Fizzy drinks survey

[Olli]

Choose your favorite

 

[Torzelbaum]

Why are there no options for the following?

1. cola
2. soda pop

 

[Violentvixen]

I use soda, pop and soda pop all quite often but think I use soda the most so went with that.

 

[Rascally Badger]

Yeah why isn't sodey-pop an option.

 

[Jeanie]

I grew up in Michigan, so it's always been Pop for me. But then I worked with a bunch of people who said Soda and would always make fun of me for that. So I learned Soda. Then I came back to Michigan and now I switch between. No one here says anything if I call it Soda instead of Pop. Also I've never heard anyone call it Faygo unless they're talking about the brand.

The people I used to work with are asshole is the takeaway here.

 

[WisteriaHysteria]

Grew up in CA. Visited the Midwest frequently as a kid so I was exposed to 'pop' early. Pop still sounds weird to me, but not nearly as weird as calling Lunch 'Dinner'. Which probably doesn't happen all that much anymore and was dying out when I was a kid, but ya. Regional language variations are wild.

 

[Kirin]

I grew up in St.Louis, which was an island of Soda in a sea of Pop. (It's really quite striking when you look at dialect maps for this word.)

 

[Beta Metroid]

Grew up in CA. Visited the Midwest frequently as a kid so I was exposed to 'pop' early. Pop still sounds weird to me, but not nearly as weird as calling Lunch 'Dinner'. Which probably doesn't happen all that much anymore and was dying out when I was a kid, but ya. Regional language variations are wild.

Huh, I've heard a lot of clashes over dinner and supper, but never have I heard lunch and dinner overlap.

I've always heard of these mythical people who will call things like Sprite and root beer "Coke," but I've never encountered someone (or at least it never came up). I was kind of hoping one would emerge in this thread and explain themselves.

 

[JBear]

I grew up calling lunch dinner, but I don't hear folks use it much anymore. I think perhaps it's still used in rural New Brunswick, where my mother is from.

 

[Issun]

I would just like to call attention to the fact that we have a secret Juggalo in our midst.

 

[Daikaiju]

there is a distinct lack of "bubble juice"

 

[Büge]

Don't they call 'em "fizzy water" in Australia