Dufferman In Oklahoma it has always been "coke" or soda. Don't hear Pop much or soda pop. But have heard it enough to know what it all means.
accufitgolf Stu1961 When I was a kid in Boston it was called tonic. Coke, all of it just tonic. A frappe was a milk shake. A lot changed with national chains like McDonalds using the word soda which is now the standard name for soft drinks
Spartan I grew up near Chicago and it was always "pop." Here, in St. Louis, it is "soda." I think, during my time in Michigan, it was "soda" but I'm not sure.
Ack8236 Spartan Its been pop here in Michigan as long as I remember, though I do hear people just say Coke when they mean pop, unless it's Vernor's, then you say Vernor's.
garyt1957 Spartan I think, during my time in Michigan, it was "soda" but I'm not sure. pop here in mi
rsvman2 Soda. Always. Pop sounds so stupid. It was pop where I grew up, but after i moved away, every place I've lived it has been soda. In New Orleans, the old timers say 'cold drink.'
Walterjn rsvman2 In New Orleans, the old timers say 'cold drink.' How do they drink their beer? Warm?
garyt1957 Seems ridiculously stupid to say you want a coke when you want an orange pop, or grape soda. I can see asking for a Coke if you want any cola drink though.
sdandrea1 Growing up, I used to visit my cousins in Spangler, PA (there are 36 of us on my Dad's side). They all called it "pop". I called it Coke.
rsvman2 Par4QC the thing is, we do call them soda bottles. If you said pop bottles around here, people might not even know what you were talking about.
mikeintopeka Being the renaissance man that I am 😎, I always order a 'cola' in a dining venue. That way the waitress can inform me if their Coke or their Pepsi is ok. My wife only drinks Diet Pepsi and the majority of the restaurants are serving Coca-Cola products so the waitress has to apologize and ask if a Diet Coke is OK (it's not so my wife then says she'll just have the water).
bad9 mikeintopeka I prefer Coke to Pepsi but Diet Pepsi is way better than Diet Coke(can't drink it). Coke Zero is what Diet Coke should have been.