I have this friend form Texas who calls pop you know like coke soda pop?

Question

she didn't know what I meant when I offered her a pop does anyone else say soda pop i live in montana if you say soda pop say were your from

Answer 1

We used to say that here in Illinois. Some say soda, most say pop.

Answer 2

Depends on where you live. On the East coast they say soda not soda pop. I live in Ohio now and they call it pop here. When I lived in the South, they also called it pop. All over the country, there are different words for different things just as there are different accents in different geographic regions. And of course, everyone who hasn't traveled, thinks their expressions and accents are the standard ones. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Answer 3

I know what your talking about. I was born and raised in MI, moved to GA and now live in TX. Everyone is different and they do look at us Yankees funny when we ask for a pop. People from the south usually say "soda pop" or they offer you a "Coke" then bring you a "Dr. Pepper", that has never made sense to me!

Answer 4

I grew up in Texas and I've heard all of them. Pop, Soda Pop, Coke.

Answer 5

I am from Colorado and every one says soda but I moved to Minneapolis and then Chicago they all say pop I think that was the funniest thing I have ever heard. The stores in Colorado have the signs that say soda and the stores in
Chicago and Minneapolis say pop.

Answer 6

In Texas and much of the south we say coke when we mean a soda, or cold drink. It is like saying Kleenex when we mean facial tissue. Every section of the country has different phrases for things.

Answer 7

I live in Alabama and most folks call all soft drinks "coke". They'll say, "You want to a coke? What kind? Coke, Pepsi, rootbeer or what?

I lived in Ohio for a few years and I was confused when I was offered a "pop" - I didn't know what it was either.

I found this page: http://popvssoda.com:2998/

It is a map showing which terms are used in different parts of the U.S.

Answer 8

I say soda, but most of the people I know here in Tennessee call all soda Coke.

Answer 9

I am from Michigan and we call it Pop. In the Northeast they call it soda. Sodapop, I have heard as well, It is just a sign that you are from the North. In Florida, everything is Coke. "I would like a large Coke." followed by, "What kind, sprite, orange, Dr. pepper...etc.

Answer 10

Its pop, soda is just water that carbonated, in the military we go by last names, ie soda pop would be pop.