Most people in my neck of the woods call all soft drinks "coke," even if it's Pepsi.

Found this interesting map:



www.popvssoda.com

 

"soda" here in california, but as a kid in the midwest, i used to hear it referred to as "pop" or "soda pop"

 

Grew up in Western NY where it is called pop. Up here in Northeastern NY it is Soda.

 

Minnesota, I grew up calling it "soda" since my dad is from the east coast, but "pop" has taken over in my vocab.

 

You would have gotten a big swing in the Southern vote if you changed it from Coke to Dr. Pepper!

 

phildelphia and its soda.

Also HOGIES!!!!
AND NO cheesesteaks are not chucks of beef on bread.

 

I call it either Soda or Coke.... but definetly not Pop!

 

Not that you were asking but we pretty much just call them soft drinks over here

 

In Ireland it was always "minerals".

I don't know where that came from. I remember when I first came to the US someone asked me if I'd like a soda, and I wondered why the hell they were offering me a baking product, as all I could think of was baking soda.

 

Sure I was! I just don't have a map that has the stats for the whole world.

We should start a poll on alternative names for veg-a-mite! I can think of a couple of descriptive names...