Saturday, July 11, 2009

Soda, Pop, or Coke?



Stumbled on a weird and wonderful blog today that puts up strange maps and then comments on them in detail... everything from a Russian thinker's future US map (for after our financial collapse) to a map like the one above... detailing by color where people prefer to call soft drinks "soda" or "pop" or "coke." Click on the map for a closer look, it's well worth it.

Obviously the correct term is soda. But I grew up in California, so maybe that's just my cultural bias showing. Feel free to leave a comment defending your own preference.

6 comments:

  1. Anonymous9:34 PM

    "Soda Pop" didn't make it in. Bummer. -Robi

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  2. Hilariously enough, there's a thin stripe of "soda" through the south-west-ish portion of Illinois, where some of my relatives are from. They pronounce it "sod-ee"...

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  3. I'm confused. I grew up in Idaho (mostly), and have lived in Wisconsin, Nebraska, and Kansas since 2001. (Spent 1 yr. in eastern Wisconsin)

    I've called it "soda" for nearly 30 years. Where did I pick that up?

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  4. I found this chart to be very interesting. Especially interesting in the counties in Texas surrounded by 'coke' maniacs who call soda "Other". Weird.

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  5. Can I just get a Pepsi coke please?

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  6. my dad's from seattle so his side of the family says "pop", but my mom's from ca and i grew up in ca so i DEFINITELY say "soda"!! "pop" seems so old fashioned.

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