bbb Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 I always figured the MasonDixon line of pop/soda was around Geneva, NY, and it looks like I was right: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meathead Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 those eastern new york people are really messed up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 I'm Syracuse born but raised by Buffalo born parents...pop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eSJayDee Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 If I'm referring to any carbonated soft drink, then I use "pop". If I'm referring to ice cream put in pop, then it's a soda. If it's a cola soft drink, then it CAN be referred to as a coke, much like slip-joint pliers can be referred to as Channelocks or hot tubs Jacuzzis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob's House Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 I prefer to ask for a liter of cola. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hindsight Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Soda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted March 11, 2013 Author Share Posted March 11, 2013 I'm Syracuse born but raised by Buffalo born parents...pop! Way to stay strong. I know my Syracuse friends laugh at the word pop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 I call pop soda and coke blow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 http://www.buzzfeed.com/skarlan/the-ultimate-regional-vocabulary-throwdown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopsGuy Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 My first summer at home after spending my freshman year in Philly, I had converted to "soda". We were in a grocery store (remember Quality Markets?) getting a couple of 2-liters of pop to mix with whatever rotgot whiskey we had gotten our mitts on. One of my buddies showed up at the checkout line and said, "Hopper, we got some pop for us and this for you." He was proudly displaying a box of Arm & Hammer baking soda. Touché. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICanSleepWhenI'mDead Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Looking at the green splotch on the color-coded map, WTF do they call it in New Mexico? The light green splotch catches the eye, but there's a nearby dark green county where over 80% call it something else. Is that Roswell, NM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted March 12, 2013 Author Share Posted March 12, 2013 New Mexico is dead to me! I didn't even notice Alaska - that's all broken up. Do the polar bears up north really call it soda?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Looks way off here. West Virginia they call it coke or Soda. VA soda, NC almost always soda unless you hit the mountains then it could be Coke, the coast is Pepsi. My family in NY call it soda, my friends and family back in Ohio call it pop. I call it pop. I've found only older folks call it Coke now-a-days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Soda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helpmenow Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Pop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted March 12, 2013 Author Share Posted March 12, 2013 Looks way off here. West Virginia they call it coke or Soda. VA soda, NC almost always soda unless you hit the mountains then it could be Coke, the coast is Pepsi. My family in NY call it soda, my friends and family back in Ohio call it pop. I call it pop. I've found only older folks call it Coke now-a-days. Nobody really gives a crap what you hillbilies call it. They just put the colors in there to fill out the map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 (edited) Have to say soda so these hicks here in California get it, but as soon as I land in Buffalo, it's pop. Edited March 12, 2013 by Wacka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted March 12, 2013 Author Share Posted March 12, 2013 Have to say soda so these hicks here in California get it, but as soon as I land in Buffalo, it's pop. I can live with the soda thing, but the people there saying tennis shoes makes no sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Anchorage Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 New Mexico is dead to me! I didn't even notice Alaska - that's all broken up. Do the polar bears up north really call it soda?? 100% soda in Anchorage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Looks way off here. West Virginia they call it coke or Soda. VA soda, NC almost always soda unless you hit the mountains then it could be Coke, the coast is Pepsi. My family in NY call it soda, my friends and family back in Ohio call it pop. I call it pop. I've found only older folks call it Coke now-a-days. I have a friend from WV (Weirton) and he says "pop." His wife, from Steubenville, OH, also says "pop." Their refusal to call it "soda," is why I consider them !@#$s and I will never speak to them again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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