What do you call it?

[Save_Ferris]

I was going through a Coke vs. Pepsi thread back in 2007, and I think I'll spare that flamewar for now. The point is, Warpus posted this interesting map:

This surprised me; I had only grown up around people who call it "soda", while "pop" and "Coke" just sound weird to me. I've only heard "soda" around this forum, but does anyone call it something else? And what are the "other" names?

 

[Floating Pants]

If it's brown and fizzy, usually just call it coke. And besides that, the most popular drink in East Texas is Dr. Pepper.
Sometimes I use 'soda' to distinguish it so people don't think I'd want a Coca-Cola.
Never heard anyone call it a pop except on TV.

 

[Skwink]

Pop and my county agrees.

 

[History_Buff]

Pop normally. Occasionally soda. Rarely Coke, since that's too brand specific.

 

[GenMarshall]

Insert Brand name soda here...

Since I used soda in the above sentence, I guess that's kind of the default for me.

 

[_random_]

RANDOM STRIKES AGAIN!
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=433944

 

[History_Buff]

Yeah, I don't think that was the first one either.

 

[dIZZyBlIZZy]

The map has my area pegged right with "coke" even though I say soda. Kinda wonder how Pepsicola feels about this?

RANDOM STRIKES AGAIN!
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=433944

Don't make me top that needlessly.

 

[Tycho Brahe]

Sodavand (sodawater)
If its brown: Cola (coke)

 

[Luckymoose]

No one in Georgia calls anything other than a Coke a Coke. Soda it is.

 

[Tycho Brahe]

BTW what do you call soda if it's colourless and has a flavour of lime. Like 7-up or Sprite?

For some reason it's called "sports-water" or "sports drink" here in Denmark.

(Well the reason is not that hard to figure out. One of the major danish soda-brands is Faxe Kondi, which has branded itself as the soft drink for athlets. Kondition=fitness)

Fitness is something I drink.

Jesper Olsen, soccerplayer in Ajax Amsterdam and on the national danish team.

Two random copycats

 

[Floating Pants]

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

On that version you can see the exact data for your county.
Interesting... out of the 43 people interviewed in my county, 39 answered coke.

 

[azzaman333]

Soft drinks.

 

[Polycrates]

Soft drinks.

Yeah, this. I also hear "fizzy drinks" often used by or to kids.

That map is something else though - impressive and slightly frightening in its dedication to utter triviality....120,000 respondants!?
What I want to know is what those dark green outliers for 80% "other" call it though

 

[MilesGregarius]

BTW what do you call soda if it's colourless and has a flavour of lime. Like 7-up or Sprite?

In Korea, they're called "cider."

 

[Tycho Brahe]

In Korea, they're called "cider."

That makes sense, in its own way.

 

[azzaman333]

BTW what do you call soda if it's colourless and has a flavour of lime. Like 7-up or Sprite?

They're referred to as lemonade here. Although, I don't ever remember thinking that either 7-up or Sprite has a lime flavour to it.

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

I would say if this poll was held here you would get 95% "soft drink" , 5% fizzy drink

 

[wilycoyote]

The map is correct for me. It is clearly "soda."

 

[El_Machinae]

We call it 'pop' in Maritimes Canada. I call it 'soda' when I'm trying to be funny. Calling a non-Coke 'Coke' just seems silly to me, but I sometimes call tissue paper Kleenex despite its brand.