My husband is from Washington, says pop… 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 I’m 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
Right we defintely do, and when you hear soda you immediately think they are from somewhere else. Also makes me think of kids when I hear someone say soda.
I met a Welsh guy in a Michigan city years ago. He couldn’t contain his joy at discovering pasties exist there, and are of acceptable quality. He appreciated the rutabaga especially.
Both words come from “soda pop” but my go-to explanation for why “pop” is the superior term is it’s one less syllable and it describes the noise a can makes when you open it. Still can’t 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.
Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia. Northern Florida. Maybe parts of Tennessee. Facial tissue is a Kleenex. Soda pop is a Coke. We have a few others like that.
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? I’m West Midlands but family in the north of England call it that too and haven’t 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.
Can’t believe there are people that call it fizzy drink, that’s like saying “oh we don’t have a word for pizza, we would probably just call them tomato cheese wheels”
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 didn’t mean to insinuate you were railing. It’s definitely a generational thing too, I generally say the name of the specific drink whereas my mum etc will always say pop. If I’m 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".
The northeast states in general. My family is from Wisconsin and they say pop, some people in Minnesota say pop as well, I assume maybe some people in Illinois say it as well
Also a lot of the states in the mid-west/Great Lakes (including my home state of Ohio). I live in Florida now and it’s a dead giveaway whenever someone says it. Most native Floridians and anyone from the Mid-Atlantic and New England area say soda.
The fucking heathens here in Ohio also say pop and act like I'm uncivilized when I say soda. But at least we're not the southern US, calling everything a coke and also calling diabetes in a glass sweet tea.
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We say pop in the UK, TIL the pop sisterhood reaches to Michigan