Soda, Pop, Soda-Pop or Tonic

[Jeff Waegelin]

Originally posted by srawls

I can't be the only one noticing the declining quality of posts at chief delphi.

You gotta remember, too, it's the "off-season." There just isn't as much to talk about. A lot of the major topics have been beaten into the ground over the past few months, and so, we are left with threads about soda vs pop, Pepsi Blue, and caffeine. Plus, it's the Chit-Chat section. It's been like this (somewhat).

[Rob Colatutto]

its gotta be soda really....

[Jeff Rodriguez]

It's definatley called soda, hence the title of the thread.

Originally posted by srawls

Why, I don't think I'd even be surprised if I really saw a "do you like RED or BLUE better" thread anymore.

I definately like red teams much better.

[IsabelRinging]

It's soda.

Foolish northerners, when will they ever learn?

[Ian W.]

i'm from the north. hell, i'm from the middle of nowhere north (Woodstock, NY). now i'm on LI (moved when i was about 7 or so). i've called soda soda since i started drinking it. so, it's not the silly northerners, it the silly mid-west people.

[Ryuu]

It's pop, pronounced "pawp," y'know?

I used to call it soda, but I'm starting to call it pop...

[Clark Gilbert]

I really hate to bring back such an old thread, but I thought this graphic wrapped up this thread really well.

Generic Names for Soft Drinks By County

[MattK]

wow I remember starting this thread almost a year ago!

Edit: Wow almost 2 years ago!

[Billfred]

And by the way, you ask for a Coke down here. (Remember that if you go to Palmetto next year!)

[Ashley Weed]

Originally Posted by Clark Gilbert

I really hate to bring back such an old thread, but I thought this graphic wrapped up this thread really well.

Generic Names for Soft Drinks By County

Check out the big Purple Dot in NorthCentral Pennsylvania - that would be Sullivan County. It would produce no data due to having a seasonal population and well, just not really even having any stores or restaurants to sell soda or pop. I just thouht that was a bit interesting/commical.

[Jeff Waegelin]

I was thinking about this, and I realized that I say both "soda" and "pop" depending on who I'm talking to. My family generally calls it "soda" because that's what my mom and dad (from Missouri and Idaho, respectively) say, and we lived in California for a while when I was younger (and it's soda, there). With my friends, however, I generally say "pop", because that's what they call it. One thing is for sure, though... vending machines are always "pop machines", never "soda machines" to me.

[Katie Reynolds]

Originally Posted by Jeff Waegelin

One thing is for sure, though... vending machines are always "pop machines", never "soda machines" to me.

No, no, no ... they're soda machines.

I spent the first 7 years of my life living in Michigan and I've always said "soda" I must have picked that up from my dad - he spent the first half of his life in New Jersey (of course, when he's talking about soda it usually comes out "soder")

[Clark Gilbert]

You're all wrong!! It's a Coke Machine!! No matter what's in it, water, coke, juice, etc. It's always just a coke machine.

[jonathan lall]

It is a Coke machine. But anyway, when we invited Team 22 over, they had no idea what we meant when we said 'pop'... or 'washroom' for that matter. Apparently it's a Canadian-American thing. Of course, we're right.

[Lisa Perez]

Is it a bad thing if I just call it caffeine? And soda/pop/whatever-machines, caffeine machines?