Guest Guest Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 I found this and thought it would be a great topic for discussion.... What's your generic name for carbonated soft drinks? Some researchers conducted an unscientific survey, and found regional differences (the results of which can be seen here, on this map.) Seems that people in Blue America tend to call it "soda," while Red Americans favor "pop" (the Midwest) or, as in the South, "Coke," a term covering all soft drinks. (Sample dialogue from my childhood: "Git me a Coke while you're going to the kitchen." "Awright, you want a Sebmup or a Co-cola, or some othah kind of coldrink?") Southerners, by the way, do not drink Pepsi, which was invented by communists. Some of us - like my Texas-born bride - insist on drinking the vile Dr. Pepper. I try not to look. Hill Quote Link to comment
Guest Guest Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 Ummm, Hill? You forgot to put in the map! I call it soda, my sister calls it pop, my DD calls it Pepsi. LOL! Go figure... Nana Quote Link to comment
Dee Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 This Newwwwwww Yawwwwwwwker calls it Soda while my cousins South of the Border in Pennsylvania call it Pop! What is an icy coke... can someone tell me.. I know they drink them down south... Quote Link to comment
Guest Guest Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 Before I quit drinking it, it was either Fresca or Diet Pepsi, and thats what I called it. Now it's iced tea. This post reminded me of Hush Puppies......haven't thought of those in a LONG time. Anyone make em? Quote Link to comment
gardnmom Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 Around here it's pop. Now for Mare's hush puppies, I make them from the remains of the egg and milk mixture + the flour for my coating for fried chicken, I mix the two and add onion flakes, garlic, parsley flakes, baking powder and corn meal and drop into the hot fat.... umm good. Quote Link to comment
Guest Guest Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 Pop for us for sure! Quote Link to comment
Guest Guest Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 I wouldn't think of speaking for anyone else, but being in the deep south , as in New Orleans...When I ask for a coke, I mean coke the name brand, if I ask for pepsi, I mean pepsi, in other words ,If you want a certain soft drink, you ask for it.... If you have different kinds of soft drink in the frig, that's when you ask what soft drink they prefer... Last, but not least not everyone talks like that in the south, most of us are in the 21st century.... Quote Link to comment
Guest Guest Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 Where I found the post, it had been posted a year ago. I tryed my best but I could not find any way of viewing the map, guess it was a broken ling or something. I'd have liked to see the map myself. Hill Quote Link to comment
ozzzyyy Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 Its simply called Pop here. I do remember visiting relatives in Tennessee as a child and being offered Soda My favorite carbonated beverage is diet Dr. Pepper. Quote Link to comment
ozzzyyy Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 Reci, your ? as to What is an icy coke? I think most Walmarts, 7-11's and convenient stores have an item we get occasionally that resembles your question. It comes in 2 flavors Frozen coke or cherry icy. Its very good and refreshing. Quote Link to comment
Guest Guest Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 Well for us it's a Coke (I don't know why and I have moved around so much, don't know where it came from). But if we want a soda, we ask for a Coke. Quote Link to comment
logcabinmama Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 If you are talking in general, it is 'pop', but if you want a certain kind, you ask for it by name. Quote Link to comment
Synn Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 We call them sodies.. But most of the time we are being stupid.. Other than that.... When I want dh to get me something from the store I call it by name.. Like Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, "Dew"........When we go out to eat I will ask if they have Pepsi or Coke products. Then I know which drink to ask for.. I'll take a double Dew on the rocks please!!! I am curious as to why this is on the Sunporch? Quote Link to comment
Guest Guest Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 My kind of friend... Mountain Dew for me, too, please! Quote Link to comment
ricardo Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 Mt. Dew for me too. I'm hooked. I've been hooked since childhood. My dad is a Dew drinker too. We call everything what it's called. Coke, Pepsi..... Quote Link to comment
Synn Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 Mine is definately Mountain Dew! Let's see we have a 7-up can and a coke can.. Doesn't anyone have a MOUNTAIN DEW?? Quote Link to comment
UKGuy Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 I don't have a particular favorite, but I don't care for Pepsi ( it's toooo sweeeet ). I prefer Coca-Cola over Pepsi, but I also enjoy all the Mt. Dew flavors that are out there. Don't care much for Dr. Pepper, finally got around to finding & trying Dr. Pepper Cherry-Vanilla, ( it's ok, but wasn't too impressed ). Hubby and I usually call colas & dews soda. Oldest daughter is assistant manager & merchandiser for Pepsi where we live, but she decorates her house with Coca-Cola memorabillia. Hey if Pepsi wasn't so cheap, and would sell cool stuff for us to decorate our houses with, eveyone would see Pepsi memorabillia throughout her house. Quote Link to comment
Roseofsharon Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Quote: Last, but not least not everyone talks like that in the south, most of us are in the 21st century.... Ha, Ha, yes we do talk like that, no we are not really in the 21 century like the rest of the country in lots of ways ( we like it that way too) I grew up in Mi- it was pop - moved to Ft. Lauderdale- it was Soda -around here (Deep South)- it is Coke- no matter what you want- I try not to drink Cokes anymore though -Water is my choice bottled drink. Quote Link to comment
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