southern Michigan. Our new state name would be Superior. If we did that we would be as affleunt as West Virginia :D

[danno]

funny this thread should get resurrected. check this out... http://www.popvssoda.com

[ontap78]

I'm from Minnesota and most folks around here say pop although I've noticed in the last decade the word soda is entering the area.Even a few of my friends have been sucked into calling it soda. I usually call it mix.:D

[chazwicke]

What about sandwiches? Do you call them subs, heros, grinders, hoagies or other?

[fretlessman71]

You forgot Poor Boys.... :)

[chazwicke]

Po boys!

[grizzlymike]

subs mostly but some here say hoagies

[hops99]

In Connecticut, they were grinders, and in New York, they were called "wedges". In Ohio, they're just plain old subs.

[megaschnauzer]

here in the bible belt i order a coke. "is pepsi ok?" the waitress asks. in southeast texas it was a soda water. we used to drink 'big red' soda waters, which was strawberry or cherry carbonated water. a sandwich consisted of fried baloney or spam and american cheese on white bread. in peru they have inca cola which tastes like bubble gum. here we have gyros (pronounced hero with a growly 'h') or subs. gyros come from the greek restaraunt and subs come from subway. we also have muffullettes and po' boys. also they used to put a bag of salted peanuts in their rc cola and when finished, fling the bottle at a passing road sign.

[fretlessman71]

And I thought my father-in-law was the only one who liked peanuts and RC Cola! But I gotta correct you... Big Red is cream soda flavored - it just looks like strawberry or cherry because they dump all of that carcinogenic (;)) red dye into it!

[tarapin]

Originally posted by hops99
In Connecticut, they were grinders, and in New York, they were called "wedges". In Ohio, they're just plain old subs.
I'm born and raised in New York and I have never asked for, or never been asked for a sandwich wedge. It's always been heros or subs. I was just in New Orleans this past Sept. and was not impressed with the Po'Boy. The Muffeletta yes, was awesome. Even bought some of the marinated olive veggie spread home with us, and some Krystal hot sauce-that stuff rocks better than tabassco.
oh and by the way it's soda here.

[chazwicke]

Originally posted by fretlessman71
And I thought my father-in-law was the only one who liked peanuts and RC Cola! But I gotta correct you... Big Red is cream soda flavored - it just looks like strawberry or cherry because they dump all of that carcinogenic (;)) red dye into it!

According to NRBQ it is "RC Cola and a Moon Pie".

[fretlessman71]

Originally posted by chazwicke
According to NRBQ it is "RC Cola and a Moon Pie". I got to open for NRBQ about 10 years ago in Colorado Springs... what a disappointment. Shadows of their former selves, with tracks all over their arms.... Sad, sad, sad. :(

[Seymour]

Originally posted by tarapin
I'm born and raised in New York and I have never asked for, or never been asked for a sandwich wedge. It's always been heros or subs. I was just in New Orleans this past Sept. and was not impressed with the Po'Boy. The Muffeletta yes, was awesome. Even bought some of the marinated olive veggie spread home with us, and some Krystal hot sauce-that stuff rocks better than tabassco.
oh and by the way it's soda here.

Not impressed by the Po'boy? How disappointing. I can't help but think you went to the wrong restaurant. Done right, that sammich is heaven on earth! But it's gotta be fried ersters, and it's gotta be on that hard-crusted, chewy French bread. Now you are dead-on about the Crystal Hot sauce. Gotta load up yer sammich with that. Firey hot, and a helluva lot cheaper than Tobasco (totally overrated, IMO).

[Bugz-TT]

The original Tabasco has lost in my book also, too vinigerary. I do like the Chiplote and green ones, if I am in the market for a good hot sauce it is crystal.

Oh Yeah, it all depends on the mood, Soda or Pop, I use both, or just ask for a coke if they don't serve beer.

[chazwicke]

Originally posted by fretlessman71
I got to open for NRBQ about 10 years ago in Colorado Springs... what a disappointment. Shadows of their former selves, with tracks all over their arms.... Sad, sad, sad. :(

That is sad. They used to be a great band.

[HogieWan]

In Louisiana - it's Coke. No matter what it is - it's coke.
Sandwiches are poboys (some people put crap meat on crap bread and call it a poboy, but you'll know it if you get a real one)
Hot Sauce? Tabasco is good for reb beans and gumbo. Use the Habenero kind (but not too much - it'll hurt you) I don't deal with hot sauce most of the time, I like just plain ol' cayenne powder.

[fretlessman71]

There's nothing about the Habanero Tabasco that's painful in the least, but it sure is tasty. Now, if you want PAINFUL, try Dave's Insanity Sauce - I season my chili with it. Unbelievable! :D

[HarkJohnny]

Coke is a southern thing, Soda is a north/east thing, Pop is midwestern.

in the same vain... do you wear gym shoes or sneakers? hehe

[fretlessman71]

Or tennis shoes? :)

[steveh]

Originally posted by fretlessman71
Or tennis shoes?

Swampers. ;)

It's a Yooper t'ing

S.

[Bugz-TT]

Originally posted by fretlessman71
There's nothing about the Habanero Tabasco that's painful in the least, but it sure is tasty. Now, if you want PAINFUL, try Dave's Insanity Sauce - I season my chili with it. Unbelievable! :D

Well Said, Habanero Tabasco does add a nice zing to pizza and Jambalaya. I use the Habanero one faster then the original. Have not tried Dave's insanity sauce yet.

[threecb]

Kicks.

It's an oldskool thing...

[HogieWan]

I always called them shoes

[fretlessman71]

Thought this (http://www.popvssoda.com/) was cool.... :)

[chazwicke]

Yep that is neat. There was some website that asked you what you called certain things and then it guessed what part of the country you were from. It was fairly accurate if I recall. I'll see if I can find the site. It was a year or so ago that someone sent it to me.

[fretlessman71]

Yeah, it's neat... although I just noticed the part of the home page entitled "CONCLUSION:" :mad:

[Beaver]

Originally posted by fretlessman71
Yeah, it's neat... although I just noticed the part of the home page entitled "CONCLUSION:"

Makes sense to me. :D

[fretlessman71]

Originally posted by Beaver
Makes sense to me. :D Dang pop-heads ANYWAY.....

[chazwicke]

LOL! I'm thinking they are cola addicts. Caffine, you know.

[fretlessman71]

Better a sodaholic than an alcoholic, I guess... :)

[chazwicke]

I'm not sure. Well at least about caffiene. I do not drink very much soda but I do drink coffee and I like caffiene. A couple of times I have tried to give it up and the first couple of days there are horrible headaches. I have narrowed my caffiene intake to about 3 servings per day. (Except on weekends, Then I drink a pot of coffee :D )

[fretlessman71]

I have managed to develop a huuuuuge tolerance to caffeine - I can drink 3 Red Bulls and fall fast asleep if necessary. Kinda takes the fun out of it anymore.... :rolleyes:

[chazwicke]

I usually purchase 12 or 13 cases of Red Bull from the distributer for my employees. They all drink it.:D

I as somewhat of an insomniac. I never get a good night's sleep. So I try not to have caffiene after 4PM.

(Bruno - No re-telling the sleep CD story here.)

[fretlessman71]

(Bruno - PM me about this ASAP, please.... :D )