# Do You Say Pop or Soda **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 21, 2001, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-pop-or-soda/94618 "2001-11-21T17:40:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-pop-or-soda/94618/21 "2001-11-21T19:18:38Z")
My cousins came down from Boston one summer. They walked into the bodega on the corner and asked for tonic. The guy behind the counter told them he didn’t sell tonic, try the drug store two doors down. My cousin’s argued and argued. “You’ve got tonic right there! I can see it! Why won’t you sell it to us?” “No tonic. No tonic.” The counter guy kept saying. 'Cause in New York it’s soda. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-pop-or-soda/94618/22 "2001-11-21T19:28:05Z")
Here in St. Louis it’s soda, or “sody” But when I lived in Texas, that’s right, we called it all Coke. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-pop-or-soda/94618/23 "2001-11-21T19:37:57Z")
Another Texan drinking a coke. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-pop-or-soda/94618/24 "2001-11-21T19:40:41Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by RickJay \* \*\* > [@](#): > > What’s a broadloom? > > (I’m Canadian.) \*\* Broadloom? According to Merriam-Webster it’s a broadloom _carpet_. More frequently used as a stand-alone term in Canada (I thought), it refers to the stuff you buy by the yard and staple down on your floors, stairs, etc. Look at [this ad](http://www.edsellshomes.com/miss.htm) for a condo which uses “broadloom” as a stand-alone term. ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-pop-or-soda/94618/25 "2001-11-21T19:41:06Z")
Soda Soda Soda!!! I had to grit my teeth when I lived in Michigan everytime I heard the word “pop”. Drove me nuts! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-pop-or-soda/94618/26 "2001-11-21T19:47:15Z")
MN/WI here, I say pop. Glass of pop, can of pop, can I get you a pop? ---
**Author:** ![Kbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Kbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kbean)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-pop-or-soda/94618/27 "2001-11-21T19:52:51Z")
**Mauvaise** , I know what you mean. A good friend of mine is from Michigan and she says pop. It sounds wrong but I never comment on it because it doesn’t bug me _too_ much. My grandparents, who live in Massachusetts, always call it “tonic”. I just call it “Coke”, “Pepsi”, or whatever brand it is. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-pop-or-soda/94618/28 "2001-11-21T19:58:00Z")
Upstate New York. Soda. Had a friend in Chicago who called it pop. ---
**Author:** ![malboeuf23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3be4f8/32.png) [@malboeuf23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malboeuf23)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-pop-or-soda/94618/29 "2001-11-21T19:59:58Z")
I’m from Alberta, and we call it pop. Oh, and I’ve never heard anyone call their carpet broadloom. Maybe I should get out of the sticks from time to time. ---
**Author:** ![smaft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@smaft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smaft)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-pop-or-soda/94618/30 "2001-11-21T20:13:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ultress \* > In North Carolina we call all soft drinks, Coke, no matter what kind we want. When you ask someone if they want a Coke, they’ll say yes, I’ll have a Sprite. When I moved from North Carolina to Seattle, learning to say “pop” instead of “Coke” was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done- it felt extremly unnatural for a long time. But I’ve gotten better at it- people don’t look at me so strangely. As much. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-pop-or-soda/94618/31 "2001-11-21T20:46:58Z")
Midwest (Iowa and now Illinois) It’s Pop. Soda has ice cream in it. ---
**Author:** ![horhay\_achoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@horhay\_achoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/horhay_achoa)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-pop-or-soda/94618/32 "2001-11-21T20:55:23Z")
Grew up in Pittsburgh, PA called it pop. Moved to Philly and everyone calls it soda. I usually just call it by brand though. ---
**Author:** ![Wump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed655f/32.png) [@Wump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wump)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-pop-or-soda/94618/33 "2001-11-21T20:59:54Z")
I’m from Calgary AB, Canada. I call it a **pop**. I’ve never heard the term broadloom before in my life. ---
**Author:** ![nineiron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e56c9b/32.png) [@nineiron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nineiron)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-pop-or-soda/94618/34 "2001-11-21T21:06:33Z")
Western Massachusetts. It’s soda here. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-pop-or-soda/94618/35 "2001-11-21T21:27:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wump \* > \*\*I’m from Calgary AB, Canada. I call it a **pop**. I’ve never heard the term broadloom before in my life. \*\* I’m an hour’s drive away, and I call it pop, as well. And I have heard the term broadloom, but it was mostly heard while living in Ontario, or from snooty older people. ---
**Author:** ![nineiron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e56c9b/32.png) [@nineiron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nineiron)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-pop-or-soda/94618/36 "2001-11-21T21:38:59Z")
Just wondering… I’m currently drinking a soda, and the can says “Orange soda.” Are the labels on the cans worded differently depending on what part of the country you’re in? I wonder the same thing with advertisements: the ones I’ve seen advertise for “orange soda” or “grape soda” or whatever. And while I’m asking, how about cream soda? Surely this can’t be called “cream pop” in other parts of the country, can it? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-pop-or-soda/94618/37 "2001-11-21T21:46:20Z")
I’m a native of So Cal and we say either soft drinks or soda. Never, ever do I hear anyone here say pop. ---
**Author:** ![Soda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Soda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soda)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-pop-or-soda/94618/38 "2001-11-21T21:50:49Z")
Guess… ---
**Author:** ![King\_Hobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@King\_Hobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Hobo)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-pop-or-soda/94618/39 "2001-11-21T21:56:00Z")
I thought everyone in Texas drank Dr. Pepper. Isn’t it true that when y’all get _the doctor_ it ain’t what the rest of N.America drinks? I heard that it was made differently or something? T or F ? ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-pop-or-soda/94618/40 "2001-11-21T21:58:40Z")
I grew up in the Washington, DC/NOVA area, and have always called it “soda”. I lived in Santa Cruz, CA for a while and, IIRC, that’s what they called it there, too. Here in Oregon, most folks say “pop”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-pop-or-soda/94618.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-pop-or-soda/94618.md?page=3)