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11-10-2002, 06:47 PM

there was a thread here a week or so ago about what people call a soft drink in different parts of the U.S/Canada.

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Great Lake states are solid 'pop'.. west coast and NY are 'soda' and man look at all the red areas in the South, these people refer to all soft drinks as 'Coke'. um............. insert inbred moron joke here. This would be like referring to all pants as 'Levi's'. Or calling all pets 'dogs' even if it's a cat or a parrot.

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11-10-2002, 06:49 PM

Wow, that's pretty neat how they did a study like that, looking at the map, it looks about right though.
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11-10-2002, 06:53 PM

That rocks =)

Maybe that's a lead into niche advertising for certain regions?

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11-10-2002, 07:08 PM

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Folks in the south. Well...what can you say.

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11-10-2002, 07:12 PM

how about just calling it " Soda Pop"

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11-10-2002, 07:16 PM

Soda = Soda Water
Pop = Nickname for father/gandfather

Coke, Fanta, Sprite etc = Soft Drink
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11-10-2002, 07:18 PM

I grew up in Ohio, where we put our groceries into a bag. I moved to Oregon where we put our groceries into a sack.

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11-10-2002, 07:19 PM

Originally posted by Joe Sixpack
Soda = Soda Water
Pop = Nickname for father/gandfather

Coke, Fanta, Sprite etc = Soft Drink

Um. Any drink without alcohol is a soft drink. It means soft, you know, as opposed to hard. So juice, iced tea, etc. are also soft drinks. Doesn't really help separate out fizzy drinks, does it? I mean, what feels harder when you drink it than soda?

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11-10-2002, 07:22 PM

Originally posted by gothweb

Um. Any drink without alcohol is a soft drink. It means soft, you know, as opposed to hard. So juice, iced tea, etc. are also soft drinks. Doesn't really help separate out fizzy drinks, does it? I mean, what feels harder when you drink it than soda?

Yeah but who calls fruit juice a soft drink? You call it fruit juice. The same with iced tea and chocolate milk. When someone asks me if I have any soft drink in the fridge I know they mean something fizzy, sweet and cold.
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11-10-2002, 07:49 PM

Originally posted by Joe Sixpack

Yeah but who calls fruit juice a soft drink? You call it fruit juice. The same with iced tea and chocolate milk. When someone asks me if I have any soft drink in the fridge I know they mean something fizzy, sweet and cold.

I'm with Joe on this one.

juice = fruit juice
cordial = juice made from concentrate (yuck)
soft drink = fizzy, sweet drink, etc
milk = milk...

if you want to be specific about what you want, you have the flavour of juices (orange, apple, mango, etc), the colours of cordial (red, green, orange (sometimes referred to by flavour)), the flavour of milk (chocolate, mocha, coffee), and the brand of soft drink. dosen't get much simpler than that...
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11-10-2002, 07:52 PM

holy crap that is old. I haven't seen that in several years! Like maybe 1998.

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11-10-2002, 07:57 PM

I'm from northern Indiana and I know a lot of people who say soda, a lot who say pop, and a lot who say Coke when referring to carbonated beverages. I usually say "coke" and I don't have a southern bone in my body.

I don't really think it's that unusual to refer to something by a brand name. How many people refer to inline skates as "roller blades"? Roller blade is a brand name...not another name for inline skates. Or Band-Aid instead of adhesive bandage (once again, Band-Aid is a brand name). It's quite common.
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11-10-2002, 08:32 PM

Originally posted by Rictor
I'm from northern Indiana and I know a lot of people who say soda, a lot who say pop, and a lot who say Coke when referring to carbonated beverages. I usually say "coke" and I don't have a southern bone in my body.

I don't really think it's that unusual to refer to something by a brand name. How many people refer to inline skates as "roller blades"? Roller blade is a brand name...not another name for inline skates. Or Band-Aid instead of adhesive bandage (once again, Band-Aid is a brand name). It's quite common.

difference is that brand-name dominance happens in markets with very similar products - ie kleenex etc - who the hell could really tell the difference between most tissues? the thing is you can hate fanta but love coke, hate sasparilla and love 7UP.. taste is a lot more subjective... if I ask for a band-aid I couldn't tell the difference between the brands.. I actually find the coke thing a lot stranger than the others.

"fizzy" drinks referred to as soft drinks here.
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11-10-2002, 08:48 PM

I moved a year ago from solidly "soda" country to "pop" dominante territory. I can go with calling lunch "dinner" and dinner "supper", but on this point I shall never bend!!!
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