i don’t want to be in a place that calls it pop that’s stupid as fuck
doesnt coke refer to coca cola specifically?
also pop sounds dumb as hell, soda all the way.
Not in the South lol. My grandma asks what kind of Coke I want, mountain dew or coca cola
What’s going on down in Columbus County, North Carolina?
Strong guess: “Pepsi” the same way people use “Coke”
Wow, the evil forces of “coke” have made significant territory gains since the last time I saw one of these maps. I have never heard a single person call a random non-coke soda a “coke”. I recently moved to a “pop” area, but I haven’t received any push back from saying soda at least. I did hear some old people here specifically call it “soda pop” though.
Where is Carbonated Beverage on the graph?
I saw we saw off everything south of the Mason Dixon line and deport all the Republicans to it.
When I asked for a Dr Pepper in Tennessee the waitress said ‘here’s your coke’. So I said ‘wait, I didn’t order a coke’ and she said ’ it’s Dr Pepper’. I thought she was flirting with me, so I started smiling at her and gave her a nice tip. This whole interaction now makes a bit more sense.
Yeah… I’m gonna need a detailed breakdown of the rationale you followed to get from “she called Dr. Pepper coke” to “she’s flirting with me”, if you don’t mind.
He thought she was saying a small lie to get a reaction out of him. Like playing a small prank. Playfulness
Sure, lets go with that. The fact she was really cute did not cloud my judgment in any way.
That would be a seriously weird way to flirt
Could be said of 95% of all instances of flirting.
In my adolescence I thought flirting was a secret art. Turns out it really is just being kinda weird and then the other person likes it since they would have liked anything you said with that cute mouth of yours.
The south is easily persuaded, hence brand name
Soda is what it is, comes from soda fountain, soda water etc.
Midwest on some otherworldly cute BS. Dafuq is pop, the sound it makes?!
TIL Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado are part of the midwest.
Chart gaslighting the public to think Washingtonians say ‘pop’. Usually people say Soda here.
ICP and pop - is there a curse at Faygo?
Cringe is a blessing and a curse
Pop! Pop!
You know they’re laughing at you, right? I mean that’s my theory.
The sound it makes is exactly where the name comes from. Also there were people in soda territory also calling it pop as well way back in the day. That’s why the term “soda pop” exists.
You can see a D.C. newspaper from the mid 1800s calling it pop in this wiki article.
soda pop
Coke is not synonymous with either pop or soda…
It is in the south, at least where i was
That’s because they people there are ignorant.
How do you order an actual coke in the south?
“Ill have a coke” “What kind?” “Regular” or whatever you want, “pepsi”, “diet”, “dr pepper” etc
The real question is “how do they order other sodas”. The answer is extra steps.
I’d imagine you just say the name of the other soda. I don’t say “I’d like a Dr. Pepper soda” after all.
Call it a coca-cola.
“When I first come to America I wanted a cola and I say ‘cola?’ and they would be like ‘excuse me?’ and I say ‘cola. Cola. Cola!’ but it wasn’t cola; it was cock. Right? You would say ‘i want cock.’”
I’ll have a coke, please.
Where was that? I was in Georgia for most of my life. Everyone I knew said Coke when they actually wanted a Coke. Soda was the generalized term.
Texas
I can confirm this. I’ve graduated to just calling everything by its name brand at this point.
not true at all, born and bred texan and literally nobody says coke unless they want coke
Wow its almost like theres dofferent experiences for different people in different parts of a huge state. We have a third texan weighing in that it is true right below you.
worked in restaurants for a long time in the most populous area and never heard that, so the chart is wrong in that area specifically. been all over texas and also never heard it anywhere so I’m willing to bet this is all just bullshit
Person discovers that individual experience is not an absolute truth, more news at 11
Found the european
Source?
I dunno where they got this data from, but the PNW is definitely not “pop” country in my experience.
Yeah around here in Cascadia we just call it “the dark waters of imperialism”.
It was when I grew up there. 80s-90s.
There was still a “Pop” aisle at my QFC until at least 2014.
Utah should be a lot more blue, everyone says “soda” here.
Same with Colorado. I don’t think I heard “pop” once in the 20 years I lived there
And Oregon. The only people that call it ‘pop’ here are 80+, and it’s rare for them. I used to hear it called ‘pop’ by the elderly all the time when I was a kid, but that demographic has been dying out for the past twenty years.
I think the west side is a lot more blue than that. I’ve never once heard somebody refer to it as pop.
Remember the Game?
The 1997 Fincher movie or the one that you just lost?
Just a soda girlie living in a pop world fr fr 😔
