Soda? Pop? Soda Pop? So Dee? So Duh? What do you call it?

Question

Please include where you were raised.

Answer 1

I'm 60, living in WA State all my life.. As a kid, I always heard it called pop, but then somewhere along the line, some started calling it soda. Nowadays some call them soda while others call them pop. But, funny thing is, when you buy one from a vending machine, it's still always called a "pop machine". Go figure...

Answer 2

I call it soda. I was raised in the Midwest, but moved around a lot, so I stuck with soda because that's what most people understand. Now I live on the West Coast and that's what everyone says, thank goodness!

Answer 3

Soda or Pop, born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky

Answer 4

It Depends On What I'm Drinking If I Were Drinking Pepsi I would Call It Pepsi And If I were Drinking A Doctor pepper I Would Call It Doctor Pepper! I Hope That Answers your Question!

Answer 5

I call it soda. I was raised in southern Missouri. I can't stand when people call it pop. Where I live now, they call it pop.grrrrr

Answer 6

In the South, we called everything carbonated a Coke.
Doesn't matter, RC, Dr Pepper, Fanta... Coke is just synonymous with all of them. Good generic name for them.
Raised in Gainesville, GA.
American by birth, Southern by the Grace of God!

Answer 7

I grew up calling it pop in western pennsylvania. Now i say soda in arizona

Answer 8

All the names that you mentioned plus soda water. Texas

Answer 9

I call it whatever comes out of my mouth. Never the same thing twice. Usually it is pop unless I specify a brand name

Answer 10

I am Canadian, and I call it a "soft drink" or a "pop" - short for "soda pop" I guess, but not to be confused with a "wobbley pop" (beer!).