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.
KCee It's just soda or coke here, but yeah if you head into PA then it becomes pop. In CT the confusing terms are usually "grinder" and "package store" aka sub and liquor store.
KCee accufitgolf CT is like a subset of MA. Land of taxes, tolls, blue laws, etc. If it costs you more money then we have it.
Stu1961 accufitgolf KCee In MA, liquor stores are called package stores. I don't think I've ever heard anyone refer to it by other than it's slang derivative: packie. If someone told me they were going to "the package store" ... I wouldn't even know what they were referring to. 🤣
mulegolf accufitgolf In MA, liquor stores are called package stores. Where I live liquor store can mean both a store where you buy a bottle of booze or a place that sells booze by the drink and by the bottle if your talking beer. Just as often, the place where you go to buy a bottle (or case) is a bottle shop or the real term is off sale liquor store. Where you go to buy a mixed drink or a beer (to consume at that location) is an on sale liquor store.
Ringoblack Then there is the issue of tea (hot) and iced tea. Being from the south, the first business trip I had up north, somewhere in PA, at a restaurant I ordered tea and surprise got hot tea, not iced tea as I thought. Who knew anybody drank it hot!