I have heard a cold carbonated soft drink called many different things. What do you call it?

Question

I lived in Michigan and it was called "pop". Out west people called it a "soda". Down south people called it a "coke", no matter what brand it was(pepsi, 7-up, Fanta). What do you call it?

Answer 1

Pop or Coke (even though I drink Caffeine free Diet Coke) People often call it Coke no matter what brand it is.

Answer 2

I was raised in the Pacific Northwest, but family comes from various parts of the south. It really just depends on your upbringing. In Seattle and Portland, I've heard both pop and soda. Down south I've heard soda, soder, sodapop, sugarwater, sugawatta, coke, pepsi and let's not forget RC, which is where the latter started. When in Russia, heard sodapop many times and up north in most of Canada, pop.

Answer 3

I grew up calling it pop in Indiana. But when I moved to Connecticut people called it soda. I liked soda better, so now I call it soda.

Answer 4

I grew up in Seattle where it's Pop. Went to Ca when I was 16 and now I tend to call them all Coke.

Answer 5

Grew up in western Canada calling it Pop. Now live in eastern PA and call it soda.

Answer 6

I grew up in the south, it is all Coke to me. However living up north now, I have to remember they dont say what kind. So sometimes i call it Soda.

Answer 7

Soda pop

Answer 8

I call it Soda, some people still call a Coke a Tonic here. Boston baby.

Answer 9

Up here in the Great White North, it's pop. That is unless you are actually drinking Coca-Cola, in which case it's coke.

Answer 10

I call it soda. Others are pop, and some just call it a drink.