<p>I'm from the greater Cleveland area, and everyone I know calls it pop, but if I travel over to P.A, people have no clue what the hell I'm talking about. When we were in Cali and Florida absolutely no one called it pop. I met one woman in Canada who called it pop, but was raised in northeast Ohio. So I'm wondering, does anyone outside of NE Ohio call it pop?</p>
<p>So where are you from, and what do you call it?</p>
<p>Oklahoma-Coke (at least I do)</p>
<p>Soda; Pop is what little kids say or people from the 60s.</p>
<p>I'd heard all sorts of people in the midwest call it pop. I dunno where you went in PA but everyone I've ever met from Pennsylvania calls it pop. The region you went to is just weird. Also they call it pop in Wisconsin and Indiana according to my friends from there. My friend Marie is also from Ohio (although she's from Cincinnati) and she calls it pop as well. I think outside the upper midwest region (the states bordering the great lakes) it's "soda" except in the southeast/midsouth where it's "coke".</p>
<p>I was born in Cali, raised in Idaho, Colorado, and Nebraska. As well as time in Wyoming, Montana, and Iowa, staying with fam during the summer.</p>
<p>I personally say coke. :P "Gee, i think i'll have me a coke" When i was little i said soda pop. When i was 9-14 i said either soda pop. I just say coke now. It's just idk, personal pref.</p>
<p>I call it Soda, although typically I will specify with what type of drink I want (coke, dr pepper, sprite, etc.)
I know people who call it pop.
And I know some Southerners who will have a conversation something like this:</p>
<p>"What do you want to drink?"
"Coke"
"What kind?"
"Sprite"</p>
<p>In western Canada, we call it pop.</p>
<p>I'm from Iowa and most ppl know what your talking about if you asked for 'pop'. Not a lot of ppl said 'soda'. But now I mainly just ask for the exact name of the beverage I want. (Go CHERRY COKE =] )</p>
<p>soda pop coke.</p>
<p>problem solved.</p>
<p>You are talking about soda in general and not just Coca Cola, etc? AJH is confusing me slightly. I'd give leniency towards the hoagie/hero/sub regional differences, but I'd have to stifle a laugh or grin if I heard a grown person asking for some pop.</p>
<p>There has actually been quite a bit of study about this. In any case, you will enjoy the map I am linking. As you can see, great regions of the country call it "pop" "soda" or "coke."</p>
<p>In the northern Midwest--it's pop. I grew up in northern Illinois and always said pop and have heard it in IN, IA, WI. But in southern Illinois and also in southern Missouri where I have lived, it was soda. My kids grew up calling it soda, and tho I resisted for a long time, I finally converted to soda. For me, a soda is still ice cream and seltzer. It is always a thrill to run across someone who says pop.</p>
<p>it's soda.</p>
<p>I've lived all over - South, Northeast, Mid-atlantic, and SoCal.<br>
I definitely use 'Soda.'</p>
<p>
[quote]
And I know some Southerners who will have a conversation something like this:</p>
<p>"What do you want to drink?"
"Coke"
"What kind?"
"Sprite"
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Yeah a lot of Southerners are like that. Or they'll say 'soft drink' to be general...</p>
<p>This soda/coke debate doesn't bother me (although I will refuse to ever call it Pop), but the shoes one annoys me completely.
I grew up in the North. They are sneakers. Not tennis shoes like they try to call them in the South. They are only tennis shoes if they are specifically made for tennis. :D</p>
<p>Oh yeah, I'm from NJ. That map is really interesting, especially the small part in the middle that calls it soda(seems oddball, doesn't it?). I'm happy with the states that call it soda, seems just what one might expect. Seeing as I'm going to FL I'm glad to see this beforehand, but they still call it soda more down there than pop I'm glad to see.</p>
<p>Now the question I'd really like to know, what do foreigners call this beverage? I'd hope for soda.</p>
<p>Man, I can easily get used to accents, but the redefinition of certain words really throws me off. Tennis shoes? Jeez, sneakers all the way!</p>
<p>From NJ and they're called sneakers and soda.</p>
<p>Pop. Although I'm relatively close to your area. Half my family is from SW Ohio and the other from the Chicago area and now I live in the Indy area. Everyone around here says pop. If someone said soda, it'd just be weird.</p>
<p>oh yeah and for the shoes thing i call them tennis shoes not sneakers and im not from the south</p>
<p>^From what I've seen, they're sneakers mainly in the Northeast. Tennis shoes everywhere else.</p>
<p>Anyone else got weird regional names for things?</p>