pop is getting smaller and towards the midwest, eventually it will just be minisoda.
Don’t ya know now
As a French, I find pop really endearing and might even include it in my vocabulary.
We have them on the run, boys!
If they showed Canada on this map, you’d think otherwise…
How aboot some fizzy maple.
That’s because Soda was originally said by the most population dense areas of the country.
By default, that gives it a huge advantage in terms of shifting the cultural language. Especially since Hollywood often controls the cultural shifts and narratives of colloquial language.
So this isn’t too surprising. It’s kind of like the whole “Land doesn’t get a vote” thing when you look at the Red vs Blue district voting graphs, without taking into account the majority of people live in the blue areas, and very few people, comparatively, live in the red areas.
This visualization is pretty much the same thing.
As inconsequential as it is, it makes me mildly sad to see things like this become more homogeneous.
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It’s pop and I will die on this hill
Can you show me any other examples of when people use the latter part of the word when shortening it? Or is this somehow the only acceptable one for you?
Dr Pepper is king either way
The Dr’s less educated, libertine cousin Mr Pibb is even slightly better IMO.
Mr. Pibb, may he rest in peace, is no longer with us… only his edgy gamer brother.
Born in a pop stronghold, and it is still holding. Coke is a brand, not all pop!
In Australia, they’re called soft drinks because they have little or no alcohol in them.
We call them soft drinks in America too.
This is Sody Pop erasure
Had to scroll all the way to the bottom to find a fellow soda pop enjoyer. Shame.
Bring it back!
sodi pops
But we buried you grandpa. How can you be on lemmy?
i made a deal with the devil
don’t tell gam gam
“You want a beautiful name? Soda.”
I mean, I moved to Michigan from one of the soda areas, and I give people shit when they say pop so. Am I the baddie, no it is they who are wrong.
GOOD! I grew up living in the north-east and we called it “Soda”, then moved west and kept hearing people say “pop” and it was the most annoying thing, glad to see everyone else is coming around to the correct name.
I say ‘Soda’ but with a Midwestern accent to compromise.
*Soder
Question for the folks in the gray area… Are you all referring to all brands and flavors of carbonated soft drinks as ‘Coke,’ or has Coca-Cola beat out all competitors there, or how does that work?
All brown sodas are Coke. Sprite and it’s equivalents were separate at least where I grew up. you ask for a coke and the person taking your order asks “what kind?” and you clarify “Pepsi” or “root beer” or “coke coke”.
I’ve lived in many locations throughout the gray area for most of my life. I’ve never heard “coke” used as a generic for all sodas. It’s some sort of pervasive myth. Maybe that was the case at some point in history but not in the last 47 years.
Nope. I live in the DFW metro and nobody calls it coke unless it’s literally a coca cola.
What about Soft Drink?
Yes I’ll have a soft drink
-real human
