Do you order pop or soda?
This interesting map showed up on Strange Maps (another one of my favorite blogs) today and I found it really fascinating!
I usually order a “coke” because I like Coke best of all, but I refer to all soft drinks as “pop”. I have for my whole life, except for my early years when they were “refrescos”. (I think I drank mostly Fanta back then.)
In recent years I have heard the word “soda” used with increasing frequency here in Oregon (and even, ahem, said it myself a few times), but I still get the Arm & Hammer logo in my mind when I hear it!
The Strange Maps post has some interesting information on it about pop (and soda). Like the name “pop” came from the sound the cork made, and that it is considered unsophisticated by some… who knew?
I also didn’t know that most of the people in the South refer to all soft drinks as ”coke”.
What do you call it?
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