Pop or Soda??

Question

Which is correct and why do we have such a cultural divide over this topic?

Also, where are you from?

Answer 1

pop

ohio

Answer 2

I am from the south so I say soda...lol I used to work in a restaurant and this little boy said he wanted pop..and I looked at him so confused (I was 15 then). But I think the real word is Soda Pop.

Answer 3

Truckgirl and dee the genius must not be from the triangle of Green Bay, Appleton and Milwaukee because it's strictly "soda" there, and pop in other parts of WI.
When I lived in Sheboygan, I worked with a woman from Massachusetts and no one had a clue what a "tonic" was. They thought it was medicine.

Answer 4

Both are correct. It doesn't matter what you call it. What matters is that the person your talking to understands what your talking about. I was so not aware of a cultural divide.

Answer 5

When I lived in TX, everything was a Coke...then we moved up north, and everything here is a pop, but we still hear ppl saying soda. Either one works for me.*

Answer 6

I say pop and I am from Nebraska. The original way to say it was soda pop together.

Answer 7

soda California

Answer 8

well if its called by its correct name its soda pop and the western half of the usa calls it soda and eastern calls it pop(most of the time depends on where your from) and i dont know why but who cares just drink it and get over it

Answer 9

Down here in the South we just about call them all just cokes. Then ask what flavor. But it's soda mostly.

Answer 10

I'm from Michigan, and it depends on who I am with. I have a friend from Ohio that say soda, so I usually say that when I am with her. At restaurants I usually say pop.

Answer 11

Soda pop.

Just kidding. I'm from Idaho, and we pretty much call it both an even 50/50. I think more than where you live, it's where you were raised.