Archive through December 23, 2003
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Archive through December 23, 2003
Srobb22 | Monday, December 22, 2003 - 09:55 pm     Pop -in Saskatchewan |
Melfie1222 | Monday, December 22, 2003 - 10:22 pm     I'm from Washington and used to call it pop, or Coke. Then as a teenager my mom ran a daycare in our home and there was a pair of kids whose parents had just moved from New Jersey... the kids called it soda and it sort of stuck, I still call it soda. |
Juju2bigdog | Monday, December 22, 2003 - 11:04 pm     Julieboo, I grew up in the part of Illinois that is not Chicago, which is really a whole different world from Chicago. But then, my mother was also from a foreign country, so that may have been her take on what to call soft drinks. Of course, in my day, coke was not necessarily a generic term for soft drinks. You mighta actually had a Nehi instead. |
Tess | Monday, December 22, 2003 - 11:06 pm     or an orange crush! |
Cathie | Monday, December 22, 2003 - 11:16 pm     TX - generic term was always a coke: "Would you like a coke?" "Sure, what kind do you have?" "Dr. Pepper and Sprite." |
Apriljo | Monday, December 22, 2003 - 11:45 pm     im from louisiana..and i say coke..conversation is about the same as cathie said |
Badabing | Tuesday, December 23, 2003 - 05:37 am     Québec, Canada : in french it's a "liqueur", in english it's a "soft drink" |
Jagger | Tuesday, December 23, 2003 - 05:42 am     I call it both soda and pop, or Dew |
Joesmom | Tuesday, December 23, 2003 - 06:24 am     Here in Alabama, it's coke...no matter what flavor..same as Cathie and Apriljo... |
Serate | Tuesday, December 23, 2003 - 06:36 am     Grew up in Iowa calling it pop. My fiance calls it soda. I had no problem with him calling it soda until he started to make fun of me saying pop. It took a couple of times of him asking for soda and me bringing him the box of baking soda for him to quit making fun of me saying pop. *L* |
Kaili | Tuesday, December 23, 2003 - 06:58 am     Soda- WI BUT a lot of people here call it pop. Also, I call it a water fountain and nearly everyone here calls it a bubbler. I couyld never bring myself to say that. I think it sounds silly. I think some of what I say comes from having lived in Oregon and Arizona when I was younger. |
Bandit | Tuesday, December 23, 2003 - 07:37 am     Born and raised in Los Angeles, I've always and still do call it "soda." But here in Texas, a lot of people call it "coke." I was at a fast-food restaurant soon after I moved here and I was asking for a "lid" for my "soda." The girl looked at me kinda funny, and said "You're not from around here, are you." When I asked her why, she said "because you asked for a 'lid'." She said most people there asked for a "top." I still call it a lid. |
Cindori | Tuesday, December 23, 2003 - 07:39 am     I'm in Ohio, and I call it 'pop'. My family is from Tennessee and Kentucky though, so when I'm there, I call it a 'coke'. I also ask for 'sweet tea'.  |
Kaili | Tuesday, December 23, 2003 - 07:46 am     Lid/top- hee hee. We call them lids here. One time when i was visiting my dad in Arizona I went to the store and was asked if I wanted a sack for my stuff. I looked at the girl for a few seconds before I realized she was asking if I wanted a bag. A bag with a long "a". |
Sasman | Tuesday, December 23, 2003 - 07:49 am     In NJ it is soda. So in the south if you want a Pepsi, do you say gimme a Pepsi or gimme a coke Pepsi? Maybe that's where Belushi came up with the Pepsi Coke routine on SNL! |
Imbewitched | Tuesday, December 23, 2003 - 08:14 am     When I was small we referred to it as "soda water". That may have come from my mothers family being from Arkansas. But here in Texas it's a coke, no matter the brand. |
Luvmyjrt | Tuesday, December 23, 2003 - 08:26 am     Soda or Diet Coke here in NC. But growing up in PA, it was Pop. It was also "gum bands" (rubber bands), Jumbo (bologna), and "chipped ham" (thinly sliced baked ham for sandwiches) |
Juju2bigdog | Tuesday, December 23, 2003 - 08:28 am     Sasman, the Pepsi/Coke routine on SNL was from an actual restaurant in Atlanta. I have been there, can't recall the name of it now. Edit: Well, maybe not. Google found me an article that says it is from a restaurant in Chicago called Billy Goat. Huh! |
Herckleperckle | Tuesday, December 23, 2003 - 09:00 am     Thanks, Whoami, for posting this survey. It is is a riot! I never realized there are so many different colloquialisms for the same thing on this continent of ours! Yet another reason to laugh!  |
Sasman | Tuesday, December 23, 2003 - 09:27 am     Thanks Juju, that really brings back a flood of memories. |
Tishala | Tuesday, December 23, 2003 - 09:27 am     I grew up in Philadelphia, where it was soda. Here in LA, it is also soda. When I lived somewhere in Indiana, it was called pop, though (as it was in Pittsburgh). But in Indiana, they also called paper bags (which one gets at the market) "sacks". |
Auntiemike | Tuesday, December 23, 2003 - 09:36 am     Kaili: Just read your post mentioning "bubblers". I had to smile 'cause my DH is from Wisconsin and calls them bubblers. I always thought that sounded so strange. LOL I'm an Oregon gal and we always called that sugary, bubbly stuff: pop. Then my siste went and married a Texan and they lived in various Southern locations and they call it: soda. Now we use both terms. |
Calgaryperson | Tuesday, December 23, 2003 - 10:31 am     I've alway's, alway's said "Drink". Can I have a drink? Dad, pick up more drinks!! Let's go grab a drink. |
Herckleperckle | Tuesday, December 23, 2003 - 11:04 am     Calgary, drink to me means liquor! |
Pcakes2 | Tuesday, December 23, 2003 - 11:56 am     I have a friend in Florida who calls the shopping cart you use in a supermarket a "buggy". She also always has "cokes" in her "icebox" for me (which is actually Pepsi)...right next to the "sweet tea" |
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