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[Kobun Heat]

We talk about this a lot so when I came across this map I had to post it. (Sorry if old, though I've never seen it up here.)

http://popvssoda.com/countystats/total-county.html

Look at this marvelous thing! Interestingly enough, I moved from a "soda" place to a "soda" place, meaning I don't have to adjust my vocabulary. What must it be like to live in a border state? And, look at that big radiant spot of soda around the Mississippi!

 

[sprsk]

this is fucking OLD BITCH!

 

[Duck of Death]

AM CONFUSED. According to that map, Wisconsin is split right in half! However, I live in BOTH sides of the supposed division, and I always hear "pop." :lol

 

[MIMIC]

If I see this one more friggin time....

 

[White Man]

It's insanely inaccurate.

 

[robochimp]

AM CONFUSED. According to that map, Wisconsin is split right in half! However, I live in BOTH sides of the supposed division, and I always hear "pop." :lol

I live in southeastern WI and I always have heard it called soda. The pnly people I know that call it pop are from Illinois.

 

[AirBrian]

http://ga-forum.com/showthread.php?t=29377&highlight=soda+coke

And that thread didn't make me click on a damn link!

 

[Duck of Death]

I live in southeastern WI and I always have heard it called soda. The pnly people I know that call it pop are from Illinois.

MORE CONFUSED. DON'T UNDERSTAND.

DRINK BEER INSTEAD

 

[Father_Brain]

I've never heard of "coke" being used as a generic term for a soft drink. Cola, yes, but not soft drinks in general.

 

[FoneBone]

I've never heard of "coke" being used as a generic term for a soft drink. Cola, yes, but not soft drinks in general.

Somebody has an atrocious memory.

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

They got my county right, even though they only talked to 47 people.

 

[teh_pwn]

Yea, old.

Eerie how some of the borders on states also match the used name. Like look at northwest Texas. It goes from 80-100% coke to 80-100% pop and 80-100% soda. That doesn't seem believable.

 

[Kobun Heat]

Ah, okay. Well, they can't all be winners!

 

[GaimeGuy]

It's pop you morons.

 

[The_Sorrow]

Whenever I go to Michigan my family always offers me "pop". Who the hell came up with that? Its soda Goddamnit!

 

[Crow]

In Australia...we just call it 'Softdrink'.

 

[goodcow]

http://ga-forum.com/showthread.php?t=29377&highlight=soda+coke

And that thread didn't make me click on a damn link!

He got goodcowned.

 

[Belfast]

ITS OLD, Grandpa Pants!

 

[Aruarian Reflection]

They got the entire SoCal right.

 

[Mashing]

It's ironic really... Pop sounds like something some southern yokel would call sodas, but it's more predominate in the northern states. I call them soda's myself.... every once in a while I call them coke, but very rarely.

 

[lexi]

In Australia...we just call it 'Softdrink'.

Speaks the truth. I'm in Eastern Canada right now, and everybody calls it Pop. It's retarded.

 

[MIMIC]

It's pop you morons.

IAWTP.

 

[Dead]

Its true, down here everyone says coke, pisses me off.

 

[whytemyke]

Yeah. It's pop up here in michigan.

 

[Do The Mario]

It's Called "Cool Drink" In Australia!!

 

[empanada]

they got socal right. i call it both soda or softdrink.

i wonder what "other" is...

 

[bjork]

Only old people say "pop."

And Shinobi.

 

[Ristamar]

i wonder what "other" is...

Carbonated beverage.

 

[MetatronM]

So does the South just not know what a "brand name" is or what? What's the deal with that?

 

[Ferrio]

So does the South just not know what a "brand name" is or what? What's the deal with that?

what do you call this?

 

[Crow]

what do you call this?

Thermal Flask?

 

[john tv]

My county:

Soda: 111
Coke: 5
Pop: 2 <- suckas
Other: 1

 

[homerhendrix]

I'm originally from Georgia and always used "coke." Always assumed it had to do with the Coca-Cola being invented in Atlanta, as well as the fact the headquarters are still there. (Also the Coke museum which has all sorts of free carbonated beverages.)

 

[human5892]

SODA DAMNIT

 

[borghe]

I'm in Milwaukee, WI. It is soda. However my relatives in Wausau and Superior call it pop.

 

[DopeyFish]

what do you call this?

A thermos. Why? Because it's in the dictionary as the word to describe such things.

 

[Azih]

I also call Tissue Paper Tissue Paper, not Kleenex

Plus I refer to screwdrivers as plus, minus etc. I have no idea what a Phllips head screwdriver is.

 

[StrikerObi]

Does anybody have a link to that huge university study (it was an ivy league school I think) that does this sorta thing for every word and phrase ever?

Did you know that some people in the deep south call the phenomenon of rain while it is sunny "the devil is beating his wife."

 

[Spectral Glider]

I also call Tissue Paper Tissue Paper, not Kleenex

Plus I refer to screwdrivers as plus, minus etc. I have no idea what a Phllips head screwdriver is.

Plus, minus? What about cross-point or flat-head?

Phillips head would be the cross-point, or "plus" in your case I guess. Crazily enough, It's named after the guy who invented it, Henry Phillips.

 

[Ferrio]

Does anybody have a link to that huge university study (it was an ivy league school I think) that does this sorta thing for every word and phrase ever?

Did you know that some people in the deep south call the phenomenon of rain while it is sunny "the devil is beating his wife."

Heh I say that when It's raining while sunny.

 

[Jacobi]

What are the other names for it ?

 

[DJ_Tet]

I've never heard of "coke" being used as a generic term for a soft drink. Cola, yes, but not soft drinks in general.

My county is accurate, and an interesting take on this statement. Growing up in NC, I always heard, and used, the term "coke" to mean any soft drink. Pop was considered a northern term, and soda still makes me chuckle. For me, it's coke.


The interesting part is, Pepsi was founded in NC, and we have a huge bottling/distribution plant in my county. We still say coke, even if a place serves Pepsi.