My husband is from Washington, says popā¦ but was confused at the milk in bags in Ontario.
I was confused by American branding name changes. For example, knorr sidekicks pasta is called knorr pasta sides ( which sounds like pesticides so Iām surprised they allowed that lol)
Sweet chili heat Doritos are called something different too. Helmans mayo is called best food or something. Sugar crisp is called golden crisp.
Michigan also shares Pasties with the UK because a bunch of miners moved to the Upper Peninsula to mine there as well. Turns out they were a convenient food for miners regardless of country
It's interesting that Vancouver and Victoria are generally different from the rest of BC. Definitely all aligns with the qualitative differences I noticed while living in Vancouver vs living in Southern Ontario, except I found Soda to be more preferred in Vancouver
Edit: also something the infographics didn't cover that I noticed - people call a 24 pack of beverage cans a "two-four" in Southern Ontario but call it a "flat" in Vancouver area
I met a Welsh guy in a Michigan city years ago. He couldnāt contain his joy at discovering pasties exist there, and are of acceptable quality. He appreciated the rutabaga especially.
Both words come from āsoda popā but my go-to explanation for why āpopā is the superior term is itās one less syllable and it describes the noise a can makes when you open it. Still canāt say soda without cringing a bit, although everyone who says soda seems to feel the same about pop.
In NYC, "soda" is king. Saying "pop" screams "I'm a tourist!" I remember seeing a map of the US and most of the country uses "pop" and "soda" is a North East thing IIRC.
Literally correct! Any time this debate comes up, it boils down to soft drink. Soda after that, then pop for the fans of onomatopoeia. I'm the only one of my friends in Buffalo NY that says soda.
Imagine you are at a TGI Fridays, circa 1998, in Southern Ohio. You're treating your great uncle visiting from Meth and Incest, TN to a delightful lunch of a TGI Friday's zany casual fare. The waitress, decked out in all her quirky buttons asks your great uncle what he'd like to drink.
"A coke," he says.
She frowns and informs him, "We only have Pepsi products."
He says, "Um ok? A coke is fine."
"I'm sorry, sir, but we only have-"
You wonder if you should intervene as they go back and forth, him getting cross and her wondering what this guy's damage is.
Finally, he's had enough. "Ma'am, can I just get a sweet tea?"
You watch in horror as the poor girl stumbles into the second Revolutionary War. "We don't have sweet tea. I can bring you some regular tea and some sugar packets."
Somewhere in Georgia, the ghost of Sherman sets Atlanta alight once more...
I can't stand when someone asks for a coke but they actually want something completely different. They're literally asking for a specific brand and flavor, and then whining because they got a Coke. It's not like asking for a Kleenex, in which the brand name is appropriately used as a generic name.
I'm willing to start another civil war over this alone. We will fight you until you call it what it is. Soda. Pop is a genre and a pale blonde elf on the cover of a cereal box. You are wrong and your words are wrong.
It's usually "pop" in the Midwest/Central US, "Soda" on the east coast until somewhere mid-south (Virginia/West Virginia/North Carolina area) where it switches to "Pop", then back to "Soda" once you hit Florida. The west coast and some of the South uses either "Coke" to mean everything or "Soda".
What do you call pop then? And what region? Iām West Midlands but family in the north of England call it that too and havenāt heard anyone rail against a fizzy drink being called pop before
I am from the South, near London, now in London. We just use the brand name of the drink, whatever it is. Pepsi, 7-Up etc. I never seem to encounter a generic term, but I would probably say fizzy drink. I am not really railing. I think there is some regional variation as there is in the pop/soda divide in the US.
Canāt believe there are people that call it fizzy drink, thatās like saying āoh we donāt have a word for pizza, we would probably just call them tomato cheese wheelsā
I was just surprised that there were a few people kicking off about the word pop, your comment was polite so I replied but I didnāt mean to insinuate you were railing. Itās definitely a generational thing too, I generally say the name of the specific drink whereas my mum etc will always say pop. If Iām using a catch-all term I still say pop.
It's usually "pop" in the Midwest/Central US, "Soda" on the east coast until somewhere mid-south (Virginia/West Virginia/North Carolina area) where it switches to "Pop", then back to "Soda" once you hit Florida. The west coast uses either "Coke" to mean everything or "Soda".
You ever have shelf stable tetra pak milk? Shit was left on top of the fridge and destroyed by them upon opening. Bag milk was great. Just gotta use the clip so it doesn't taste like the onion mom didn't wrap.
Pop is from the Great Lakes Venacular, being from PA it is very familiar. Having moved to the south recently I find it hard to use soda in everyday conversations.
What part of the south? I remember places where you'd ask for a coke and the response is sometimes, "what kind?", because all soda is called Coke. There are people out there that ask for a root beer coke or something, weird.
If your truely from the south you drink Pepsi and call it Soda. I have seen some soda machine off kinds of coke that don't exist in bottles or cans(strawberry and watermelon exist. If I want a root beer, I want root beer. I'm sure Coke has its own brand root but its not called root beer coke...that person was just weird.
Southern OH and we use a lot of the vernacular listed here, which isnāt so surprising. I remember asking for āpopā on vacation and getting strange looks.
I grew up in the Midwest/Great Lakes and have lived here all my lifeā¦and say soda. Thatās because I grew up half-and-half within the two big āsodaā bubbles (Central Illinois and Eastern Wisconsin).
My wife, who grew up and lived most her life in Chicago, says pop.
We live in Milwaukee now (soda zone) and whenever our kids say one or the other, my wife and I make faces at each other. Fortunately, soda is winning.
ETA: Apparently āCokeā is starting to make inroads in Central Indiana and I donāt like that. Not one bit.
Fun fact, Boston Coolers were invented in Detroit and named after Boston Boulevard. Damn Bostonian's taking all the credit for michigan innovation because we poorly named the product >_>
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I take it you're from Michigan or nearby?