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.
Here in St. Louis it’s soda, or “sody”
But when I lived in Texas, that’s right, we called it all Coke.
Another Texan drinking a coke.
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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 for a condo which uses “broadloom” as a stand-alone term.
Soda Soda Soda!!!
I had to grit my teeth when I lived in Michigan everytime I heard the word “pop”. Drove me nuts! 
MN/WI here, I say pop. Glass of pop, can of pop, can I get you a pop?
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.
Upstate New York. Soda.
Had a friend in Chicago who called it pop.
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.
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.
Midwest (Iowa and now Illinois)
It’s Pop. Soda has ice cream in it.
Grew up in Pittsburgh, PA called it pop.
Moved to Philly and everyone calls it soda. I usually just call it by brand though.
I’m from Calgary AB, Canada. I call it a pop. I’ve never heard the term broadloom before in my life.
Western Massachusetts. It’s soda here.
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.
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?
I’m a native of So Cal and we say either soft drinks or soda. Never, ever do I hear anyone here say pop.
Guess…
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 ?
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”.