Generic Names for Soft Drinks...broken down map style

[Star_Cards]

growing up I always said coke to mean a soft drink and it seems to be the popular term in Indy. I don't drink them that much anymore, but probably use coke and soda about the same these days. I've never said pop and never will. LOL

[Alarion]

Soda here, hard to tell from the map what it says for my area as there are lots of colors there.

[OnePimpTiger]

That's funny. I'm from Ohio and a few years ago I was visiting Florida and I was in a Quizno's and said that I wanted a "pop." The lady says, "A what? Where are you from?!" I live in Texas now and it's still pop for me, but coke for my wife and everyone else I know.

I'm in NC and it's definitely "coke." But when I was growing up, one of my best friend's mom was from Michigan, so they all called it pop. It took several times going to their house to understand what they were saying when they asked if I wanted "pop." Crazy yankees!

[WilyWestbrook0]

In SW MO, despite there being a Southern influence, people around here frequently say "pop." It's like being in MN all over again (Nathan and his friends notwithstanding, lol). In TN, everything was a "coke."

Personally, I call the drink either by its actual name, or I use the completely generic term "drink."

[wrigleyfield]

ya im like jammingjames. ill just call it what it is but i like to use the word "beverage" when i want any kind of drink. its just a fun word to me i guess?

[LSUsg]

ha awesome post! my area is right on with coke!! southern louisiana.

[FriSC0NiN3rs]

In Cali... I called it Soda or fizzle for slang
In Wisconsin - I still call it Soda, but notice others here call it pop, so guess the map is dead on

[Oxxon]

My area is right on the money. We don't use pop or soda. We do hear pop and soda used by the Winter Texans.