How do you say it?

Question

coke, soda, soft drink, or pop?
I live in the south and i usually hear coke.

Ex. "Do you want a coke from the store" doesn't necessarily mean its gonna be a coke.

Answer 1

I'm from the northwest and we call it 'pop' but after moving to the midwest, it's usually called 'soda'. The weirdest thing I ever heard was in Maryland, where an uncle-in-law asked me if I wanted a 'tonic' and I had no idea what he meant! He was talking about a Pepsi.

Answer 2

It's not coke because that's the name of a certain type. People always call it soda so i guess that's alright to say but i think that's a combination between soft and drink which is kinda the technical name for it. Pop is what old people call it.

Answer 3

I'm in Ontario, Canada and it's usually pop. If cola's being discussed, most often if you're talking about"no name brands" it's coke, but most of the people I know prefer pepsi. They just say pepsi.

added on-- it's funny someone mentioned old people calling it pop, here, the older people are usually the only ones who would ever call it soda or soft drink, lol!

Answer 4

Coke is #1.

Answer 5

Coke is specifically Coca-Cola.

Everything else is a generic soft drink

Answer 6

soda

and for those that don't know, in the south, it's coke or nothing

Answer 7

Gurl, I hear coke too and i live in da south too.

Answer 8

In the U.K., one only says "Coke," if one desires the actual brand "Coca-Cola". If one wants any non-specific variety of carbonated beverage, one would ask for a "fizzy drink".

Answer 9

I was born in the midwest, spent early years in the northeast and then teen years in the west. I say soda.

Hubby was born and raised in the midwest, as were both of my parents, and they say pop.

Answer 10

U just say what u want. Pepsi is also sold in the south.