Pop, Soda, or Coke?

http://www.popvssoda.com ^ | 12/21/04 | http://www.popvssoda.com

[AnAmericanMother]

Whoa! Our posts crossed.

"Dope" isn't confined to the Deep South.

[dangus]

You're crazy. The Deep South is Pop territory, and its Bush territority. End of similarity.

[Ditter]

I can't read the legend on the right of the map. What is red? I am from Houston and it was always coke at our house but I do remember an old man saying to me "want a sodie little girl?" Do you think he was trying to pick me up? LOL

[cyclotic]

A few years ago I was on a short term mission project with about 80 other college kids. I did my own reserch and found similar results. The only real surprise was the girl from Boston who said "Twonic"

It's nice to see that someone actually has enough time on his hands to create this study.

Now we need to correlate this hugh and series issue with red/blue states.

[dangus]

The green area of NM is "soda pop" territory, but the sample is very insignificant; it ain't Bernadillo County (Albequerque).

[Doctor Stochastic]

This almost matches the "take out" vs "carry out" isogloss. It doesn't match the "greassy" vs greazy" line though. Not is it isoglossic with the "wash" vs "warsh" line.

[dakine]

Whoa! My kid thinks it is funny that say "crick" for creek...

Thought I was one of the few....

[cripplecreek]

"Do you think he was trying to pick me up? LOL"


No I wasn't and I still call it sodie to be different.

[yarddog]

I used to work with a guy who grew up in Birmingham. He told me they called them "dopes" when he was a kid.

In the Florida panhandle, it was always "coke". I have heard soft drink quite a few times and soda also. My wife is from Oklahoma and she always says "pop".

[dangus]

Anybody else notice that in traditional beer-producing regions (NE, Milwaukee, St. Louis), it's strictly "soda"?

[whd23]

Pop, Soda, or Coke?

What?! No "tonic" ?

[Bahbah]

They got Sheboygan County correct...soda.

[cripplecreek]

My grandmother still calls her couch the davenport. Seems a strange thing to call a sofa.

[todd1]

In Texas I often hear it called "la coca".

[Tamar1973]

Soda Pop (Midwest)

This is what happens when you move from Montana (Pop) to Illinois (Soda).

[Radix]

In Massachusetts the term is tonic. That is usually a dead giveaway to our home whenever we stray into other areas.

[dangus]

>>Does anyone still ask for "a dope"?<<

Ummm, blue states?

[MasonGal]

I grew up in Mason, OH (Cincy area) and it was always "pop". However - now that I live in the southern IN (greater Louisville, KY area) - I never hear it said as "pop" - definitely "soda".

How about when you hear the word "Please" when you area really meaning to say "excuse me" - I think that is definitely a Cincinnati "thing".

[todd1]

It looks good to me as well. When I was shocked to hear it called Coke when I moved to Texas from Missouri.

[patriotUSA]

Beer.