# Is it Pop or soda where you live?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-pop-or-soda-where-you-live/24776>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 6, 2000, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-pop-or-soda-where-you-live/24776 "2000-07-06T18:42:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Frannie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Frannie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frannie)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2000, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-pop-or-soda-where-you-live/24776/61 "2000-07-07T14:58:33Z")

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Here in Ohio (Cleveland area), we call it “pop,” pronounced “pahp.” However, on most menus, POP machines, etc., it’s referred to as “soda.” What I find even MORE strange is that on the LOCAL news, talk shows, and commercials, it’s usually referred to as “soda.” Weird.

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**Author:** ![Frannie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Frannie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frannie)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2000, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-pop-or-soda-where-you-live/24776/62 "2000-07-07T15:11:12Z")

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Here in Ohio (the Cleveland area), we call it “pop,” pronounced “pahp.” However, on most menus, POP machines, etc., it’s referred to as “soda.” What I find strange is that on the LOCAL news, talk shows, and commercials, it’s usually referred to as “soda.” Weird.

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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2000, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-pop-or-soda-where-you-live/24776/63 "2000-07-07T18:57:19Z")

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Soda. Pop sounds retarded.

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**Author:** ![Frannie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Frannie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frannie)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2000, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-pop-or-soda-where-you-live/24776/64 "2000-07-07T23:53:11Z")

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> \*Originally posted by OpalCat \*  
> \*\*Soda. Pop sounds retarded. \*\*

Clearly then, Clevelanders are developmentally handicapped – um, except for the geniuses on the local news and such. Gosh, and to think that I’ve been rolling my eyes at Cleveland jokes all this time! What WAS I thinking?

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**Author:** ![Hanofer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c37758/32.png) [@Hanofer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanofer)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2000, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-pop-or-soda-where-you-live/24776/65 "2000-07-08T00:07:55Z")

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It’s soda in Philly, where I was raised; pop in Seattle, where I now live.

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