<p>Is it "soda" or "pop" in Philly? As a Canadian, saying soda just feels wrong.</p>
<p>the crucial answer is soda. Unless you’re from the south, you go with soda in the US.</p>
<p>That’s unfortunate. I guess it’s one more word I’ll have to think about when using. Last time I went to the States I learned that I apparently say “about” “borrow” “tomorrow” and “picture” funnily and that I have a “canadian accent”</p>
<p>another quick fact - we call subs hoagies here in philadelphia</p>
<p>please don’t change your speech. I really like Canadian and British accents.</p>
<p>It’s not distinct or anything, just little things here and there. </p>
<p>About is kind of like a-boat
Tomorrow - t-more-o
Borrow - bore-o
Picture = pitcher
Groceries - groshries</p>
<p>Generally the Midwest uses pop, the Coasts use soda, and in the South uses coke. =]</p>
<p>Hoagies got me curious…</p>
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<p>i think i have a canadian accent even though i’m not canadian…and here in ohio it’s normally pop.</p>
<p>If you ever watch South Park, in the Terrance and Phillip episodes, they make fun of Canadians saying “aboot”</p>
<p>accents are so fun though. illuminar: adapt to the slang, but try to keep the Canadian accent.</p>
<p>haha i think if u said “pop” instead of soda, everyone would just think that was adorable so i wouldn’t stress about it.</p>
<p>^^ so if you want your frat brothers / room mate to think you’re “adorable,” keep using “pop”</p>
<p>hahaha coke thats not all we drink</p>
<p>I don’t know anyone who says pop. I have a friend who did assert that soda is a type of water (carbonated water) and that coke is the real term for all soft drinks. He wouldn’t listen that coke is only Coca Cola to the majority of us.</p>
<p>I guess someone started this exact topic on high school life an hour before me. oops.</p>
<p>lol necrophiliac</p>
<p>Because UPenn has people coming all over the US, you’re going to see people saying both soda and pop (and coke)</p>
<p>This might help: [The</a> Pop vs. Soda Page](<a href=“http://popvssoda.com:2998/]The”>http://popvssoda.com:2998/)
It shows which one most people say in a geographic region.</p>
<p>Haha, I’m a Canadian as well, and my friends make fun of me all the time for the way I say words like “bag,” “flag,” etc. I thought the way my friend from Chicago said “Crayons” was weird though (sounded like “crans”)</p>