April 07, 2005

Soda, Pop, or Coke?

Here's a nifty map of the distribution of preference for what people in the USA call that fizzy sugary water stuff.

The website homepage contains a form to add your own input, and tons of detailed results that also include Canada.

My favorite entry for "other":

for the person who thinks that florida uses the correct name by calling it COKE because they're so civilized, just like their friends in alabama and mississippi who also call it coke, i dont think the votes from florida should count. they probably meant to vote for Soda but got confused by the unclear ballot and picked Coke accidentaly. the correct term is SODA

(via Marginal Revolution)

Posted by rick at April 7, 2005 10:09 AM | More Memetics
Comments on Soda, Pop, or Coke?

Here is a link to a formal survey with 10,669 respondents. The distribution pattern is similar, but the soda vs pop ratio differs by quite a bit.

http://cfprod01.imt.uwm.edu/Dept/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_105.html

Posted by: Bryan at February 4, 2007 09:42 PM

I totaly agree--its SODA not pop. Do you ever see any cans,botlles,12 packs, or cases taht say pop? the answer is no. You do see all of the examples above where some flavors say soda right on the can. One example is Tropicana Orange says soda right on the can. Come on now tell me one brand of a soft drink that says pop. I don't think you'll find one

Posted by: Gary at July 25, 2006 06:50 PM
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